Vampire BAT FANGs set to dominate digital economy

Recent research from Virtusa has uncovered that businesses, including communications service providers (CSPs), are facing an existential risk from the enormous growth of technology giants such as Baidu, Alibaba and

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Micron appoints Raj Talluri as senior vice president and general manager of mobile business unit

Micron Technology Inc. announced that the company has appointed Raj Talluri as senior vice president and general manager of the Mobile Business Unit. In this role, Talluri will be responsible

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Why the customer journey is key for digital transformation

The road to digital transformation can be a daunting one, and it’s tempting for businesses to immediately jump on the bandwagon and adopt the hot technologies of the day in

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Transatel to provide a secure connectivity solution in the European Union region for FCA’s Mopar Connect on board unit

Transatel will provide FCA with machine-to-machine connectivity for the provisioning of mobile network services and an IoT solution in the European Union region (EU 29) for its on-board telematics units as

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European Commission awards Wiraya €2m to stimulate artificial intelligence innovation in Europe

Wiraya, which develops a Managed Mobile Customer Activation software, has been awarded €2 million in innovation grants by the European Commission, for the development of Wiraya Activation Intelligence.

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Wirecard selects Astute Solutions for conversational service chatbot technology

Astute Solutions announced their selection by Wirecard, a global provider in digital financial technology, to implement Astute’s chatbot software into the boon app – Europe’s fastest-growing mobile payment solution.

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What will be the key trends in remittances in 2018?

Cross-border money transfers are an essential part of the global economy. The developing countries for instance, have benefited greatly from enhanced remittance inflows. Over the recent past, the remittance scene

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Ofcom gives UK consumers the opportunity to dump their operator – by text

It may not be the classy thing to do but ending a relationship by text message is what UK regulator Ofcom has mandated customers will be able to do with

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Defeat of Daesh gives a huge boost to the Iraqi mobile market, says GlobalData

The Iraqi telco market made a recovery starting in 2016, and is forecast to reach 34 million subscribers by 2017, exceeding its 2014 pre-Daesh level, according to GlobalData, a data

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Sleeping giant – Part 2: Busting myths in direct carrier billing

Our conversations with those carriers that are still ‘holding’ on the direct carrier billing (DCB) market suggests that there are a few common myths to bust and some learnings from

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