How IoT is reshaping the world of telecommunications

From connected cars and wearable devices to smart homes and cities, the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the world around us, especially in telecommunications. This fourth industrial revolution — also driven

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FTTH Council Asia-Pacific reveals new board of directors

Enabling 5G, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities through ‘deep fiber’ will become a key focus for the FTTH Council Asia-Pacific, as it announced a new board of

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Six trends set to disrupt global telecoms next year

The global telecoms industry is going through a state of flux. New technologies are disrupting the traditional players, and new competition is emerging. To a large extent, says Sanjay Krishnaa, SVP Communications

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Transformed telecoms for a new digital Europe

In recent years, Europe has been a challenging market for telecoms providers to operate in, writes Alex Oxley, the vice president of communications for EMEA at Cyient. With depleting revenue

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What’s in store for the American telecoms industry?

Today, US citizens will look at their devices more than eight billion times. With more than 265 million mobile users, the American telecoms market is growing rapidly. Consumers are using

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Connecting Africa – from the Serengeti to the Sahara

Africa is the market on the lips of the global telecoms industry, writes Nathan Sawicki, the global head of marketing for communications at Cyient. PWC has summarised the situation perfectly,

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Backhaul network transformation: The go-to strategy for CSPs

Imagine a society where public services are intrinsically linked. Citizens could be notified on their smartphone of a late running train service, with alternative routes shared.

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Connectivity, collaboration, consolidation: What’s in store for telecoms in 2017?

It’s been a hectic year for the global telecoms industry. Unexpected political results have caused uncertainty the world over, with the full repercussions of the UK’s Brexit vote and Trump’s

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Our uninterrupted future: Roaming the streets of a seamless mobile access network – Part 2

In the first of my two-part series, I explored the potential of a seamless mobile access network in the context of the UK’s smart city evolution. Here, I continue that

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Our uninterrupted future: Roaming the streets of a seamless mobile access network – Part 1

What if your smartphone or tablet could jump from a mobile carrier’s wireless network to a wireless computer network or hotspot automatically,

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