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16 April, 2018
It has been announced that Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica have signed an agreement to create the first Global Telco Security Alliance (GTSA) offering enterprises access to a comprehensive portfolio of cyber security services. Impressive and about time too, says freelance telecoms writer, Peter Dykes. (more…)
09 April, 2018
AT&T could potentially be turning the telecoms equipment industry on its head with the announcement that it is rolling out its 5G network using open-source software running on open-source hardware, all neatly packed into what it refers to as ‘white boxes’ – 60,000 of them to be precise. Peter Dykes reports. (more…)
21 March, 2018
The connected home market is a confusion of products, proprietary interfaces and connectivity, so why would a network operator want to get involved? With every Tom, Dick and Harry from white goods manufacturers, lighting companies and security firms, to the ubiquitous Alexa and its clones, (more…)
14 March, 2018
There’s been a lot written and said about the new services that 5G will enable, but one which could go a long way to filling those emptying operator coffers is esports. The growth in esports over the last 18 months or so has been phenomenal. (more…)
06 March, 2018
Analysts have been warning for some time now that if telcos are to make the most of 5G, and in particular crack the enterprise market, they will need to co-operate with one another on a massive scale. And it looks like they are finally doing it in spades, says freelance telecoms writer, Peter Dykes. (more…)
19 February, 2018
The battle to be the first U.S. operator to roll out a 5G network has certainly been hotting up of late, says Peter Dykes, with claims and counter claims being traded in the press and social media. But being first to the winning post is not an issue for every carrier in that country. (more…)
07 February, 2018
We’ve seen it with NFV, SDN, IoT and now the hype spotlight has switched to network slicing, with a plethora of reports, tests, trials and indeed, even a new working group. It can’t be far off now – well, in two or three years’ time maybe, according to some of the more optimistic players. (more…)
01 February, 2018
If ever there was any doubt that IoT is going mainstream, look no further than Deutsche Telekom’s latest IoT jamboree. Called ‘IoT Week’, the German giant is hosting a number of events and making a series of announcements around its IoT initiatives. (more…)
18 January, 2018
Do you remember the promise that we would be able to pay for everything just using our smartphones? Well, now you can. OK, some of us have been able to do it for a while, says Peter Dykes, but the enabling technology, Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) (more…)
11 January, 2018
As we move into another new year, analyst and blog predictions abound however, rather than list them here ad nauseam, I thought it might be interesting, says Peter Dykes, to find out what network operators are saying about likely developments in 2018. (more…)
