Top telecoms IT stories
Troubleticket
The need for network densification and how we can make it happen
There’s a rapidly widening gap between the demand for mobile network capacity and what the industry can actually provide. Society’s insatiable appetite for more mobile accessibility and better performance on a nation’s worth of smartphones has created a market shortfall that’s stifling the trade.
Subscribers feel service providers are using chatbots and artificial intelligence to cut jobs: Not guilty, say SPs
Consumers like chatbots. In fact, many prefer them to call centre agents. But there’s a public perception that service providers (SPs) are simply using the technology to cut one of their greatest costs, staff headcount – and consumers are not happy about it.
The IoT cybersecurity improvement act: what does it mean, and how do we get ready for it?
Security concerns have been dominating news about IoT as of late, and with good reason. A recent survey shows that nearly half of U.S. firms using an IoT network have been hit by a security breach.
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Talking Heads
Don’t wait for lightning to strike! Securing your digital transformation
Welcome to the era of the super (virtual) network operator
Is your network smart enough to pass the virtualisation IQ test?
Testing and service assurance must be active and automated to enable real agility, efficiency and great customer experience in emerging networks
Expert Opinions
Mobile data roaming revenues to reach $31 billion by 2022, despite ‘Roam Like at Home’ trend
Why service assurance and analytics is essential to support the growing Narrow Band IoT service revolution
Why the telecoms industry must get a grip on the Internet of Things
Ready, aim, fire – CSPs must put individual users at the centre of the digital value chain
Digital Magazine
NFV – Are you ready for the hybrid reality? Feb 2017 issue of VanillaPlus
Analytics – What are the next important steps for CSPs’ data-driven transformations? Sept 2016 issue of VanillaPlus
CEM – Can CSPs use intelligence from multiple sources to win the customer experience battle? Jun 2016 issue of VanillaPlus
Bill and Charge – Will charging capability enhance CSPs’ roles in the digital ecosystem? Apr 2016 issue of VanillaPlus
Reports & whitepapers
Huawei releases Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) solution TestCraft to accelerate SDN/NFV deployment
Today at Huawei’s 2017 Operations Transformation Forum, Huawei released TestCraft. Designed for SDN/NFV testing, TestCraft provides a variety of automated test models and professional services. Based on Huawei’s new Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) platform,
Mobile data roaming revenues to reach $31 billion by 2022, despite ‘Roam Like at Home’ trend
A new study from Juniper Research has found that operator revenues from international mobile data roaming are expected to grow at an average annual growth rate of 8%, reaching $31 billion (€25.93 billion) in 2022 compared to $21 billion (€17.57 billion) in 2017. This is despite a global fall in data revenues by 11% in […]
Building a cloud native core for a 5G world
The future of mobile communications is likely to be very different to today’s experiences, with 5G connectivity affecting huge areas of our lives. 5G networks will offer data speeds in excess of 10 Gbps, extreme low latency and ultra-reliable connections in a secured and trusted environment with greater privacy compared to today’s networks. Moreover, 5G […]
