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Getting the best out of your telecom SLAs
On the hunt for a trusted telco provider? Rule number one: read the SLAs. Standard in the telecommunications industry, service-level agreements (SLAs) provide resellers and customers with a guarantee that
Read moreApplication of AI enhances field service management for 5G, IoT and beyond
As communications service providers (CSPs) gear up for 5G and look to support IoT businesses as a new business line of their own, field service engineers will be under more
Read moreBlockchain for number portability – Five key benefits for CSPs
With the advent of 5G and IoT, greater collaboration is required between communications service providers (CSPs) in order to cost effectively deliver innovative services, write Ganesan Arulanandham, consulting partner and
Read moreThe long and winding road to 5G begins with 4G optimisation
The close of 2018 saw the UK operator O2 leave its customers without access to 3G or 4G data connectivity for more than 24 hours. The ensuing uproar underlined the
Read moreCSPs add value to SD-WAN by achieving full QoE visibility
Quality of experience (QoE) has long been evasive for communications service providers (CSPs), especially when it comes to ensuring that the quality of service they provide matches the QoE users
Read moreIncreasing numbers of NPMD tools are a problem for SMBs
Over the past few years the network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) industry has developed more and more specialized tools for specific network functions, writes Joe O’Connor, the senior vice
Read moreHow can system design engineers guarantee a successful transition from 4G to 5G?
The transition from 4G to 5G brings a variety of benefits, notably an increased data rate and mobile broadband network capacity. However, system design engineers will need to adapt to
Read moreWhat does Hotspot 2.0 really mean for your business?
Wi-Fi connectivity is extremely important for businesses and is a key tool driving customer satisfaction across the retail, hospitality and transportation sectors, as well as cost control and employee productivity
Read moreMaintain visibility into the new mobile reality
The rapid explosion of over-the-top (OTT) services has forever changed the business model of mobile operators globally, writes John English, the director of marketing for service provider solutions at NETSCOUT.
Read moreIt’s time to fix broken processes in the contact centre
Go back little more than a decade and most contact centres followed the traditional model of being office-based with headphone-wearing operators packed together like battery hens answering fixed line phone
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