The A – Z of mobile network analytics: Part 2

The telecommunications industry has hundreds, if not thousands of terms and abbreviations that are used on a daily basis. In the second part of our A-Z, we drill down to

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Adapt fast or decline faster: How telecoms carriers can take on Silicon Valley’s tech giants – Part 1

According to industry analyst firm, Ovum, the telecoms industry will lose a combined US$386 billion between 2012 and 2018, as mobile-loving customers flock to over-the-top (OTT) voice applications, from technology giants, such

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Near-term burden could be placed on mobile networks as more gamers demand AR and move outdoors

Pokémon GO is just the tip of the mobile augmented reality (AR) gaming iceberg when it comes to user interest, according to a Vasona Networks survey of people who play

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Plagued by high failure rates Apple’s iOS loses smartphone performance battle to Android devices

Apple has lost its habitual ‘leader’ position to Android in the eternal smartphone performance battle. This is according to the Q2 2016 State of Mobile Device Performance and Health report

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Six steps to achieve really poor customer service

Customer service. What a positive and optimistic-sounding phrase – who could take exception to that? But the reality is far less pleasing. Commonly associated with frustration, seemingly never-ending phone calls,

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Social media SaaS publisher 1339 raises €400k to accelerate growth of Grytics and Wholikes.Us

The social media start-up 1339 has announced a first fundraising round of $447680 (€400,000) by Finovam Gestion.

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Streaming video hogs bandwidth on mobile networks

Video traffic is flooding mobile networks. According to our customer data mobile video traffic accounted for 55% of total mobile data traffic in 2015, and Cisco expects video to reach

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Most tech-savvy consumers believe that they are more ‘multi-channel’ than the companies that serve them

A significant number of increasingly tech-savvy consumers feel aggrieved at the difficulty they face getting service from businesses, despite their commitment to multi-channel strategies aimed at easing the waiting times

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Comparitech.com finds 1 in 4 Britons would allow their CSP to share data with third parties for cheap or free service

Comparitech.com, the website that helps people to make informed choices about privacy, together with One Poll,

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Why data is the telcos’ most valuable asset in a hostile world

These are challenging times for telecoms operators. Their traditional ‘cash cow’, voice, is no longer lucrative and they are struggling to compete effectively on cost because the competition from rivals,

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