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Powering Indian telecoms into the future
As the fourth largest economy in the world by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) driven primarily by the services sector, the telecom industry in India offers a great deal of opportunity. The last decade in particular has seen voice communications become a central part of day-to-day life for much of India...
How important is Real-time monitoring? Part two: Customer Profiling drives loyalty and revenue
At the start of this week, Developing Telecoms looked at the importance of real-time monitoring, with a focus on customer retention and roaming. As we continue to explore the subject, we look at how targeted advertising relies on the accurate customer profile that real-time monitoring can create. In addition, a closely-monitored network can drive down the SIM-swapping endemic to emerging markets...
How important is real-time monitoring? Part one: customer retention and roaming
Collecting and analysing data about customer usage is becoming the standard for operators in all markets, as it allows them to follow and respond to customer habits...
SMS on the wane? Let’s not go over-the-top.
With the advent of smartphones, an interesting dynamic is playing out between SMS and OTT across the telecoms industry. In developed markets, operators are unhappy about the growing dominance of smartphone-based services, but it’s a very different story in emerging markets...
Microwave, Fibre or Satellite - which is best as Africa moves to IP Networks?
Across Africa, fibre has long been seen as a panacea for providing high-reliability, high-bandwidth connectivity, especially at a time when microwave was considered to be relatively unreliable due to the power required. Africa is an extremely dynamic environment and there are massive changes taking place across many countries, in terms of construction of infrastructure in both metropolitan and rural areas, but fibre is still a long-term sustainable solution for Africa...
Differentiating networks with software
For most of the telecom industry’s history, hardware has been the focus, while software has not been widely recognised as a centre of value. However, this perception is now beginning to shift among customers in the market at large...
Base stations’ ‘headlights’ are often the neglected factor
We have had antennas since the days of Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian scientist who invented the radio a little over 100 years ago. So by now we should all know how to use antennas. But do we?
Embracing the cloud – cloud solutions for the home user could be the answer to the channel dilemma
Cloud computing has been a major buzzword for many years, and a number of vendors are now beginning to roll out cloud-based offerings to the market...
It’s the ‘post PC’ era and mobile computing is here to stay. But mobile is far from mature in South Africa
Mobile computing is a growing phenomenon in the workplace and out with leading researchers already recognising the emergence of a ‘post PC’ era. As more people access IT applications and content by preference using their tablets, ‘phablets’ and smartphones, a whole new set of challenges and opportunities are emerging. In South Africa, however, the majority lag the mobility hype by about two years....
Fulfilling the potential of Unified Communications & Collaboration
Compared to just ten years ago, employees have access to – and familiarity with – far more sophisticated technology, and this can be harnessed to allow them to work in a way that suits them. As companies branch out across the world, it is ever more important to use the available technology to enhance productivity. However, employers have to respond to this demand if they are to harness its potential...
Why did Big Data get so big?
There is a huge expectation among operators in emerging markets that smartphone penetration will increase fairly rapidly over the next three to five years. Operators want to be at the forefront of this and are therefore investing heavily to ensure that they not only have the best networks possible, but also have a clear understanding of mobile data services in order to develop new business models to accommodate their anticipated growth...
Media information: Going cloud – addressing the data centre dilemma
Many organisations are acknowledging the benefits of migrating to the cloud and are seeing their competitors either considering this option or having already made the move. For small medium enterprises (SMEs), the decision is easy as the path to migrate is less onerous and considerably less complex. However, larger organisations have additional considerations to factor in such as compliance issues, which require information to be stored within the country, and security concerns...
Cloudy Skies or silver linings?
Cloud has been much talked about but implementations have been slow to take off...
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Regional Trends
GSMA opens Kenyan office
The GSMA has opened a new office in Nairobi, located in the city’s Innovation Hub...
Network Security Finds Increased Acceptance Among SMBs in India
The network security market for India small and medium businesses clearly shows a positive growth trend in the immediate future...
Development Trends
Ericsson and Entel implement education partnership in Chile
Ericsson has partnered with Chilean provider Entel to launch a new education initiative for students in rural areas of the Latin American country...
Innovative CocoaLink Mobile Technology Program Expands to Cote d’Ivoire
The Hershey Company is expanding its mobile phone program CocoaLink to Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which is the world’s largest producer of cocoa...
Networks
Neostratus and Vipnet launch cloud partnership in Croatia
A new partnership between Croatian operator Vipnet and cloud enabler Neostratus will provide a range of cloud solutions for messaging, communication and collaboration to businesses across the country...
Intelligent Energy and Microqual sign Indian infrastructure agreement
Rapid telecoms expansion could soon be underway in India following an agreement between infrastructure provider Microqual Techno and Intelligent Energy...
Services
Syniverse Selected by Idea Cellular for Roaming Solutions
India’s third largest mobile operator has signed a multi-year agreement for data clearing, financial clearing and fraud-prevention...
Mauritanian operator launches loyalty management campaign
Mauritania’s leading telecom provider Mauritel is now offering real-time promotions for targeted subscribers based on analysis of actual usage patterns...
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