NEWS

What does 5G mean and what impact will it have?

Although there has already been a lot of noise and many column inches dedicated to 5G, its definition remains woolly and its possible application to our daily lives somewhat abstract.

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Can CSPs survive without radically changing their marketing, IT and HR models?

This time last year Gartner predicted that CMOs would be spending more than CIOs in 2017. Was the prediction right, asks Steve Collins, a partner at CVM people.

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EU roaming changes see 308% increase in mobile data volumes

After years of speculation, Europe abolished intra-region mobile roaming charges in 2017, writes Kyle Dorcas, the vice president of mobile policy management at Syniverse. Now people from Bulgaria to Barcelona

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Will 2018 be the same old scene for subscriber experience?

OpenSignal chief executive Brendan Gill describes the different worldwide trends in subscriber mobile experience that the company saw in 2017, and explains how they are likely to shape subscriber mobile

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Ofcom gives UK consumers the opportunity to dump their operator – by text

It may not be the classy thing to do but ending a relationship by text message is what UK regulator Ofcom has mandated customers will be able to do with

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It’s time for CSPs to escape the vendor relationship circle of despair

In this interview Niall Norton, the chief executive of Openet, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus that, as 5G and virtualisation begin to emerge, communications service providers (CSPs)

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MVNOs need to rethink segmentation or admit defeat

As Brexit negotiations rumble on, one thing is certain: skilled workers from Europe are leaving Britain. For MVNOs that have based their business model on a migratory workforce or a

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How to build the next generation of telecoms sales leaders

As the consumer communications service provider (CSP) market reaches saturation point, industry executives are seeking new strategies to drive business growth, writes Russell Palmer, the director of Communications & Media

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We need to talk about chatbots

Digital transformation strategies open up plenty of opportunity for communications service providers (CSPs) to combine security in their offering. That’s the view of Andrew Foxcroft, Radware’s regional director for the

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Will 5G be customer centric?

Autonomous cars, 4K video, connecting the unconnected, augmented, mixed or virtual reality, tactile internet, industry 4.0 … the list of services and experiences that 5G could enable grows every day,

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