The Key Revolution (TKR) has brought together the innovations of cloud computing and ‘chip and pin’ security technology to create a unique answer to the problem of secure remote working and collaboration with Mobiu. The service backs up data to a secure encrypted online MobiVault; enables collaboration and file sharing in MobiRooms; and uses a […]
In the telecom industry Managed Network Services (MNS, aka Outsourced Network Operations) is likely to be a $10B business in ’08, with a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of between 13-17%. Europe accounts for 45% of the market. The leading supplier in the market, Ericsson, rips-out other supplier’s equipment and installs its own in the […]
At the end of November I’ll be attending Informa’s SDP Asia conference in Singapore. I’ll be running a post-conference workshop on the 28th November, and a couple of sessions through the conference (26-27 November). Outlines of the sessions are shown below, and the conference brochure can be downloaded here. The purpose of this article is […]
Over the past couple of years I’ve been helping operators understand ways they can harness open innovation. Using a quote from Henry Chesbrough, UC Berkeley, from his book ‘Open Innovation’ to explain: “Open innovation means that valuable ideas can come from inside or outside the company and can go to market from inside or outside […]
O2 Litmus, O2’s planned co-development community, headed by James Parton is not yet launched, but its unique approach already has the internet chattering about what is coming with articles in Paul Golding’s WirelessWanders, Contagious Magazine, MobileNews, and Infibeam to name just a few. I must disclose that I was fortunate to be asked by James […]
Following in the series of market landscapes such as On Device Portal, Fixed Mobile Convergence, Service Management, and a very high level one on Service Delivery Platform (SDP). I’m presenting a richer SDP landscape, however, it is challenging to compare SDPs because of the vast scope of functionality and the numerous definitions that exist. A […]
Secure User Plane Location (SUPL, pronounced supple) in essence enables applications to directly talk to the AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) unit on the mobile phone, without the need to pay the operator for a location dip. SUPL potentially side-lines the operator out of providing location information; without the need for a costly, complex and […]
The GSMA reported in August there are now 4 million new HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) subscribers a month. The total number of HSPA users has passed the 50 million mark globally from 11 million a year ago. Mobile Broadband is definitely taking off, as discussed in this previous weblog article. When I was in […]
Femtocell can be thought of as the “son of FMC,” rather than using a Bluetooth or WiFi air interface and a specialized phone; it re-uses the GSM or CDMA air interface and potentially your existing mobile phone. But given FMC’s (Fixed Mobile Convergence) poor market acceptance; why should femtocell be any different? Reviewing femtocell against […]
This article follows on from a previous article that reviewed LTE (Long Term Evolution, also know as 4G). Several people asked why I had not included a fuller discussion on the 4G core in that article. It is because LTE is an access technology; my focus of the article was on the access where there […]