George Malim
GSMA Telco Edge Cloud turns to MobiledgeX to take ownership of the edge marketplace
With the recent announcement that China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM are working together, with the support of GSMA, to develop an interoperable
Read moreTelia’s Fridström explains how fibre providers can avoid a subsea sinking feeling
Subsea cable capacity will provide the backbone capacity to enable the vast number of new business requirements that are arriving with 5G, artificial intelligence, machine learning and within IoT. However,
Read moreWind Tre CIO: How Qvantel digital transformation partnership redefines customer interaction
Bringing together separate fixed line and mobile operators under new ownership is among the most complex integrations a communications service provider (CSP) can undertake. However, for Wind Tre, it provided
Read moreThere isn’t a US$1bn 5G use case, says Accenture 5G lead
Although we’ve missed out on the trumpets heralding the continued roll-out of 5G thanks to the cancellation of MWC 2020, there are significant early milestones to the full deployment of
Read moreCloud will deliver the promise of simplicity in 2020, says Virgin Media Business
Cloud is nothing new and it has been embraced by organisations of all types. However, managing cloud solutions has become complex to the extent that it is creating problems for
Read moreProcurement focus on cost reduction stunts innovation, warns Ivalua report
With a new report from Ivalua revealing that more than two thirds of telecoms organisations say innovation is being blocked because of their focus on cost reduction, George Malim asks
Read moreNTT Group chooses BearingPoint at digital transformation tipping point
Japanese operator NTT is continuing to execute on its strategy to promote the business-to-business-to-x (B2B2X) model with its selection of Bearing Point//Beyond to provide its Infonova digital business platform to
Read moreHuawei re-affirms European market commitment, says no Berlin Wall needed in digital world
Huawei has emphasised its commitment to the European market at its Innovation Day and eco-Connect Europe events held in Paris, France this week, writes George Malim. The company revealed research
Read moreIvalua survey warns telcos not to send procurement back to cost-cutting dark ages
Recent research from Ivalua has revealed that almost three-quarters (74%) of telecoms organisations have encountered some type of supply chain risk in the last year. The biggest supply chain risks
Read moreDon’t leave the network as an afterthought, says Telia Carrier’s Miskulin
Matthew Miskulin, the head of Ecosystem and Network Development at Telia Carrier, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus, that connectivity providers are carving out a larger footprint in
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