Seeing the wood for the trees: How subscriber analytics makes big data useful and relevant

Big data holds considerable promise but utilisation of the insights it can reveal has been held back by several factors.

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Mirantis joins new global Open Source community to orchestrate production NFV deployments

Mirantis, the pure-play OpenStack company, has announced that it is a founding member of Open Source MANO (OSM), a community focused on delivering Open Source Management and Orchestration (MANO) aligned with ETSI

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Can we talk machine to machine? Not with the current business support system

Whether CSPs take an active or passive role in the Internet of Things (IoT) they’re going to need to update their support systems, writes Nick Booth

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IoT service assurance must be built into the network

Everyone’s excited about the Internet of Things (IoT) and it undoubtedly creates great opportunities for consumers and many different types of organisations but the IoT has to be considered from

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Can CSPs cash in on their user and network data?

Data analytics is providing new insights across every industry, from archaeology to agriculture, public transportation to utility supply but it’s CSPs’ network data that sets them apart and gives them

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The Adele Hello Effect – Using real-time analytics to dynamically assure network services

What do a Grammy award-winning musician’s newest music video and a home security system have in common? When one explodes in popularity, the other might suffer outages, delays and technical

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IoT apps and services require sophisticated monetisation tools

Chris Newton-Smith is the chief marketing officer of Redknee. Here, he tells George Malim that monetising the Internet of Things (IoT) is a completely different game to monetising communications service

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Network data collection and analytics provides the insights needed for a smooth transition

New networks and new services mean we’re now entering a different industry to traditional telecoms. What’s needed are data collection and analytics capabilities so communications service providers (CSPs) can assess

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Telecoms industry no longer a walled garden standing apart from wider digital economy

To be full participants in the digital economy (DE), which Analysys Mason defines as “all socio-economic activity, mediated by software, enabled by telecoms networks, leveraging big data”, telecoms players must

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