31 January, 2019

How your capacity provider can help address the demands of the digital-driven economy

Network operators are the backbone of today’s digital economy. Led by explosive demand for bandwidth and connectivity from consumers and businesses, the opportunities available to them are numerous. However, finding the right balance between meeting this demand, stimulating further revenue growth via new services, and maintaining a consistent Quality of Experience throughout, will not be straightforward. (more…)

30 January, 2019

Restore order to communications chaos in the workplace

The term bring your own device (BYOD) has been defined by Gartner as a disruptive phenomenon, writes Rufus Grig, the chief technology officer at Maintel. Employees were bringing non-sanctioned, non-company IT devices into work with the intention of connecting them to everything.

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29 January, 2019

NetComm’s new self-install technology aims to cut time and cost of connecting customers to ultra-fast broadband

NetComm launched its new 5G Fixed Wireless self-installation technology that aims to ‘super-charge the 5G Fixed Wireless market’, says the company, by enabling network operators to cut the time and cost of connecting customers to ultra-fast broadband.  (more…)

29 January, 2019

AI will be used by CSPs as a superhuman shield against fraud

There’s been a lot of hype around machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, and in 2019, we believe ML and AI will be used as tools to help fight telecoms fraud, writes Daniel Kurgan, the chief executive of BICS. It’s a damaging and persistent issue, which costs the international wholesale carrier industry US$17 billion annually. The automation and problem-solving which ML and AI can bring will help communications service providers (CSPs) stay ahead of fraudsters, delivering above and beyond what’s been humanly possible in the past.

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28 January, 2019

GSMA backs European Commission’s draft for AI ethics guidelines

 The GSMA supports the Commission’s work to provide clear, comprehensive guidelines for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies/systems. Following the stakeholder consultation on the European Commission’s AI Ethics Guidelines draft produced by the Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG), (more…)

28 January, 2019

Guavus buys SQLstream to offer telcos and IIoT real-time analytics and AI from edge to core

Guavus, a Thales company and specialist in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based analytics, has acquired SQLstream. SQLstream is a real-time streaming analytics company based in San Francisco, CA. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. (more…)

25 January, 2019

2019 network predictions for service providers

With 2019 underway, Alastair Hartrup, the global chief executive of Network Critical, shares thoughts on key topics that will impact the IT industry, especially for service providers and telecoms. In 2019, network infrastructure and technology will be changing both in terms of good and bad. 5G is on the way, but not this year 5G […]

25 January, 2019

5G: How much are customers willing to pay for the promise?

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24 January, 2019

The Linux Foundation launches new LF Edge to establish a unified open source framework

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organisation enabling mass innovation through open source, announced the launch of LF Edge, an umbrella organisation to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system.

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24 January, 2019

GSMA launches ‘Digital Declaration’ of responsibility at Davos backed by 40 CEOs

The GSMA today launched the ‘Digital Declaration’ at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The declaration is said to “capture key principles that serve as a guide to acting ethically in the digital era”, helping companies deliver what matters most to digital citizens, industry and governments. (more…)