Roaming

26 November, 2018

Practical steps for operators to take their roaming business to the next level

(SPONSORED) — What’s next for roaming? Changing regulations in different parts of the world, increased competition, the adoption of internet-based roaming alternatives and several other complex factors have led to a challenging environment. At a time when subscriber expectations for Quality of Experience (QoE) and overall demand for data services have reached their highest recorded levels, these factors are making many operators rethink their roaming business.
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11 July, 2018

Roam like at home – one year on

LTE data roaming within the EU radically increased last year, with traffic volumes over the summer up to eight times larger than the same period in 2016, writes Mikaël Schachne, the vice president of the mobile data business at BICS. The trigger? Roam like at home (RLAH).

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09 January, 2018

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 can call, text and surf the web without incurring steep charges when travelling across the 28-nation bloc.

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01 December, 2017

A quarter of mobile network customers won’t be back if you suffer a signalling hack

Although the security hype remains focused on now-routine cybercrime such as denial of service attacks and hacks to the systems of large brands, network security, and signalling security in particular, is often overlooked. This happens even though it’s a business-affecting issue for mobile operators, writes George Malim.

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09 November, 2017

Astellia signs 5-year partnership deal with Andorra Telecom

Astellia, the provider of network and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, announced that it has signed a strategic, 5-year partnership deal with Andorra Telecom to ensure an excellent experience is provided to all customers in the country. (more…)

06 October, 2017

EU roaming’s new challenges and opportunities for mobile operators

In June of this year the barriers to roaming data usage disappeared with the lifting of EU roaming surcharges, writes Matthew Jones, the head of mobile solutions at Telia Carrier. Immediately after the new legislation came into force, traffic on the Telia Carrier IPX Backbone network rose dramatically and this trend has continued across the summer. It was perfect timing for consumers as they started the summer exodus to the sun, but of course business users have also seen benefits that will positively and directly impact their operational costs. (more…)

12 September, 2017

Mobile data roaming revenues to reach $31 billion by 2022, despite ‘Roam Like at Home’ trend

A new study from Juniper Research has found that operator revenues from international mobile data roaming are expected to grow at an average annual growth rate of 8%, reaching $31 billion (€25.93 billion) in 2022 compared to $21 billion (€17.57 billion) in 2017. This is despite a global fall in data revenues by 11% in 2017 – including a 46% decline in West Europe – (more…)

20 June, 2017

Operators are still wrestling with service differentiation and asking ‘Who will make the money in IoT?’

One of the problems with the Internet of Things (IoT), says Robin Kent, director of Adax, is that not all network operators have figured out how to make money from it. Jeremy Cowan, editorial director of VanillaPlus listens again to a voice of experience.  (more…)

27 February, 2017

Syniverse analysis reveals global LTE still a distant reality

Syniverse has released new insights into the maturity of LTE as a global technology through a study of inter-regional LTE roaming patterns worldwide. The study analysed the regular course of global roaming traffic from more than 140 mobile operators in six regions, and the analysis revealed that, in spite of industry ambitions, inter-regional non-LTE roaming traffic still outstrips LTE roaming traffic by 58% to 42%. Furthermore, the overwhelming majority of inter-regional LTE roaming traffic – 81% – takes place between North America and Latin America. (more…)

16 August, 2016

TelePacific selects Teoco to optimise call routing

Teoco has been selected by  TelePacific Communications to deploy its Acuité solution to optimise the routing of domestic and international calls thereby improving call quality metrics and reducing termination costs. (more…)