Reports & whitepapers - VanillaPlus - The global voice of Telecoms IT

05 July, 2017

Digital services transformation – are we there yet? New analyst insight report

We're delighted to bring you our specially-commissioned VanillaPlus Digital Transformation Insight. The Insight contains an exclusive Analyst Report written for VanillaPlus by Stratecast | Frost & Sullivan analysts Karl Whitelock and Troy Morley

This report examines the transformation journeys that CSPs are engaged in across the world and outlines the key ingredients for success. Find out:

What monetisation functions are most important for CSP transformation
What is the best solution approach to achieve digital transformation
Strategically, what are CSPs primarily focusing on, in their transformation

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20 June, 2017

How to unleash the benefits of virtualisation during your NFV transformation

The theory of virtualisation is well understood, but the transformation from hardware-defined to software-defined technologies is taking far longer than expected as communication service providers (CSPs) grapple with the complexities of transforming their network hardware, operational processes and business models simultaneously. (more…)

18 June, 2017

Act on your intelligence: an AI roadmap for service providers

Communications service providers (CSP) today are facing multiple challenges in vying for customer loyalty, reducing costs, and staying ahead in a highly competitive business environment. Among the tools to help them achieve their strategic goals is artificial intelligence (AI). (more…)

06 June, 2017

How SDN and NFV Extend the Adoption and Capabilities of Self-organizing Networks (SON)

Constantly increasing network usage, ever more complex service offers and the growing obsolescence of manual, time-consuming, error prone operations mean communication service providers (CSPs) must focus on optimizing their infrastructure. (more…)

05 April, 2017

A2P opportunity for mobile network operators, OTTs and enterprises revealed in new Mitto / Juniper white paper

Mitto AG, a global SMS mobile messaging provider, has released a new white paper, “Driving Business Through A2P Messaging.” The paper, authored by Juniper Research, a global provider for industry research and data, (more…)

06 March, 2017

How to prepare your FMS for new services and new networks

The telecoms industry has always suffered from the malicious impacts of fraudsters. Whether it was bashing the edges of coins to make coin operated phones accept lower value coins, dealer frauds at calling card vendors or the emergence of mobile malware usage, the industry has come to an acceptance that some revenue will be lost to fraud. (more…)

15 February, 2017

NFV – Are you ready for the hybrid reality?

Our VanillaPlus NFV Insight report explores how CSPs are moving beyond the initial deployment phases and looking towards greater automation of their virtualised operations.

The Insight contains a VanillaPlus-commissioned report from analyst firm Stratecast | Frost & Sullivan which examines how CSPs will fare as the dayto-day operational mode of managing and orchestrating the network becomes hybrid.

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13 February, 2017

The Internet of Things: Why location matters

Moving to an ever more connected world.

The digital transformation of people’s lives, both at work and outside of work, has become a relentless force. Network connectivity is both extending its geographic reach and multiplying as the number of networks available in any given place continues to grow. The computational power of devices continues to increase, cloud computing has become more cost effective and devices themselves get smaller and smaller. Advances in sensor technology are turning everyday objects into sources of data.

The combination of these trends has led us to a new place. It is now possible for a network of physical objects (vehicles, buildings, infrastructure, equipment of all shapes and types) to collect and exchange data and to work together. This enables devices, sensors and systems to operate autonomously in pursuit of goals and objectives set by the human architects of the system.

This has become known as The Internet of Things (IoT) & will drive radical change in the telecommunications industry.

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07 February, 2017

Enabling location-based services to drive business

Providing insight on customer movement and behavior can enable next-generation mobile service delivery capable of growing revenues, improving brand awareness and increasing customer loyalty.

INTRODUCTION TO LBS
The latest advancements in location-based services (LBS) are bringing about major improvements in the accuracy, the reliability and the types of services delivered to consumers and businesses. Due to these advances, LBS are increasingly being deployed in mission-critical applications such as E911 caller location.

Mobile service providers can also boost revenues and beneft from the broad range of potential commercial applications with LBS. Faced with an ever increasing threat from ‘over-the-top’ (OTT) services, service providers need to continuously explore new ways to generate income from their existing network infrastructure. LBS plays a signifcant role in this strategy

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18 January, 2017

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. (more…)