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11 November, 2019
An industry progressive step in 5G has taken place in Switzerland on October 31 when the first over-the-air, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) 5G data call was successfully carried out by Ericsson, Swisscom, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. (more…)
31 October, 2019
Matrixx Software, a company specialising in transforming global commerce, has introduced what it says is the industry’s first 5G digital commerce platform including a 5G 3GPP-compliant Converged Charging System (CCS). (more…)
30 October, 2019
Everyone likes to talk about 5G uses cases, but customers are asking, what sets 5G apart from current 4G services?
A recent study by Strategy Analytics tells it like it is – for 5G to be successful, network operators will have to take service innovation to the next level if they want customers to adopt their 5G plans. Enter ‘network of networks’ – 5G is the first mobile generation with the ability to serve multiple customer segments, from consumer to enterprise to IoT, with different network requirements all within one network infrastructure.
These are what the industry calls ‘monetisation levers’ and they open up a whole range of new ways to monetise and market 5G to digital savvy customers. The big question is, what do customers want out of 5G? This new eBook reveals where operators can offer value, ease pain points and design a sustainable service model.
Download the eBook to learn:
- How to put together a digital first strategy
- How to sell 5G to customers
- What to avoid when pricing and positioning 5G
- Key insights from an industry survey across 300 global organisations
- Three use cases of network carriers who are already offering innovative digital services to their customers
28 October, 2019
A WEEK IN TELCO IT – 5G is starting strong, says Huawei. The company’s deputy chairman, Ken Hu, told its annual Mobile Broadband Forum (#MBBF) in Zurich, Switzerland last week that 5th Generation mobile communications “arrived faster than expected,” and that there are now 40 carriers in more than 20 countries supporting 136 different 5G-enabled devices. (more…)
11 October, 2019
Nokia introduced several new additions to its Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) portfolio that bring greater flexibility to FWA deployments. Nokia’s new FastMile 5G Gateway supports additional 5G bands to increase regional coverage, (more…)
26 September, 2019
Vodafone has partnered with Microsoft to help shape the future of mobile game streaming. The two companies have entered a technical partnership to optimise the technology for gamers in the UK. Vodafone customers have the opportunity to be amongst the first to preview Project xCloud, Microsoft’s new game streaming technology, if they sign up here. (more…)
23 September, 2019
About 100,000 fans of Richmond Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants will descend on Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the clash, with millions more watching live broadcasts. Also known as ‘Aussie Rules’, AFL is the most popular spectator sport in Australia. (more…)
20 September, 2019
Mobile operators face a range of challenges today from saturation, competition and regulation – all of which are having a negative impact on revenues. The introduction of 5G offers new customer segments and services to offset this decline. However, unlike the introduction of 4G which was dominated by consumer benefits, 5G is expected to be […]
18 September, 2019
Few systems are as complex as today’s service provider networks. That’s due to years of layering technologies on technologies and relying on different suppliers for different processes, all to deliver voice and data services managed by different business units. (more…)
18 September, 2019
The 5G market is developing much more quickly than the previous generation 4G LTE standard, with a total 31 5G commercial service launches globally by the end of the second quarter of 2019, according to IHS Markit | Technology, now a part of Informa Tech. (more…)
