Five reasons why Europe has already lost the 5G race

There are many who talk about 5G but few, says John Strand of Strand Consult, have described what it takes to create a healthy 5G market with network deployment, service development,

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Telcos admit IoT is failing to meet expectations, as they are urged to understand customers’ business

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Three leading European telcos admit at the 6th IoT Forum CE, that many customers are still not aware of the benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT). As one enterprise

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DT and Vodafone Group complete successful NB-IoT roaming trial in Europe, says GSMA

The GSMA reports that mobile operators Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Vodafone Group have successfully completed the first international roaming trial in Europe using licensed narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology.

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eUICC: The operators strike back

If ever there was any doubt that IoT is going mainstream, look no further than Deutsche Telekom’s latest IoT jamboree. Called ‘IoT Week’, the German giant is hosting a number

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LPWA: challenger operators could benefit from using a different technology to that of the market leader

Mobile operators have a significant opportunity to offer LPWA solutions, but competition will be intense. The leaders have decided which technology to support – for example, AT&T has opted for LTE-M,

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A quarter of mobile network customers won’t be back if you suffer a signalling hack

Although the security hype remains focused on now-routine cybercrime such as denial of service attacks and hacks to the systems of large brands, network security, and signalling security in particular,

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Why experience matters – Part 1

Although churn is a global issue in the telecoms industry, a detailed look at the problem in a single market is instructive in putting it into context.

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Why MVNOs are edging out the competition

The ‘Big Four’ wireless carriers—AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint—may own the marketplace, but over the past few years smaller carriers are getting a piece of the action. Mobile virtual network

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T-Mobile introduces new network technology to protect customers from phone scams

T-Mobile, began rolling out Scam ID and Scam Block to customers today to safeguard them from scam calls, which cost Americans millions of dollars every year. With Scam ID, customers

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Vodafone Group completes the sale of Vodafone Netherlands’ consumer fixed line business to T-Mobile Netherlands

Vodafone Group Plc confirmed the completion of the sale by Vodafone Libertel B.V. (“Vodafone Netherlands”) of its consumer fixed business (“Vodafone Thuis”) to T-Mobile Netherlands Holding B.V. for an undisclosed sum.

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