Telcos work together to improve access

Following a high-level meeting at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, senior leaders from eight major mobile operator groups, serving 551-million mobile connections across Africa and the Middle East, plan to co-operate on network infrastructure sharing initiatives...

Virtualisation grows software-centric telcos

Software-defined network (SDN) and large-scale network virtualisation are two emerging telecom industry technologies that will combine to drive a more software-centric and programmable telecom infrastructure and services ecosystem.  According to new research from...

$126bn opportunity for telco SPs

Telecom service providers (SPs) must continue to focus on cost control to offset relatively flat revenue growth over the next five years.  This is according to Ovum, which believes telcos have the potential to gain greater economies through their global vendors in...

Poor BI hinders telcos

A holistic view of the telco customer across siloed applications is essential for operators looking to reduce churn, but the majority of BI and analytics solutions on the market today are not up to scratch, says Ovum.  In its latest evaluation of the BI vendor...