Telco sustainability: Operators ramp up efforts to tackle environmental impact
The telecoms industry has an opportunity to drive sustainability initiatives across multiple sectors – but it must get its own house in order first The telecoms sector may not be the world’s biggest source of carbon emissions, but it is one that is increasingly coming under pressure to reduce its environmental impact. In a recent […]
New era of fibre providers take on incumbent telcos in race to deliver gigabit broadband
Investors are pouring money into the so-called ‘altnets’ building out super-fast fibre networks to compete with BT Openreach and Virgin Media. One of the first things the newly merged UK operator Virgin Media O2 plans to do is upgrade its entire fixed broadband network to fibre-to-the-home (FTTH). In a bid to become the UK ‘s […]
Elon Musk blasts into MWC to update on Starlink plans
Satellite-based broadband services are becoming a commercial reality thanks to billionaires such as Elon Musk – should traditional telcos be worried? MWC may be a scaled-down event this year, but the organisers have nevertheless managed to land a significant keynote speaker: Elon Musk. The billionaire tech entrepreneur will attend the event virtually – live from […]
Telcos bet on the public cloud for future 5G and data-powered services
Vodafone’s deal with Google is just the latest example of an operator leveraging the power of the cloud hyperscalers – but telco vendors are also embracing the cloud. The debate around how telcos should take advantage of cloud services has been one of the hottest topics in the industry. It is likely to be a […]
5G is creating a new era of enterprise opportunity, but can telcos capitalise?
The enterprise market is ripe for adopting 5G services, but operators have work to do to unlock value in this growing customer segment 5G is considered the first generation of mobile tech that is set to have a greater impact on the enterprise rather than consumers. KPMG estimates that £3.35 trillion in value is waiting […]
Telcos and the public cloud: the debate is set
Should telcos be embracing the public cloud? We talked recently about the challenges and opportunities facing telcos looking to run key parts of their business (OSS/BSS) directly from the cloud – and becoming cloud-native. This issue has come into sharp focus with the latest twists and turns involving the mobile industry’s largest trade show, MWC, […]
Which channels should you be using to reach telcos?
A new report has shed some light on how telcos are influenced in selecting and buying from vendors Last month we highlighted the problem of ‘digital fatigue’ as a result of the Covid pandemic – and the challenges this presented for B2B marketers, particularly those at tech vendors that want to influence – and eventually […]
Going native: the challenges telcos need to overcome to effectively run OSS/BSS from the cloud
Upgrading systems to run cloud-native apps is key to telco success in the 5G era – but the migration won’t happen overnight. Like lots of other businesses, telcos have been moving towards cloud-based architectures in recent years. From a BSS perspective, the move away from legacy systems to a ‘cloud BSS’ brings the promise of […]
Engaging with prospects in an age of digital fatigue
Your potential customers are suffering from too many Zoom calls and you still can’t buy them a coffee at a trade show. So what’s the solution? It’s been almost a year since the first lockdowns were implemented around the world, forcing people to conduct their lives and their business online. The availability of services such […]