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21 September, 2021A major new initiative has been launched by Vodafone Group Plc and ITU, the United Nations’ specialised agency for information and communication technologies, to address the global digital divide, with the aim that an additional 3.4 billion people could have the ability to access and use the internet through a smartphone by 2030.
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23 August, 2021It sounds simple, telcos need to actually use the edge for themselves. The hyperscalers became successful by using their own infrastructure to deliver their own services while developing external offerings. Now telecom should be doing exactly the same thing. Jason Hoffman, president and CEO of MobiledgeX tells Jeremy Cowan, editorial director and founder of VanillaPlus, that telcos need to build an edge, and then put key network functions on it … and 5G is the killer use case.
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16 August, 2021The growth in multi-access edge computing (MEC), driven by 5G, is being backed up by some significant announcements in the communications industry. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks at the progress.
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09 August, 2021Communities living across the eastern most peninsula of Africa will be able to enjoy 4G services on their mobile phones following a three-year partnership agreement signed by fixed satellite solution and professional service provider, iSAT Africa and SES, a provider of global content connectivity solutions.
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04 August, 2021Globally, 85 billion spam phone calls are placed each year. Here, Michael O’Brien, chief product officer, iconectiv tells VanillaPlus’ editorial director that multiple measures are being taken to tackle the global spread of robocalls and other frauds.
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15 July, 2021Operators have seemed hesitant to push the benefits of eSIMs to their customers, despite embedded SIMs playing a role in Internet of Things (IoT) technology for several years. But there are several reasons why now, more than ever, eSIMs could be getting the impetus they deserve. Here, Hamish White founder and CEO of telecommunications software provider Mobilise, explains why we’re in the era of the eSIM.
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13 July, 2021Although not the biggest culprit of heightened carbon emissions and waste production by far, the telecommunications industry must still make its operations, products and services more sustainable. What should telcos focus on to reduce their environmental impact? Here, Hamish White, CEO of telecommunications software provider Mobilise, investigates how the telecoms sector can improve its own sustainability, and extend the industry’s positive environmental impact to other sectors.
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09 July, 2021Managing customer networks and the security that is necessary to go around them is complicated, which is why some companies outsource the work to experts, but business technology journalist Antony Savvas warns that ‘outsourcing a problem’ doesn’t always work.
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30 June, 2021The shift to remote working has forced many organisations to rethink whether an employee’s proximity to the office should still be a key factor for certain roles. In theory, technology allows us to work from anywhere in the world, but just how easy is it to manage a global workforce?
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30 June, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic confirmed just how dependent we are on connectivity. Overnight, everyday life transformed with economies around the world depending on speed and reliability to support the new remote ways for conducting business, education, healthcare and communication.
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