Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) fail to provide flawless internet connectivity to users due to some common reasons, which include improper control on bandwidth management, billing services, preventing revenue leakages or network security. With evolution of latest handheld devices and Wi-Fi technology, the demand for more bandwidth is never ending. ISPs have to optimize the […]
The concept of the Smart City been a topic of great interest of late among service providers of all kinds and is currently experiencing a major resurgence. The global smart cities market is expected to grow $1,134.84 billion by 2019 (Source: MarketsandMarkets) With this wave, in past months, India has […]
In today’s scenario, telecom business dynamics are changing fast and new age Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are looking for incorporating next generation competencies in their network, to reduce operational costs and streamline operations. This is where cloud based OSS/BSS holds big key towards greater level of profitability. With the help of cloud hosted O/BSS, CSPs […]
The Smart City buzz word is reaching giddy heights. There is a palpable wish to embrace it the earliest. Government bodies across the globe are marching ahead to accomplish their vision of smart cities. Behind all this hype and buzzing, people are either getting fuzzy on the whole concept of ‘Smart City’ or they may […]
As a customer, imagine your call sessions get terminated all too often, would you enjoy the usage experience? This happens due to high network traffic. The internet users are growing exponentially, a 21% growth in the number of new internet users has been seen year-over-year *, in addition to this 42% of the world population […]
In a fiercely competitive telecom landscape mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are budding up pretty quickly, essentially reselling voice and data services of a larger operator. Several reasons why MNO’s allow such MVNOs to leverage their network are: 1. Target and attack a specific target/niche segment 2. Generate economies of scale for better network utilization […]
The technology is rapidly evolving every year with the surge of smart devices and applications launched in the market. A few years back, internet facility in the hotel was a hot topic, but now it has become a necessity. With the increasing number of online media facilities and smart devices, even the hospitality segment has […]
Let me share a scenario – Mary a postpaid customer received her bill, she noticed she was unexpectedly charged $34,000 for international data and texting while visiting her sister in Haiti after the 2009 earthquake. Mary was clueless and was shocked to see the usage charges. As a result, neither did she pay those bills […]
In today’s scenario, telecom operators are looking forward to extending their reach, while adding value towards their customers in order to revitalize their growth strategy. And Wi-Fi is becoming quite central to achieve this goal. Wi-Fi is fast becoming ubiquitous. People constantly scan for Wi-Fi hotspots and are looking for free Wi-Fi wherever possible. It […]
Bandwidth requirements are growing rapidly because of the widespread acceptance of cloud computing, online video services, and mobile broadband. While the data usage is soaring but ROI on the network investment is still a big question because of either over utilization or under utilization of network efficiency. The concept of Bandwidth on Demand (BOD) has […]
Wi-Fi Aware will bring proximity-based service discovery to Wi-Fi devices and as a result, smart devices will be aware of nearby services even before connecting to internet As today’s consumers are getting overwhelmed with connected social, local and mobile applications, Wi-Fi is fast becoming the glue that is weaving different applications in a single thread […]
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) is not a concept, which has come into development recently. It has been around since 2012 when Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile, BT, AT&T and many other Telcos introduced the concept of NFV. The goal of NFV is to separate hardware from applications to eliminate the dedicated hardware devices for network functions, […]
