Partnerships play a critical role in the continued business success of service providers. And enhancing partner profitability is critical to retaining the right partnerships. Low partner profitability due to lack of settlement processes and systems may lead to loss in valuable partners, affecting service levels, revenues and margins. Earlier, Voice revenues used to be the […]
In our last post we covered how 5G can open up monetization opportunities for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and also touched upon how 5G will be a catalyst to the IoT/M2M segments, where sensor technology would take the center stage as an overlay over faster networks. The Internet of Things is the pulse of businesses, […]
Even though 5G won’t arrive until at least 2020, the race is on and is set to gain steam. The next big thing in ‘connectedness’ along with IOT, Digital Transformation, 4G, Connected Cars, Smart Homes and Sensor Technology is 5G. In fact, it is a foundational uplift set to enable all the technologies mentioned earlier […]
In a fiercely competitive telecom landscape Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNOs) are budding up pretty quickly, as they make better business sense. MVNOs essentially resell voice and data services of a larger operator. Several reasons why MNO’s allow such MVNOs to leverage their network are: Focus and serve a target/niche segment, Generate economies […]
It’s that time of the year! MWC is where history is written and future is made. Global Vendors, Operators, Media, Analyst, from across the Communication ecosystem are present at this mega event. It’s all set to start the latest edition of MWC 2017 from 27th Feb to […]
With the ever growing adoption of smart mobile devices, the demand for Wi-Fi access to stay connected to the internet regardless of the location (airport, stadium, public events, hotels or travel etc.) is also increasing. Although networks like 3G and 4G are now available at most of the countries, it is interesting to know Wi-Fi […]
Smartphones brought in data tsunami, which the operators are still struggling to get out off and the era of digital immediacy has again disrupted the flow. The customer is now more aware and highly demanding as he has much more to choose from and consume. The customers are changing. They have moved ahead and transformed […]
The Telecom landscape in India can be characterized by large but an overcrowded operator market with lowest call rates, declining revenues, higher operating and regulatory costs. Moreover, the operators here have witnessed a steep fall in margins and has lowest ARPU in the world, i.e. nearly one-third and one-tenth the average in developing & developed […]
On one hand, operators are facing a huge ask to lower customer churn and on another, with the launch of high-speed data services, traditional voice and SMS services have taken a huge hit, resulting in lowering the overall ARPU for the operators. Although, all industries face “Churn” but it is more acute in DTH, Telco, […]
Authentication, Accounting and Authorization (AAA) of users are business critical processes for communication service providers (CSPs) as they identify the user, authorize the user to access resources and account him for the services used. From the early days of Dial-Up technology, operators are investing in AAA servers. However, the times are now changing; CSPs keep […]
Mobile virtual network operators (MVNO), are wireless communication providers that do not own the underlying hardware and infrastructure. Rather, MVNOs tend to lease and obtain bulk access to mobile network operators (MNOs). With this model, MVNOs create lean businesses, and MNOs monetize unused bandwidth. While the model is centred on utilization of unused bandwidth, it […]
Brick and mortar stores nowadays have a tough competition from Digital stores to sell products and services. In the digital era, Internet has changed the way we live, work and communicate. Nowadays, we can do almost everything over the internet, be it ordering a burger, buying a mobile, chatting with friends, sharing videos, watching movies […]
