LTE Operator Strategies: Key Drivers, Deployment Strategies, CAPEX, OPEX,...
Skyrocketing mobile broadband demand is driving an ever increasing number of commercial LTE network deployments. This surge has seen the number of LTE subscriptions already surpass 7 Million...
View ArticleMicrowave Backhaul to Grow at Near Double the Rate of Leased Line Spending
ABI Research shows that capital expenditures on microwave backhaul equipment for mobile networks will grow at a compound rate of 4.3 percent. It will reach almost $5 billion in 2012 as mobile network...
View ArticleRoaming Services in Latin America
Mobile operators from Latin America have developed roaming services in a remarkable way. Many of them- large, medium and small companies- offer services comparable (or superior in some cases) to...
View ArticleKPMG punts customer-centricity
Telecom operators worldwide are facing tough challenges as voice market growth either saturates or slows down. Strong adjacent industry competition from over-the-top brands, device companies and social...
View ArticleThe 2020 services network
As 2013 approaches, and as we look as far as 2020, the pragmatic view is that mobile networks will become more capable and agile with the use of macro and small cell networks to better handle capacity...
View ArticleFirst Steps to Creating a Cloud Computing Strategy for 2013
2013 will be one of the most pivotal years for cloud computing because trust in these technologies is on the line. Expectations are high regarding these technologies’ ability to deliver business value...
View ArticleAchieving retail operation excellence through unified communications
Reblogged from Huawei Enterprise Retail Solution Blog: Retail eCommerce and mobile channels are not restricted by space limitations of physical store front and thus can make the full inventory of...
View Article2013 LTE Capex and Opex predictions. By 2017, U.S. carriers expected to spend...
According to a recent LTE capex and opex forecast published by iGR, Tier One operators (AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA) and Regional and Small Operators (RSOs) are projected to...
View ArticleEnvisioning a Software Defined IP Multimedia System (SD-IMS)
This post takes this idea a logical step forward and proposes a Software Defined IP Multimedia System (SD-IMS). In today’s world of scorching technological pace, static configurations for IT...
View ArticleLTE to LTE-A What You Need to Know Right Now (whitepaper)
LTE is rapidly evolving to LTE-Advanced – this White Paper describes the main drivers behind this, and the benefits that it promises both to operators in terms of reduced OPEX/CAPEX and spectrum...
View ArticleBlurred lines: are network planning and network optimization merging?
Here is the worst-kept secret in the entire telecoms industry: small cells are going to play a critical role in network evolutions over the next several years. A lesser-known reality is that, as a...
View Article5G and IoT are main drivers to telcos’ digital transformation
Photo by Mario Caruso on Unsplash Nearly 70% of leading telco said that 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) are the most important emerging technologies driving their digital transformation over the...
View Article6G does not exist, yet it is already here
The Average Revenue per User, ARPU, in LATAM -as in any other areas, has kept declining, in spite of an increase in network use -data transfer- and an increase in network performances. Image credit:...
View ArticleTech in 2023: Here’s what is going to really matter
These are the technologies and issues that will matter to you in 2023. As the turn of the year approaches, the annual ritual of identifying tech trends and making predictions for the next solar orbit...
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