Telcos can be challengers too

Telecommunications companies (telcos) are at the heart of digital innovation in other industries such as media, banking and automotive, but are they lagging behind in the digital transformation

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Intranets of Things to be enabled by containerised public and private network infrastructure

Quortus and Expeto are co-operating to speed the deployment of innovative communications services by wireless internet service providers (WISPs), mobile and virtual network operators (MNOs and MVNOs), and Internet of

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Hidden expenses of uncontrolled customer roaming cost operators millions

Recently, Starhome Mach analysed mobile network operator (MNO) roaming business activities to reveal areas of significant losses simply due to inappropriate management of traffic steering. Active steering of subscribers can

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From cloud to managed service: The next MVNO evolution

Operating a mobile service is undoubtedly a great brand marketing strategy. It’s still prestigious, and the exposure is better than ever: not only is your logo on the bill, now

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European Commission blocks O2-3 merger deal in UK

The European Commission has blocked Hutchison CK’s proposed acquisition of Telefónica UK (O2 UK), which would have reduced the number of mobile network operators (MNOs) in the United Kingdom from

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What would ‘Brexit’ mean for the UK’s mobile sector?

On June 23, 2016, the people of the U.K. will vote in a referendum on whether they want the U.K. to remain a member of the European Union (EU) or

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European MVNOs plan to differentiate based on customer experience and new offerings beyond mobile

Amdocs, a provider of customer experience solutions, has unveiled the results of a study which found that 67% of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in Europe plan to differentiate by

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Smart revenue sharing – a crucial cog in the IoT wheel

A complex environment in an ever-changing sector Within the Internet of Things (IoT), all the players, whether they are CSPs, MVNOs, IoT service or platform providers, must be able to

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Bigger and faster isn’t necessarily better when it comes to data analytics

Data analytics and big data remains big business, of that there’s little doubt, writes Kevin Stanfield who warns that communications service providers (CSPs) should avoid being drawn into a data

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Spirent sees ‘Game Changers’ in carrier device management as MNOs and MVNOs face seven major challenges in 2016

The year 2016 will see communications Device Management (DM) take a new direction, says Spirent Communications’ Lars Houbak, general manager of its device intelligence business unit.

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