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BICS proves that Roam Like at Home is working
Communications enabler BICS has announced that 4G/LTE roaming traffic across its global network grew by over 95% in 2018, almost double that of 2017. Read more…
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Roaming revenues revisited – and it’s not just about bill shock!
For many years roaming was a lucrative service for European mobile operators until the EU removed the ability of operators to charge more for intra-EU roaming services on 15 June 2017. In the 18 months since, Read more…
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EU roaming data traffic proves that it should be free everywhere
Remember the long running skirmish between the EU and Vodafone (mainly) over implementing the data roaming rules? Remember Vodafone (mainly) saying that if the rules were implemented the drop in revenue would badly hinder its Read more…
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Cheap roaming and other ways telcos could use blockchain
As the use of blockchain technology becomes increasingly widespread, how can telecoms companies benefit? ITU News spoke with Oleg Pravdin, managing director of Blockchain in Telecom, about the potential uses of blockchain for the telecoms industry. Read more…
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IOT WIRE: Real estate, NB-IoT roaming and critical control point monitoring
IoT action this day: SoftBank signs IoT partnership with Indonesia’s Link Net; 3 HK establishes commercial NB-IoT roaming; Vodafone Australia signs CCP as NB-IoT customer SoftBank signs IoT partnership with Indonesia’s Link Net SoftBank and Read more…
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WBA wants everyone to use its WRIX spec for IoT roaming
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) has published its latest white paper that calls for use of the group’s WRIX specification to address interoperability challenges. The paper investigates how existing Wi-Fi roaming capabilities could help the Read more…
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India 4G roaming spikes 3,300% – “You’re welcome,” says Syniverse
Inter-regional 4G roaming traffic from India has grown by a staggering 3,300% year-over-year, according to data from Syniverse, which is taking partial credit for the spike. The data was measured by analyzing global roaming traffic Read more…
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Telenor Myanmar credits Asia-8 plan with data roaming spike
Telenor Myanmar says that both data roaming usage and roaming subscriptions have spiked since launching its ‘Asia-8’ roam-like-home service last month. Telenor Myanmar introduced the Asia-8 roaming plan for both prepaid and post-paid customers in Read more…
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From nomads to roamers: time for Wi-Fi to evolve with the times
Using Wi-Fi used to be a nomadic experience for users – now it’s all about roaming, but Wi-Fi needs to let go of the old usage model and evolve to support this shift in user Read more…
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Telenor Myanmar enables dirt-cheap data roaming to eight countries
Telenor Myanmar has introduced a new data roaming promotion plan for both prepaid and post-paid customers that enables customers to ‘roam like home’ to eight countries. Under the “Asia 8” plan, Telenor Myanmar customers travelling Read more…