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ARPU is out – MAUs and DAUs are in
Just as telcos’ fixation with average revenue per user (ARPU) hasn’t led to improved profitability for the majority of mobile operators, the messaging and social media giants’ reliance on metrics such...
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Hitchhiker’s Guide to Big Data
For all of those who are not fans of Douglas Adams and his fabulous Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, '42' is 'The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.' It is...
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SDN – no bed of roses
Operators need unprecedented agility to survive as old business models are rendered obsolete, but while SDN technology may help them pull that transformation off, they’re kidding themselves if they...
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Is your CIO right for digital?
Digital will impact every industry and every company. And it is happening now. A recent Forrester survey revealed that 93 percent of business executives expect their organisation will be digitally...
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NFV and SDN – does mediation make it all work?
From Business and Operational Support System (BSS/OSS) perspectives, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) aims to transform the way networks and network services are designed and run. The goal is to...
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The rise of cryptocurrency
Since 2009, there has been a radical new way of making payments. The creation of the first decentralised peer-to-peer payment system, Bitcoin, has led to the creation of a novel and booming set of...
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Connected Home – from divergence to convergence
A connected home uses multiple technologies to deliver data, communication, and entertainment services throughout the home. The rapid growth in the number of digital media sources and the number of...
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The Platform Economics of Telco
The word ‘platform’ is a difficult word in the world of technology. It has what might be called baggage. In hardware circles, for the tin-men, it’s been a very definite physical edifice, a hulking...
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Wiring (and Un-Wiring) the Connected Home
The first installment of this two-part series explored the trends that created the need for connected homes, and introduced the technologies commonly used to deliver unified digital services throughout...
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The telco: The modern day Animal Farm?
We know telecoms is a complex beast. As an icebreaker, I often start an industry event by asking the audience: “What animal do you think best represents the telecoms industry?”. The range of answers...
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