Informa’s key themes for MWC 2013
Informa Telecoms & Media’s Analysts have identified eight key themes to look out for at this year’s Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. • 4G – Dario Talmesio 4G will account for just 1.9% of...
View ArticleMWC: Facebook partners with 18 operators for free or discounted data access...
Facebook’s partnership with 18 mobile operators in 14 countries in a promotion to provide free or discounted access to Facebook Messenger for Android and iOS, and Facebook for Every Phone, has the...
View ArticleMWC: Etisalat joins M2M Alliance to tap global M2M market
The M2M Alliance has added the Middle East’s largest operator, Etisalat, to its group of operator members looking to introduce a single worldwide SIM card via a web-based platform for M2M services....
View ArticleMWC: Operators look to Firefox to help them develop more profitable...
Seventeen mobile operators have committed to launch devices using Mozilla’s Firefox OS in an attempt to generate more revenues from mobile services and help them reduce the handset costs they incur...
View ArticleMWC Daily Round-up: Day One
Western Europe analyst Francesco Radicati provides a round-up of the day’s big stories from the first day of Mobile World Congress 2013, in Barcelona. Telefonica announces launch plans for Firefox OS...
View ArticleMWC Daily Round-up: Day Two
Principal Analyst, Dario Talmesio provides a round-up of the day’s big stories from the second day of Mobile World Congress 2013, in Barcelona. Embrace the enemy: it’s not an option, it’s your destiny...
View ArticleAustralian ‘FTTH for All’ dream fights for life
National Broadband Network CEO Mike Quigley opened up a huge can of worms when he said at the American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney on February 22nd that he was open to the NBN being re-designed...
View ArticleMWC Daily Round Up: Day Three
Senior analyst Paul Lambert provides a round-up of the big stories from this week’s Mobile World Congress 2013, in Barcelona. Those expecting major announcements from operators on new approaches...
View ArticleTelcos and APIs: Got an Ology?
British Telecom TV ads of the ‘80s are fondly remembered. Their star, suburban housewife Beattie (geddit?), encouraged a nation to talk. In one famous ad, Beattie comforts her hapless grandson about...
View ArticleFon lands mega-deal with DT to continue strong traction with telco partners
Fon expands its global base of telco partners It’s certainly been a very busy start to 2013 for Fon with a first quarter that’s been characterised by impressive commercial momentum. Today’s joint...
View ArticleMWC: “It’s the network, stupid!”
If there is one broad theme that sums up this year’s Mobile World Congress for me it is the idea of ‘the network as asset’, and the perception that CSPs could and should be doing a great deal more to...
View ArticleHow I might use WebRTC
As an analyst exploring new digital services, I try to practice what I preach. I designed Informa’s Telecom Cloud Monitor with Caspio. I use Evernote for project and information management. My...
View ArticleCable Congress 2013: No denying cable’s good health, but challenges must not...
When attending a European cable conference, in particular the industry’s flagship Cable Congress event, held in London last week, one must be mindful that the view from the inside rarely offers a...
View ArticleWhat does Formula 1 tell us about telco aspirations to become global consumer...
I remember speaking to a senior director at a Middle Eastern telecoms operator five years ago about Formula 1 motor racing and Vodafone. He’d got used to seeing Vodafone’s name plastered all over race...
View ArticleBroadband MEA 2013: Expectations high in emerging markets; a reality check...
“I note there is a disproportionate emphasis on the quality of the networks being deployed, in comparison with the discussion on how they can actually be monetized. The regional apps and content market...
View ArticleIt’s now or never: Tele2 gets out of Russia while the getting’s good
Up until last year, Tele2 was in the habit of referring to its Russian operation as its engine of growth. Quarter after quarter, Tele2 Russia consistently provided the greatest number of new customers...
View ArticleDish swoops for Sprint, could win out with higher offer and better strategic fit
Dish Networks has launched a US$25.5 billion hostile offer for Sprint, a significant premium over Softbank’s US$20 billion offer unveiled in 4Q12. Dish’s move would combine the third-largest pay-TV and...
View ArticleService revenue will show its true colors at last
We are seeing more and more operators announcing new handset-financing programs. Part of the reason for this is that they are attempting to move away from the burden of handset subsidies. Additionally,...
View Article‘Salami effect’ can fill FTTH pipes, but operators might not reap rewards
It is one of the standard questions that Asia Pacific ultrafast broadband operators get asked: What on earth are you going to do with the huge bandwidth on these 1Gbps FTTH services? In the past few...
View ArticleBharti Airtel’s acquisition of Warid Telecom could challenge MTN’s dominance...
Bharti Airtel has recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Warid Telecom Uganda in a move that will increase its market share to about 39.3%. Through the acquisition, Airtel will...
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