Can telcos beat cloud giants like Google, Microsoft and Amazon in the IoT battle?

Nowadays, we see a new battle arising in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain. It seems that after years of false promises, the IoT is becoming a viable market and

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Telcos desperately turning to value-added ICT services for revenue growth, but can they do this well?

“Telcos could talk to enterprise customers about applications and security,” one vendor advises. “And I could become a Princess,” says one analyst sarcastically. As revenues from core connectivity services continue

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A NEW DEAL FOR TELCOS Enabling and empowering dealers as a growth strategy

On-demand version With mobile Communications Service Providers (CSP’s) investing heavily in Sales and Marketing, optimizing performance and achieving efficiencies is important to the bottom line. And while online purchases continue

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A lack of customer understanding by CSPs is behind telecoms churn

Sometimes communications service providers (CSPs) are accused of lacking care when it comes to their customers. Mobile providers especially seem to fare badly in polls of which sectors have the

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Automation is the way to go, but what about the workers?

Automation is fast coming to a range of industries, bringing greater efficiencies, lower operating costs and more flexible service delivery. But will the telecoms industry be in the front line

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Italtel and Exprivia to present solutions for next-generation networks and innovative 5G-enabled services at MWC 18

Solutions for vertical 5G services – Industry 4.0, telemedicine, smart cities, media and entertainment – which leverage groundbreaking technologies such as the IoT and SDN/NFV will be exhibited at Mobile

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Open API lab aims for faster innovation

Telcos and their suppliers will be able to innovate faster and move more quickly and effectively along their transformation paths, following the launch of an online Open API lab ‘platform’

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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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Digital content revenues to pass $200 billion next year, Juniper Research finds

A new study from Juniper Research has found that global consumer spend on digital content will reach $202 billion (€174.16 billion) in 2018, up by 10% on this year’s total

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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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