The concept of mobility and wireless connectivity brings a number of benefits for education institutes. Wireless connectivity modernizes the communications amongst teachers and students, and makes the complete learning process flexible for students. Of course, for distance education network connectivity has brought a paradigm shift by enabling a real time distance learning possible. In case […]
The CEO of a Tier-1 operator recollects the days when Billing was only a trivial part of the whole IT services; but it was more than a decade ago. The investment on ‘Billing management’ was just a few percentages of the total spending with ‘network infrastructure’ staking lion’s share. There are two main issues troubling […]
Enabling seamless one touch connection for Data offload and Public Wi-Fi We are living in an ‘Appified’ world. There is no doubt Apps have become an essential Vitamin – an Apptamin for our smart devices. Apps are found not just in our phones, but also in our wearable devices, cars etc. Apps are primary ways […]
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 […]
