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30 April, 2019The piggy in the middle that is Huawei is still being asked to justify its existence in the lucrative 5G infrastructure market, but maybe we are now finally approaching the end-game, says Antony Savvas. (more…)
01 April, 2019Exciting technology developments don’t necessarily lead to easy money in telecoms… 5G, fibre-to-the-home, edge, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous cars, blockchain, etc… All of these are where land- and wireless-based telecoms have a key role to play.
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28 February, 2019The industry understandably got excited about the prospects of 5G at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as new 5G-capable handsets were unveiled and network alliances were sealed to support the technology. (more…)
30 January, 2019The US$550 million partnership between IBM and Vodafone Business shows how the telecoms industry can perhaps move forward when it comes to coping with the impending market demands from the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud and 5G technologies. (more…)
21 December, 2018The key buzz term for the technology industry over the last couple of years has been “digital transformation”. This is a term I’ve always been slightly confused with, says freelance telecoms writer Antony Savvas, seeing that “digital” supposedly won-out against “analogue” about 25 years ago, (more…)
03 December, 2018We hear a lot about edge networking in the data centre space these days and telcos, of course, are very much part of that equation. But what about the applications and services at the front end of the business? (more…)
14 October, 2018Security never seems to get any easier, does it? Ransomware, say the experts, shows no signs of diminishing as a threat to consumers and enterprises. So if they can’t nullify the threat, how can enterprises and consumers reduce their vulnerability? (more…)
22 August, 2018The more well-heeled players in the telecoms industry are in the throes of acquiring 5G spectrum but while almost every operator wants a slice of the next-generation action, (more…)
08 August, 2018At the end of July 2018, the UK government issued its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review, effectively a wish list for full-fibre rollout across the country. (more…)
06 July, 2018A few years ago, the question was asked many times, “who would want to watch a movie on a small screen?” Even with the advent of smartphones with larger displays, pundits and analysts (including this one) were still sceptical about the demand for small-screen entertainment, but how wrong we all were, writes Peter Dykes. (more…)
