Features
International OTT voice traffic more than double traditional carriers
International OTT voice traffic reached 1 trillion minutes in 2019, compared to just 432 billion minutes of international carrier traffic. Read more…
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Operator voice revenue to drop 45% by 2024 – OTT challenge
A new study has found that mobile operator voice revenue will drop by 45% in 2024 , as users continue to prefer more flexible and free OTT services. Read more…
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Just how good are OTT voice services across Asia
A new report measures the quality of over-the-top (OTT) voice services experienced by consumers across 80 countries, including Singapore Read more…
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IoT pricing models – a nightmare in the making?
I have been following, with great interest, a discussion on the TM Forum Community about IoT pricing models and, as you would expect, it has become complicated. Read more…
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Operators must go further with business model transformation
For telecom players, the outlook is uncertain. Internally, they face stagnating and volatile revenues, and operators worldwide aren’t likely to exceed 4% annual growth, particularly in mature and late-stage emerging markets. Legacy revenues are likely Read more…
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How internet content players changed the way telcos build networks
While cloud-based content and services such as social media are shaping our day-to-day lives, internet content providers (ICPs) have been redefining how the underlying cloud networks are architected and operated. In the past few years, Read more…
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IMS is finally reaching its potential as a true innovation platform
IMS has been a “thing” for 15 years or so. Now it appears to have finally come of age and gone mainstream, and Jan Rijk Vonk, director of innovation strategy at KPN and a scheduled Read more…
Off the Wire
6 billion smartphones and 7.5 billion OTT messaging users by 2020
The global smartphone installed base will grow from four billion in 2016 to more than six billion smartphones in use by 2020, according to new analysis released today by IHS Markit. Meanwhile, messaging and communications Read more…
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OTT messaging will cost cellcos $104 billion in revenue in 2017: study
Consumer migration from operator voice and text services to OTT messaging services and social media will cost network operators nearly $104 billion this year – equivalent to 12% of their service revenues – according to a Read more…
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Here are the top OTT messaging apps ranked by privacy protection
ITEM: If you want to keep your OTT messages private, don’t use Skype, Snapchat or anything from Tencent. That’s the warning this week from Amnesty International, which ranked 16 popular messaging apps from 11 companies Read more…