Business analysis for telecoms professionals. In this issue:
UK BUNDLED SERVICES: Orange’s UK merger with T-Mobile is not just about mobile. In fact the UK market is set for greater convergence and fierce bundling competition.
FEMTOCELLS: Demand for femtocells is slowly taking off, but operators will need to think carefully about how they market services.
NET NEUTRALITY: Net neutrality debates are playing out on both sides of the Atlantic, with some potentially very different consequences.
SERVICES IN RUSSIA: A series of stake exchanges in telecoms assets is intended to create a more competitive fixed-mobile landscape for services in Russia.
WIRELESS BACKHAUL: As bandwidth increases on mobile networks operators will need to look carefully at their backhaul requirements for managing future data traffic.
US WIRELESS MARKET: Competition in the US wireless industry is being carefully scrutinised in the face of consolidation, as big players continue to wield their power.
ONLINE ADVERTISING: Operators could have an opportunity to take a greater share of advertising revenues if they can better exploit their fixed and mobile network data.
NEXT-GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORKS: The next generation of super-fast broadband networks is still a few years off. But that could change, ushering in new PON standards.
UK BUNDLED SERVICES: Orange’s UK merger with T-Mobile is not just about mobile. In fact the UK market is set for greater convergence and fierce bundling competition.
FEMTOCELLS: Demand for femtocells is slowly taking off, but operators will need to think carefully about how they market services.
NET NEUTRALITY: Net neutrality debates are playing out on both sides of the Atlantic, with some potentially very different consequences.
SERVICES IN RUSSIA: A series of stake exchanges in telecoms assets is intended to create a more competitive fixed-mobile landscape for services in Russia.
WIRELESS BACKHAUL: As bandwidth increases on mobile networks operators will need to look carefully at their backhaul requirements for managing future data traffic.
US WIRELESS MARKET: Competition in the US wireless industry is being carefully scrutinised in the face of consolidation, as big players continue to wield their power.
ONLINE ADVERTISING: Operators could have an opportunity to take a greater share of advertising revenues if they can better exploit their fixed and mobile network data.
NEXT-GENERATION BROADBAND NETWORKS: The next generation of super-fast broadband networks is still a few years off. But that could change, ushering in new PON standards.