Opinion
There is no doubt that IMS has found its place and time, but it was a long time coming. This is, at least, the consensus among several speakers at the forthcoming IMS World Forum (23-24 May, Madrid). It is the 14th annual gathering. It was VoLTE that, once the market realised how much they needed […]
The big guys get bigger. Microsoft Microsoft reported slightly disappointing results where the ageing Surface Pro line slightly marred another superb performance in the cloud with Azure and Office 365. FQ3 17 revenues / Adj-EPS were $23.56bn / $0.73 compared to consensus at $23.65bn / $0.70. Office 365 passed 100m corporate users and grew 45% […]
The future of cryptocurrency for banks could be as a settlement money that connects other different monies. The big question is whether this is this a role for Bitcoin specifically? My old friend Alistair Milne recently published a very interesting paper on Cryptocurrencies from an Austrian Perspective (SSRN, 12th April 2017) in which he explores the use of new […]
The BakerHostetler report says companies need to continue focusing on the basics to become and remain “Compromise Ready.” The BakerHostetler 2017 Data Security Incident Response Report highlights the critical need for senior executives in all industries to understand and be ready to tackle the legal and business risks associated with cyber threats and to have enterprise-wide tactics […]
As the race to become digital gathers pace, telcos must focus on revenue assurance to stop potential losses. In a recent survey sponsored by Openet and conducted by Telecoms.com fully 90% of 117 operators said that 10% of their revenue would come from digital services in 2017. Over 30% believe this figure will be over […]
The digital assistant bandwagon is bursting at the seams. Building a digital assistant is all the rage these days but just like app stores, I suspect that the weaker players will soon drop out once they begin to realise how difficult and how expensive it is to make a good one that users actually want […]
Jan Rijk Vonk is Director of Innovation Strategy at KPN, and is a speaker at the forthcoming IMS World Forum, 23-24 May in Madrid. What we wanted to know is why IMS seems suddenly to have come of age, and gone mainstream. “It is as simple as the fact that legacy systems are not flexible, […]
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg want to connect your brain to your computer and your Facebook page. The problem isn’t the technology but their timelines. We’ve heard in the past week plans by Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to connect your brain to your computer and your Facebook page, respectively. Which would normally get you laughed […]
The percentage of consumers who prefer watching TV shows on television sets plummeted by 55% over the past year, from 52% to 23%, according to findings from Accenture’s 2017 Digital Consumer Survey, signalling an accelerating shift in digital video market consumer behavior. The global online survey of 26,000 consumers in 26 countries reports that consumers […]
Someone once said that ‘it all comes back to billing’. That someone was the CEO of a new entrant into the North American wireless market. While billing has now broadened in scope, it still holds true. Now you might say ‘it all comes back to Smart Charging and Payments’. The ETIS Smart Charging and Payments […]
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