Networks
It’s time operators decided on their SDM strategies.
Mobile network operators have arrived at something of a crossroads in terms of formulating a strategy for managing the vast amounts of data about each of their subscribers that they are continuing to accumulate. Subscriber-data management (SDM) is an area that must be addressed, and the chosen approach will be critical to future competitiveness and profitability. Read more »
Over-the-top TV needs fine-tuning to truly court couch potatoes
Early adopters put up with a lot. They risked crippling back injuries to tote the first portable laptop computers. They paid over the odds for broadband for the pleasure of being “always on,” albeit at 512Kbps. They overlooked the many failings of numerous generations of smartphones to access the Internet on the move. So it should come as no surprise that the latest trend to sweep the telecoms and media markets should prove to be a bit of a disappointment. Read more »
The Middle East and Africa offer some of the best regional prospects for WiMAX
The prospects for WiMAX seemed to have dimmed somewhat in the past couple of years as a result of the strong growth of HSPA, which is often seen as a rival to WiMAX, and a recession that has reduced the appetite for the spending necessary to build networks. Read more »
AsiaInfo tightens its grip on the Chinese OSS/BSS market
Life for Western OSS/BSS vendors looking to take a slice of the Chinese telecoms software market got tougher this week with the news that Chinese vendor AsiaInfo is to buy one of its competitors, Linkage Technologies. Not only does the US$733 million deal remove a potential partner/target for an aspiring player, but it also strengthens AsiaInfo’s largely BSS portfolio with the addition of Linkage’s OSS know-how.
Can mobile operators compete against web-based service providers?
Cloud based service providers are entering the mobile market at an increasing rate, offering services that compete directly with operator offerings directly. Google Voice, Skype, Apple’s MobileMe, Facebook Mobile and Twitter are examples of services that introduce value by demoting the mobile network into a dumb pipe. Although operators have attracted subscriber attention by offering exclusive high-end smartphones - including the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre and Motorola Droid - there is limited revenue potential since aggressive subsidies are necessary to achieve mass market penetration and in several cases, handset manufacturers impose stringent requirements to partner with mobile operators.
Mobile operators have realized that they are facing a crossroad.
Mobile standardization headache could stall the future
Operator and vendor frustration with the European mobile standardization environment seems to be coming to a head.
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Could LTE be the killer app for IMS?
News that a number of leading mobile operators and network equipment manufacturers have decided to use IMS for the introduction of voice and SMS services over LTE networks could be a positive sign for a technology that seemed to have been put almost permanently on the back burner. In the last year or so, IMS began increasingly to look like a technology in need of a home, with only RCS offering any chance of a revival in it’s fortunes. Read more »
Even at US$3.8bn, Brocade’s attraction could extend beyond IT
Recent media reports that data storage and network kit vendor Brocade Communications has put itself up for sale have left the company with an all-time-high share price, a market valuation of US$3.8 billion plus and a number of possible suitors, some of whom could be in the telecoms sector.
Nokia Siemens Networks or Nokia Siemens Solutions?
One of my colleagues has already blogged about NSN’s new “solutions & services” marketing pitch unveiled at an analyst event last week. It’s always healthy to be sceptical about repositioning exercises of this type but nevertheless I reckon that some interesting and dare I say it genuinely transformational developments are happening at NSN. Read more »
And then there was (The Network of) One
I’ve been in Munich for the last couple of days, listening to Nokia Siemens Networks executives tell us industry analysts all about the new company strategy. Bearing in mind who the parents of this joint venture are, old skool bastions of Northern European communications engineering, renowned for delivering solid products with solid performance, the company at first seemed to have gone all soft and fluffy. Read more »
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