SMS and beyond: The 20 year evolution to IP Messaging services
“At the time it didn’t seem like a big deal,” explained Neil Papworth, the twenty two year old British engineer, after sending the world’s first ever text message back in 1992. Almost 20 years ago to...
View ArticleLeveraging innovation in roaming
Yves Martin, Orange In recent years we have seen networks and devices evolve to offer customers faster and more reliable data services than ever before. Customers have become accustomed to accessing...
View ArticlePremium 4G Carrier Networking drives Massive LTE Event Growth!
Last week, LTE North America reaffirmed itself as North America’s premier networking event for the 4G community as it welcomed a record-breaking 1,000 visitors at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel, a 66%...
View ArticleIs time is running out for the Combinatorial Clock Auction format?
Is the clock ticking? Earlier this month, I attended the Spectrum Management Forum 2012 in Munich and was interested to hear several presenters criticise the Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) format....
View ArticleOTT Services – A Blessing in Disguise?
In 2011, communication service providers (CSPs) lost €10.4 billion in text messaging revenues, according to Ovum. This, Ovum argues, was down to the increasing popularity of over the top (OTT) social...
View ArticleVoLTE – 4G’s next big test
In 2012, SKT and LG U+ in South Korea, as well as MetroPCS in the United States, all announced the launch of Voice over LTE (VoLTE) networks. Equally, in recent months, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note...
View ArticleCasting a Net across the Middle East
The internet is an incredible resource for growth and innovation; it sparks creativity and connects people across the world, whilst supporting the global economy. This year, the internet celebrates its...
View ArticleSON in a multi-technology, multi-vendor world
Ajay Khanna, CTO, Celcite Celcite started life as a services company, helping tier one mobile operators in the US with their resource needs. This experience on the front line of a mobile operator’s...
View ArticleMobile Operators: Is there any future in-store?
‘Bricks and mortar’ retail strategies are battling against some difficult economic conditions right now It’s no secret that ‘bricks and mortar’ retail strategies are battling against some difficult...
View ArticleCarrier Cloud: “The most important and sustainable revenue opportunity since...
Cloud computing is the most important and sustainable revenue opportunity since voice, says Gallo The good news for carriers is that cloud computing is the most important and sustainable revenue...
View ArticleHalf Baked Policy Requires Secret Sauce
Jonathan Bell, VP of Marketing at OpenCloud Over the last few years, policy management and control has become the default answer to the question of how we control telecom services in real-time in order...
View ArticleBYOD – Harnessing the Opportunity Securely
The good news is that both IT departments and users of mobile technology believe in the benefits of technology consumerisation. A BT survey found that nearly half of employees believe they are more...
View ArticleA new business model for the network
Lyn Cantor, president of network diagnostic and service assurance solutions provider Tektronix Communications outlines a new business model that will enable operators to stake their claim in the...
View ArticleThe Big Switch On: The marriage Orange and T-Mobile networks and the birth of 4G
EE will switch on its LTE network on October 30, 2012 The network is the backbone of our company. It’s been our core product for over 20 years. It began in the 90s with 2G and the first steps toward a...
View ArticleHitting the mainstream
2012 sees LTE continuing to gain momentum as the fastest growing mobile technology of all time—and the move by several operators to re-farm 1800MHz spectrum represents the beginning of another key...
View ArticleHarnessing the opportunities of LTE roaming
The uptake of LTE services across the globe is gaining momentum. The Global mobile Suppliers Association’s (GSA) ‘Evolution to LTE Report’ released in September 2012 showed there are currently 96...
View ArticleSMS and beyond: The 20 year evolution to IP Messaging services
“At the time it didn’t seem like a big deal,” explained Neil Papworth, the twenty two year old British engineer, after sending the world’s first ever text message back in 1992. Almost 20 years ago to...
View ArticleVodafone plays offense and defence with Kabel Deutschland
Vodafone is looking to strengthen its position in its leading European market Vodafone’s determination to buy Kabel Deutschland represents both an offensive and defensive strategy as it looks to...
View ArticleLTE : Will faster = richer?
Will LTE deliver? 2012 was one of the worst years for European telecom operators with revenues down by 3.8 per cent compared to 2011. Will 4G reverse the trend? We analyzed this question in our 12th...
View ArticleChallenges for EU mobile operators
Stefan Zehle, Coleago CEO The European mobile telecoms industry is now at the maturity stage of its life cycle. While the introduction of LTE is still a relatively recent event, there is limited...
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