RCS-capable subscribers to reach 1.2bn globally in 2022, despite strong OTT messaging competition

Hampshire, UK. 2nd February 2022- A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total number of RCS (Rich Communication Services) subscribers will grow from 1.2 billion in 2022 to 3.8

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Lessons from Mobile World Congress: Seizing digital opportunity is top of the telecoms agenda

As a highlight of many tech company calendars, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was sorely missed in 2020. Back with an albeit smaller, socially distanced bang in June 2021, MWC still

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When the going gets tough, the tough get going to your nearest competitor

Telecoms operators are more vulnerable today than they have ever been, says Julien Rio, senior director of marketing, RingCentral. As the economic downturn starts to bite, subscribers will seek to pay

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There’s nothing artificial about this intelligence

Doron Youngerwood, a product marketing manager at Amdocs, sees communications service providers (CSPs) engaging with machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) with an initial goal of improving customer experience. However,

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Know your chatbots from your virtual assistants and why you should care

As customer expectations drive demand for round-the-clock service and near-immediate response times, businesses have understandably sought to automate their customer communication offerings wherever possible, writes Omar Javaid, the chief product

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CSPs still missing out on billing communications blackspot finds BriteBill survey

Although only 40% of communications service provider (CSP) customers look at their bills regularly this still presents millions of customers for most providers and this channel of communication is not

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Analytics, machine learning and automation are the keys to running smarter, more efficient networks

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) are two technologies that are making a huge impact on virtually every industry, writes Brendan Gill, the chief executive of OpenSignal. Smart tools are

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Is 2018 the year of the chatbot?

Chatbots are on the rise, writes Alice Blair, the marketing manager of Engage Hub. According to an Oracle survey, around 80% of businesses will be using chatbots by 2020. That’s

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Three key issues affecting 5G’s future

One of the most striking takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2018 is that despite the hype and excitement that has surrounded 5G, the industry isn’t quite ready for it.

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How data is going to revolutionise the telecoms industry

Until recently, a few major players have dominated the telecoms industry. Yet, their refusal to modernise has left them struggling with the new influx of data made available through ever

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