As an experiment we’ve decided to have a go at cutting the payTV cord this week. An important facet of our TV viewing that enables us to consider cutting the cord is we do not watch sports nor reality TV. Since we got a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) several years ago our viewing of live […]
This year I brought my wife and 2-year-old son to Barcelona; we arrived on the Thursday before MWC (Mobile World Congress). Barcelona is great for small children with lots of playgrounds, some with crèches that bring out their toys to play with making it great fun. The restaurants go the extra mile in making the […]
An operator is composed of three domains: Network, IT and Services. Historically we’ve treated the services domain as something that can be solved by a piece of technology, called the SDP (Service Delivery Platform). This has resulted in the industry’s slow response to the competitive threats of web-based service providers, which are now starting to […]
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” John Donne (1572 – 31 March 1631) In putting together the “The Services Domain. Market Status, Case Studies, Analysis and Recommendations” report, peer review is critical to delivering a quality product, no man is […]
The 6th SDP Asia Summit is being held in conjunction with 3 other conferences: Smartphone Applications & Operating Systems (OS) Asia 3rd Mobile Value Added Services Asia OSS/BSS & Convergent Billing Asia The report “The Services Domain. Market Status, Case Studies, Analysis and Recommendations” report discusses the importance of the services domain to the future […]
Why are operators so adverse to attending MWC (Mobile World Congress)? It’s the mobile industry’s trade event of the year, where people gather to share experiences, insights and ideas. Yes there’s lots of vendor razzmatazz; but it’s the chance meetings throughout the event are where innovation happens; its about people meeting people. As an operator […]
I recently took part in a round-table discussion in London organized by OpenCloud on the changes occurring within the telecoms landscape: how operators need to change to keep up with market dynamics, with a focus on innovation in services and service-charging. This was in conjunction with OpenCloud’s launch of Rhino Sentinel to help operators boost […]
UPDATE (May 25th 2018): The bullying continues with a threatening letter. This court document shows prior association between Quinton Bridger, Greg Davies and Mark Maritz, some of the Odinfin characters, where Gquin financial service lost in 2015 for around R8,600,000.00. You’ll see in the comments to this weblog from 2012 I highlighted Gquin Financial Services is one of […]
This entry shares some interesting data on the total global telecom revenue gathered in putting together a report I’m currently writing called: “The Services Domain. Market Status, Case Studies and Strategic Analysis.” The term Services Domain is used as the term SDP (Service Delivery Platform) is simply too ill-defined, abused by suppliers, and limits its […]
For US payTV subscribers the ESPN bouquet of channels is in the basic package, they have no choice, they just have to pay for it. ESPN is owned by Disney, which owns other assets such as ABC Television Network, cable networks including ESPN, the Disney Channel, SOAPnet, A&E and Lifetime, 277 radio stations, music and […]