Reports & White Papers

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

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5G Connections to reach 1.4bn by 2025, as wireless technology becomes fibre competitor

A new report from Juniper Research has forecast 1.4 billion 5G connections by 2025, an increase from just 1 million in 2019, the anticipated first year of commercial launch. This

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Networks’ online smartphone support savings rise as support costs climb 135%, says Spirent

Spirent Communications plc has published its annual mobile device intelligence report for 2016. Spirent is a provider of verification, assessment, analytics, and device intelligence solutions.

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Assuring Mobile Backhaul and the Radio Interface

So your network is carrying more and more data, making mobile backhaul an increasingly important part of your cellular system. How do you keep it simple, cut costs, and still

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VanillaPlus Black Book 2016

WELCOME TO THE VANILLAPLUS BLACK BOOK 2016 As the telecoms industry continues to go through the greatest transformation since the introduction of IP technology – and possibly ever – this,

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Mobile banking users to total 2bn by 2020, more than 1 in 3 global adults

New research from analysts, Juniper Research finds that more than 2 billion mobile users will have used their devices for banking purposes by the end of 2021.

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NGMN Alliance appoints new Board of Directors and elects Johan Wibergh as Chairman

At NGMN Alliance first meeting, the Board of Directors elected Johan Wibergh from Vodafone as new NGMN Chairman. The Board also agreed to focus its work-programme in the next years on

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Domestic money transfer market to exceed $500bn for mobile transactions by 2018, driven by P2P services

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of domestic money transfers, including operator money and social media money services, will reach $520 billion in mobile transactions by 2018,

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Tenable finds 89% of UK infosec professionals fail to connect cyber success with strategic business objectives

A survey conducted by Tenable Network Security, Inc. a global provider of security technology, has found that a large majority of security professionals it surveyed fail to measure and communicate security

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Digital Transformation – June/July 2016

Our VanillaPlus Exclusive interview with Vincent Rousselet, the vice president of market insight and strategy at Amdocs, on how digital transformation isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation and each CSP needs to create

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