BICS board and Kurgan agree his departure, Gatta appointed new CEO and Burton to lead TeleSign

The board of directors of BICS (Belgacom International Carrier Services) and CEO, Daniel Kurgan have come to the mutual conclusion to end their collaboration. The board of directors has approved

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BICS joins Smart Africa alliance to implement free roaming initiative on the continent

BICS, a global communications enabler, has joined the Smart Africa Alliance and is supporting its ‘One Africa Network’ (OAN). The project is working to reduce roaming charges among the 30

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AI will be used by CSPs as a superhuman shield against fraud

There’s been a lot of hype around machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years, and in 2019, we believe ML and AI will be used as tools

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BICS and Fastweb partner to boost capacity and connectivity from Europe to international submarine cable systems in Sicily

BICS, a international communications enabler, and Fastweb, a major Italian telecommunications operator, have announced a strategic partnership to offer a combined connectivity solution which will bridge Europe via Sicily, to

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Collaborate with other network operators, and stop confusing Telstra and Tesla

As we move into another new year, analyst and blog predictions abound however, rather than list them here ad nauseam, I thought it might be interesting, says Peter Dykes, to find

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2018 means innovating communications for a ‘connected world’, says one operator

Shifts and fluctuations occur in every sector, with political, economic, and social factors all guiding peaks and troughs, positive and negative. According to the CEO of BICS, Daniel Kurgan, the

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BICS completes acquisition of TeleSign

BICS, a global provider of international wholesale connectivity and interoperability services, announced it has closed the acquisition of TeleSign, following the April 25th announcement of entering a definitive agreement to

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Low ARPUs, fraud and client culture clashes are backdrop as TeleSign acquisition accelerates BICS transformation

Carriers and even carriers’ carriers need to stimulate growth and reduce their dependency on declining voice revenues. All of which comes as news to no-one, says Jeremy Cowan. But how

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BICS to acquire USA’s TeleSign Corp for US$230m, aims to be first end-to-end CPaaS provider

BICS, a global provider of international wholesale connectivity and interoperability services, has agreed to acquire privately held TeleSign Corporation, a US company active in the provision of authentication and mobile

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How IoT and collaboration are transforming the mobile communications industry

Despite its name, Mobile World Congress is about so much more than mobile handsets. Now in its 31st year, MWC retains its title as the biggest event in the telecoms

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