Systems and solutions vendor Intracom Telecom has announced the introduction of its new WiBAS-Connect Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) terminal radio for residential and SMB subscriber access.
Mobile money hub TransferTo has signed a framework agreement with Vodafone to enable real-time international money transfers to M-Pesa mobile money accounts worldwide.
As part of our 2016 Trends Survey, DT Publisher Alec Barton spoke to Cisco’s SP Sales CTO Paolo Campoli about the company’s predictions for the coming year based on developments in 2015. The full interview will be published in the downloadable Trends Survey Report, available shortly.
All underserved and remote markets are hot beds for satellite operators, and they will continue to address these regions in 2016, according to YahClick’s David Murphy…
The Internet of Things “IoT” has become a unique phenomenon creating unprecedented opportunities leading to real economic value in the decades to come.
Consolidation, IoT, and the advancement of 5G technology have dominated industry news in 2015, but what does 2016 have in store? HAUD's Marko Skomersic shares his predictions for 2016.
Carrier commerce is the unsung hero of global financial inclusion, and 2016 will continue this trend according to Fincclude’s John BaRoss…
Voice and text subscribers could be on the decline in 2016, to be replaced by users who embrace the digital lifestyle offered by smartphones, according to Mobileum’s Bobby Srinivasan…
Satellite communication (SATCOM) is at a turning point, with the abundance of capacity coming from High Throughput Satellites (HTS) at faster data rates and at a lower cost.
Over the last decade the emerging markets have often been at the leading edge of the newest technologies within the telecoms industry.
Wireless innovations can safeguard MNOs against economic shifts and enable the next wave of LTE in 2016, according to CNBL’s Dr. John Naylon...
Astellia's Cédric Arnaud-Battandier highlights his key trends for the upcoming year.
Ciena’s Hector Silva shares his thoughts on the key themes he expects to see in the coming year including network virtualisation, data centre interconnect, and security...
The potential applications of A2P messaging are set to drive change in emerging markets in 2016, according to Infobip's Silvio Kutic...
2016 will be an exciting year for the telecommunications industry in emerging and developing markets, where several consumer and market trends are of concern, according to IBM’s Noha Sadek…
Emerging market operators will be increasingly turning to IP services and OTT in 2016, while the importance of big data analytics is becoming clear. So says Cataleya’s Jay Jayasimha…
SDN and NFV have been on the rise for some time – and this is set to continue into 2016, according to Telco Systems’ Moshe Shimon...
Transmission for small cell access points and virtualisation in preparation for IoT will be high on the agenda in 2016, according to Intracom Telecom’s Alexandros Tarnaris…
2015 was a landmark year for mobile financial services. Throughout the year, we witnessed unprecedented growth in all areas of MFS...
The second-hand smartphone market will hit a value of US$17 billion worldwide, while one quarter of smartphone users will no longer make a traditional phone call in a given week, according to Deloitte.
2016 might be the year that Big Data gets smaller – and smarter, according to Tecnotree’s Timo Ahomäki...
There is a “sweeping trend” across the world towards OTT television consumption on mobile devices, which are now the most popular choices for watching paid OTT TV content.
With competition set to increase in 2016 across many emerging markets, differentiating offerings via customer experience and billing will become ever more important, as LogNet’s Kirill Rechter notes…
With access to high-speed data becoming the norm, Openet sees a shift in how content is offered in 2016 as customer experience becomes king.
Yandex Data Factory, the big data analytics arm of Russian search engine provider Yandex, has announced a new partnership with VimpelCom subsidiary brand Beeline.
Small-cell deployment is being considered by mobile operators around the world as a means to satisfy the ever-increasing mobile broadband traffic demand in urban areas.
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Ericsson VP of Sustainability, Elaine Weidman-Grunewald discusses the GSMA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, launched earlier in 2015, with Developing Telecoms.
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have long focused on protecting their Person-to-Person (P2P) communications revenue against the rising popularity of OTT messaging, either through partnership opportunities or developing their own competitive services.
Astellia has entered a global framework agreement for RAN optimisation with Telefónica, one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunication operators.
Alec Barton, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Developing Telecoms, spoke to Chris Fabian of UNICEF about some of the key challenges facing MNOs in emerging markets. The full interview can be read in our Special Report, Connected Citizens – Managing Crisis, available to download free of charge here.
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The GSMA has announced the appointment of Mats Granryd as new director general and member of the GSMA board, to lead the organisation in its efforts towards "connecting the world".
Facebook’s incoming security chief has asserted that internet users in emerging markets should have the same right to security as those in developed markets.
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