Tag: telecoms
Unfortunately, fraud is a fact of life in telecoms, and a growing problem when it comes to international voice services which generally enjoy higher termination rates. Of course, the frequent and routine transfers of significant sums of money between operators is another key reason and the pressure on margins throughout the industry has persuaded less […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A divided Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday approved a report that found for the first time since 2009 there is “effective competition” in the wireless market, a finding that could help Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc to merge. Reuters reported last week that the wireless carriers are close to agreeing on […]
With 18 months to go before the UK’s formal exit from the EU, Brexit is rolling in fast, pushing a bow-wave of uncertainty ahead of it. When the wave breaks, which way up will it leave the UK telecoms industry? The biggest impact is likely to result from changing patterns of movement within the EU. […]
LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ericsson has ditched its goal of winning more clients beyond the telecoms industry to refocus on selling networks to mobile phone companies in a move to cut costs and halt a dramatic fall in its share price. The Swedish firm’s clients in its core business include Vodafone and Verizon but profits have […]
![Is the telecoms/IT [or insert name of] industry about to be Trumped?](http://i0.wp.com/disruptiveviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Disruption.jpg?resize=352%2C198&ssl=1 "Is the telecoms/IT [or insert name of] industry about to be Trumped?")
Talk about disruptive. Against all odds, Donald Trump is now going to be president of the US. And the question on everyone’s lips (apart from perhaps “WTF?” and “How in the hell did he do that?”) is: NOW what? The telecoms/IT space is no different, and the all-purpose answer is in fact another question: who […]
The EU is expected to propose that OTT giants providing voice & messaging telecom services meet the same obligations as operators. The European Union’s executive arm is expected this week to propose subjecting online services like Microsoft’s Skype, Facebook’s WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage to some of the same rules that have long regulated the telecom services […]
Internet companies like WhatsApp and Skype are worried they’ll have to comply with new EU telecoms laws for the first time when the European Commission proposes a legislative overhaul this September. The EU executive is about to introduce a set of new telecoms laws, some of which will apply to online messaging services that have […]
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The merger and acquisition activity that has characterized the European telecoms market in recent years could soon grind to a halt, even as Orange looks to seal a potential 10 billion euro ($11 billion) deal for French rival Bouygues. While Orange Chief Executive Stephane Richard believes that the so-called convergence of fixed […]
In the 1970s and 80s even the idea of creating a flexible, multi-part, open ecosystem of software, hardware, network, and developers was just too far-fetched to comprehend. In those days we needed absolute control and structure. We needed a way to model and simplify and constrain the problem space severely so that we could apply […]
This time last year I wrote that it was trendy for analysts and journalists to look into their crystal balls and tell you what to expect in the coming year. For me, it made more sense to look back on the year past and see what had failed or otherwise made no sense – in […]
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