Orange Digital Ventures invests in Africa’s Talking, the distributor of mobile communication and payment APIs to developers

Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa launched last June, is proud to announce its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise US$8.6 million (€7.16

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Signalling network presents next area of operator weakness as grey routes get locked down

Recent research from Mobilesquared reveals that operators’ failure to secure SS7 networks is costing them messaging revenue today and could see them lose share of the two factor authentication market

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SMS traffic is making a comeback

In recent years, SMS traffic has lost significant traction to WhatsApp and other messaging applications for personal messaging. This shift in the personal messaging preferences of mobile phone users has

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Nuance shows AI-powered developments for the car and smart home of the future at CES 2018

New conversational artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions asre being shown at CES 2018 by Nuance Communications, Inc..Through advancements in conversational AI, Nuance is empowering solutions that hear, understand, learn, and use language to interact

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EU roaming changes see 308% increase in mobile data volumes

After years of speculation, Europe abolished intra-region mobile roaming charges in 2017, writes Kyle Dorcas, the vice president of mobile policy management at Syniverse. Now people from Bulgaria to Barcelona

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Automated SMS messages to grow 20% by 2022, exceeding 2.7 trillion, as WhatsApp disrupts the market

The volume of A2P (Application to Person) messaging is expected to increase by 20% over the next 5 years to more than 2.7 trillion by 2022, up from 2.1 trillion

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What’s the future of spectrum valuation now 5G is on the horizon?

With a number of 5G spectrum awards on the horizon, it seems like the right time to reflect on the way in which it is awarded, writes Michal Gabrielczyk, the

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ST2 Technology partners with Trudera to hit back at fraudsters and protect consumers from fraud

International management consulting firm, ST2 Technology has announced a new partnership with innovative cybersecurity company Trudera to launch new anti-phishing and fraud technology, GoVerify, designed to restore consumer trust by

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Low ARPUs, fraud and client culture clashes are backdrop as TeleSign acquisition accelerates BICS transformation

Carriers and even carriers’ carriers need to stimulate growth and reduce their dependency on declining voice revenues. All of which comes as news to no-one, says Jeremy Cowan. But how

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Smishing: New age phishing

According to fraud prevention body Cifas, identity fraud has reached ‘epidemic levels’. Statistics show that 89,201 cases of identity fraud were registered from January to June this year, the highest

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