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05 July, 2018
In our conversations with telco operators at industry events and during our day-to-day operations, 5G understandably comes up a lot. Undoubtedly, says Satu Huuhtanen, head of Planning and Design at Nokia, there’s a lot of excitement about the myriad opportunities it will bring, (more…)
05 July, 2018
If you happened to be one of Spotify’s investors, you’ll likely be smiling following the company’s US$27 billion debut on the US stock market. Long seen as the driving force behind the shift from purchasing music to streaming it, Spotify is one of many contemporary companies that depend on the infrastructure investments of global communications service providers (CSPs), without contributing to it. The same can be said of Netflix, currently valued at US$134 billion and growing. For CSPs, such services are a challenge, as they compete with their own services at the same time as depending utterly on their infrastructure for their success. So why should video games represent anything different, asks Javier Polo, the chief executive of PlayGiga?
05 July, 2018
With mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) market at an all-time high, according to research from Thomson Reuters, Mo Aneese, who works in the investment team at private equity firm, Livingbridge, tells George Malim that telecoms-related investments are now really about enabling cloud services.
04 July, 2018
Bango, the mobile commerce company, has partnered with Pandora, the largest music streaming service in the U.S., to power subscriptions through Pandora reseller partners. This service is initially available on a U.S.-based wireless network provider, enabling Pandora to grow the subscriber base for their leading music service. (more…)
21 June, 2018
As we know all too well, network evolution presents both opportunities and challenges for the mobile Communications Service Provider (CSP). Furthermore, says Adhish Kulkarni of Evolving Systems, as not all generational leaps are created equal, some shifts are more extreme than others. (more…)
15 June, 2018
Telco Systems, a provider of SDN/NFV, CE 2.0, MPLS and IP solutions, has announced a strategic investment and joint development agreement with Arm. Arm is a supplier of semiconductor IP, for Telco Systems to develop new service-ready uCPE and NFV Edge solutions based on Arm® architecture. (more…)
14 June, 2018
VMware, Inc. has announced VMware vCloud NFV-OpenStack Edition 3.0, the next generation of the company’s production-proven Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) platform for communications service providers (CSPs). (more…)
14 June, 2018
Allot Communications Ltd., a global provider of network intelligence and security solutions for service providers worldwide, has released findings from its Telco Security Trends Report. This reveals a dynamic and automated threat landscape in which consumers lack the security expertise to effectively protect themselves. (more…)
14 June, 2018
While carriers are keen to play a leading role in the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities markets, they may be bypassed by other market players if they do not act. And while a new white paper from ABI Research urges carriers to adopt new strategies to establish their position within the IoT (more…)
05 June, 2018
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 when the negative effects of automation kick in, asks Peter Dykes? (more…)
