Over the last two years, 5G has dominated discourse throughout the telecom industry. Promises of higher data rates enabling users to download, stream or process content faster, lower latency to facilitate less lag and delay when accessing networks, and improved network capacity have industry...
During my 25 years in the telecom industry, most service providers have earned the bulk of their revenues and placed their focus on their consumer business, delivering relatively straightforward connectivity-based services. But 5G represents the dawn of a new age characterized by the rising...
With the advent of 4G and the start of the data era, subscribers have been increasing the total amount of data usage significantly year after year. ABI Research has found that the total global mobile data traffic usage, consisting of 2G through 5G, is...
We have begun a new year, but a common challenge still persists: How can operators differentiate their 5G services, especially with more cloud-based and digital native players joining the market? And, crucially, how can operators monetize 5G — and do so efficiently, with low...
As the evolution to 5G technology advances worldwide, network operators are increasingly interested in exploring open radio access network (Open RAN) technology. Open RAN is promoted as offering a host of business benefits for both incumbent and new mobile operators, including greater agility and...
As businesses in the UK look to recover from the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, 5G and advanced network technologies will become more important to businesses than ever. Recent figures from Vodafone suggest 5G could boost output in the UK by £150 billion; a...
Many would reflect on 2021 with mixed feelings. On the positive side, there were significant developments in the telecoms industry such as wider scale deployments of 5G by CSPs and the increased availability of enterprise licensed spectrum, opening the door for campus deployment of...
Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before, but reliable wireless connectivity has become an essential facet of daily life. The new survival kit contains food, water, comfortable shoes, and bandwidth. 2021 is in the rear-view mirror and now we look forward...
As industries, businesses and consumers become increasingly reliant on the connected economy, its potential as the bedrock of digital transformation continues to grow. Yet with great opportunity also comes great risk. As IoT adoption accelerates, so too does potential for exploitation from bad actors.
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In a mobile world, we’re now realizing that one of the absolute must-haves in most devices is positioning. Some applications are already commonplace: navigation in our phones and cars, finding wherever we parked the car or keeping track of our kids. Growing even faster...
Eighteen months ago, in the middle of the first COVID-19 wave, we launched a study to learn more about how businesses were using IoT. We sought to discover if IoT was helping them cope with the unprecedented challenges caused by the global pandemic. The...
As more people worked remotely during the early stages of the pandemic, operators shifted investment to fixed infrastructure underpinning home broadband connections. Looking to 2022, we’ll see renewed focus on the growth of 4G and time spent on evaluating the most pragmatic ways to add capacity and capability into 5G deployment plans. We see three major trends in the market...
The spectacular growth of online shopping and remote working in 2020 and 2021 thanks to the pandemic translated into almost nonchalant acceptance of the idea of home delivery of all manner of goods, meals and even drinks, and the dramatic decline of commuting to...
No sooner was the first 5G network launched in late 2018 than industry experts started setting the expectation that this “G” was different. While previous generations quickly brought tangible benefits to consumers, along with the much-hyped “killer apps” like Uber and Angry Birds, there...
After a slow start, enterprises are poised to accelerate their AI-on-5G deployments as they race to deliver new applications and services to customers and partners
Back in 2019, the pitch to enterprises for adopting 5G technology seemed relatively simple: super-speedy connections, capable of connecting hundreds...
Each year advancements in wireless network technology transform the way businesses use and benefit from mobile capabilities. 5G offers super-fast speeds, low latency and massive capacity. Mobile edge computing brings compute and storage services to the edge of a wireless network. The combination of...
As enterprise IT leaders plan for 2022, the hybrid model blending remote and in-office work is likely to be the new normal. According to research from IDC, more than half of workers are planning to continue to work remotely or arrange a hybrid approach...
When selling a mobile device, operators have always explored ways of driving higher attachment rates. Whether through trade-in/buy-back programs or bundling services like Netflix and Spotify with a data plan, operators have used secondary products to improve customer advocacy and latch onto the increased...
In an increasingly connected world, the need for data and network capacity has become the driving force that prompts wireless technology innovation. As development into 5G technology advances, connected systems will continue to grow in complexity and reliance on one another. This increase in...
With lingering effects of the COVID pandemic, 2021 was a difficult year. We correctly predicted that remote work was not going away, and that people would migrate out of the congested city centers. We also predicted a growth in private broadband networks. On the...
Covid-19 caused supply-chain disruptions across vertical industries. The pandemic deepened market uncertainty and severely impacted the adoption of IoT. Healthcare was the main exception, as the global crisis expanded IoT use cases in production and logistics around healthcare products, as well as in hospitals...
Manufacturing facilities have seen a rapid shift in recent years as production moves beyond traditional methods of output to production enabled by the adoption of information and communication technology (ICT). Full automation is approaching as manufacturers aim for agile and flexible production processes that...
The current transformation in the IT infrastructure management (IIM) space revolves around the changes and new urgencies brought about by COVID-19. The pandemic changed the way organizations functioned and delivered their offerings. To enable continuous and seamless operations, businesses had to make some crucial...
In the last two years, we have seen an explosion in the number of cloud providers used by enterprises. What started-out with deployments in one or two clouds has now morphed into five or six, especially when SaaS providers are taken into consideration. We...
