Mobile messaging provider Tango has raised $280 million from an investor group led by China’s Alibaba, which contributed $215 to the round. The remainder came from Tango’s existing investor group, …
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Reader Forum: An alternative approach to real-time big data analytics (Pt. 2)
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerFor true real-time decision-making, it is necessary to continuously collect, store and analyze network information. In order to fully understand what is happening,
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Reality Check (MWC Edition): What’s hot at MWC – WebRTC, VoLTE, OTT and 2FA
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerAs the mobile industry gears up for one of the biggest events of the year, the industry is buzzing about what new technologies and innovations are going to surface at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
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Reader Forum: An alternative approach to real-time big data analytics (Pt. 1)
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerIn its simplest form, big data analytics can be broken down into two parts that differentiate it from business intelligence or data warehousing and mining:
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In the past three to four years, over-the-top video has grown as an alternative to established pay-TV platforms in many emerging markets. As a result of improving broadband infrastructure and
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Netflix gave investors plenty to celebrate last week, but for mobile operators the soaring popularity of on-demand video is a double-edged sword. Over-the-top video motivates subscribers to buy more data …
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2014 is the year that consumers come to the forefront of every decision and investment made in mobile. Success will be dependent on knowing today’s mobile consumer – what they think is cool,
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Skype users spent an estimated 214 billion minutes on international calls last year, according to the latest data from TeleGeography. The firm estimates that international Skype-to-Skype traffic grew 36% last …
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2013 saw mobile network operators around the world continuing their tentative adjustment to an environment in which over-the-top content defined much of their network deployment, upgrade and
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2014 Predictions: Broadband has become a utility; ‘Internet of things’ will change the playfield
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerFiber-to-the-home is a utility: With the emergence of next-generation access networks soon being on a global scale, different strategies and business models are continuously developing.
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Ovum recently published an interesting survey on mobile messaging further revealing how social messaging players are rapidly evolving,
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Voice over LTE was developed as a standardized way for operators to transmit voice over new data-oriented LTE networks, meaning that voice services can use the higher speeds and quality
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The rise of over-the-top messaging services has been hugely disruptive for the mobile industry. Free OTT messaging apps with text, VoIP and even video features have made the traditional operator revenue model of
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Reality Check: A changing telecom ecosystem – competing against non-traditional players
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerConvergence in telecommunications is blurring the traditional lines between competitors and collaborators. Communications service providers today face not only traditional foes, but also new
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From the 1990s to mid-2000s, all was in place for telecom operators to deliver substantial results for their shareholders. It was a time of innovation in the industry. Data capabilities were
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Mobile operators have learned that as subscribers gain access to faster networks, those networks can face congestion as users choose to download more video. Now videos that users don’t choose …
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As the market was closing on Thursday, Twitter posted a tweet announcing that it had started the process of filing for an initial public offering. As Twitter prepares to spread …
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Genband is expanding its software offering for carriers with the acquisition of fring’s over-the-top (OTT) mobile IP communications service. A direct competitor to Skype and Google Voice in the consumer …
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Reader Forum: Big data analytics – The key to driving monetization opportunities
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerAlthough big data has recently taken the mainstream spotlight and become a major initiative in the enterprise, it has always been at play in the wireless space. The challenge now is
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Qwilt, a company that specializes in online video delivery and transparent caching solutions, can count another big name among its funders: Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). The 102-year-old firm, which has …
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Reader Forum: HTML5 and those incredible disappearing apps fuel the need for content intelligence
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerImagine you are a policeman, and your job is to give tickets to speeding cars and to manage the traffic flow to ensure steady progress for all cars. But the twist in the tale is that
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French electronic communications regulator ARCEP recently asked prosecutors to investigate that question after a failure by Microsoft’s Skype unit to
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The wireless industry is one of the richest sources of news – technology breakthroughs, key appointments and disappointments, patent disputes, network developments, thinner/lighter/smarter/smaller devices,
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Reader Forum: VoLTE – The next-generation tool for maximizing voice revenue
by Dan Meyerby Dan MeyerIn today’s data-centric world, LTE is typically associated with evolving high-speed data services, but its voice applications are rapidly gaining traction. As global LTE network deployments rapidly accelerate,
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Many operators around the world are cognizant of the fact that there has been a seismic shift in their business world over the last few years, while others are just waking up to the reality.