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Avoid the disruptors: retaining IoT market share in the face of attack from OTT providers (Reality Check)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fueled by the abundance of reduced cost infrastructure of compute, storage and networking, with a myriad of service integrations from device management to data analytics. As the cost of entry for IoT continues to fall, coupled with competing...

Analyst Angle: Mobile operators won’t find safety in content deals

Mobile operators need to look at reinventing their operations instead of content deals if they want to guarantee future success. AT&T wants to acquire Time Warner and Verizon Communications wants to buy Yahoo because they believe delivering news, sports...

Reader Forum: Overcoming OTT pressures in Latin America

OTT services have shown strong adoption across Latin America, which is changing the competitive dynamic for telecom operators across the region Telecommunications operators have long ruled the market in Latin America, and the situation in the past has been described as near monopolistic. However, over...

Ericsson bringing video service to the third world

NuVu video subscription on-demand service set to launch in Q1 2016 on Airtel Nigeria network Continuing its aggressive move into the television content delivery space, Ericsson this week announced a new streaming video on-demand service called NuVu, set to become available next year for some...

LatAm: Telcos increase deals with OTT; video rises in Brazil

Competition between communication service providers and over-the-top players could be set to change. According to Ovum’s "Telco-OTT Tracker" survey, Latin American telecom operators are increasing the number of partnership deals signed with OTT players. The tracker counted more than 500 deals across 11 categories on...

Comverse bolsters digital messaging platform with Acision purchase

Comverse touts digital messaging platform benefits of $245M deal Comverse announced plans to acquire privately held Acision for approximately $245 million in a move to bolster its digital services business. U.K.-based Acision provides mobile messaging and engagement services, and is used by a number of...

Ericsson wants 15% share of Indian TV market by 2017

Partners with Tata Sky to launch new video and OTT content delivery solution Continuing its push into the television and media vertical, Swedish networking firm Ericsson joined forces with Tata Sky to provide Indian customers with a higher-quality television experience. Ericsson will supply Tata Sky with...

Fring Alliance looks to stem carrier OTT losses

WebRTC-based white-label voice, video, messaging platform core to Fring Alliance plans ORLANDO, Fla. – One of the biggest challenges facing telecom operators are over-the-top services that compete against what the operator is providing to consumers – sometimes at a cheaper price – and running over...

Reality Check: It’s time to take back OTT

Technology innovation has been a significant disruptor of established markets for quite some time – and the telecom industry is no exception. In fact, there is arguably more disruption going on in this industry than any other. The growth of messaging apps is unstoppable,...

ESPN sues Verizon for breach of contract

  Lawsuit revolves around Verizon pay-TV bundles Following up on concerns raised earlier in the month, sports media giant ESPN on Monday filed a lawsuit against Verizon Communications for breach of contract. Verizon’s proposed FiOS TV plan allows customers to break up traditional television bundles. Verizon offers a...

Verizon taps ESPN, CBS Sports, others to power mobile OTT platform

Verizon targeting millennials with mobile-focused OTT service Verizon Communications is tapping college sports in a move to drive customers to its mobile entertainment services and battle over-the-top content providers. The carrier announced a deal with a handful of college sports programming and networks that it said...

2015 Predictions: Collaboration, not competition, will drive telecom market

Last year was one of dynamic change and investment in the telecom sector as a whole as operators across the world launched LTE services. Meanwhile, over-the-top providers and mobile virtual network operators stepped up their game for the hearts and minds of customers through...

Reality Check: Why, how mobile operators should embrace OTT

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. If over-the-top service providers are cannibals, somebody forgot to tell Atlantic Broadband, Grande Communications, RCN Telecom Services and Suddenlink. They’re...

Reality Check: Drawing up the pre-nup for an OTT and carrier marriage

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Since 2012, carriers have seen a steady decline in revenue and traffic from traditional telecom offerings given the popularity and...

Reader Forum: The evolution of content partnerships

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...

Reality Check: How carriers can improve competitiveness after cellphone unlocking bill becomes law

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. In early August, President Barak Obama signed into law a bill known as the “Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition...

Analyst Angle: Latin America’s OTT mobile messaging apps threat

Over the Top (OTT) Services The over-the-top trend started in the telecommunications sphere with free, IP-based telephony services but has now crossed to all other telecom services, gaining momentum by focusing on content and services. Currently, OTT providers are developing innovative ways to differentiate themselves...

Reality Check: Viva text messaging

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level ex-ecutives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences. Surely the award for the technology with the longest half-life must go to the text message? Predictions of its death...

Analyst Angle: What operators can bring to OTT partnerships, besides billing

Hardly a day goes by without an announcement of a new partnership between an operator and an over-the-top provider. OTT partnering has become a key strategic initiative,

Reality Check: The broadband mobility revolution

First there was the Industrial Revolution, where machines improved productivity and boosted output. Next came the Digital Revolution with computers and the Internet,

Reader Forum: Why mobile acceleration technology is necessary to keep up with user demand

Much has been written about the evolving wireless broadband capacity crunch and the mobile network technologies that help solve this problem.

Reader Forum: From mash-ups to sponsored data: why operators must collaborate with OTTs

Across the world, mobile customers are enthusiastically embracing over-the-top applications. The value of these apps has been firmly established – witness the $19 billion paid for WhatsApp by Facebook.

Reader Forum: ‘Freemium’ models and sponsored data – giving the people what they want?

Following on the heels of increasingly common, albeit still fairly new “freemium” service offerings, AT&T’s recently announced sponsored data service launch has been unusually controversial.

Reader Forum: An alternative approach to real-time big data analytics (Pt. 2)

For true real-time decision-making, it is necessary to continuously collect, store and analyze network information. In order to fully understand what is happening,