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- 80% of mobile operators likely to become data connectivity providers
- 80% of mobile operators agreed that becoming a mobile data connectivity provider is either quite likely or highly likely, according to 3-ple Media. Average revenue per user ARPU from traditional services has been in steady decline, but 52% of operators said they are current revenue leaders in the field. 26%...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile, Revenue Leader, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Web 2.0, Marketing, Internet, AM
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- London calling for free: Skype said to be rolling out new branded phone in U.K.
- The London Times reports that Skype is expected to announce a deal soon with 3G mobile phone operator 3 to make available a new Skype/3 branded phone. What's more, users of this device would be able to make free calls to each other. ...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Phone, Mobile, Skype Technologies S.A., Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Protecting Revenue by Preventing Loss of Billing Data: Cisco Persistent Storage Device for the Cisco Gateway GPRS Support Node
- Used for billing and resolving disputes, Customer Data Records CDRs are the cornerstone of the mobile operator's business. But mobile operators may lose CDRs - and consequently revenue - if either the Billing and Mediation Agent BMA or its link to the Cisco Gateway GPRS Support Node GGSN fails. Mobile...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Revenue, Billing, Gateway Inc., Mobile, GPRS, Storage Device, Storage, Cisco Systems Inc.
- White papers 2007-01-01
- How mobile operators Can Monetize 3G Investments Through an Effective Applications Platform
- Mobile operators worldwide have invested billions of dollars in 3G spectrum and network infrastructure deployments. Finally, 3G networks are being successfully deployed but the return on the investment seems far away. Why? Because, although 3G networks improve spectrum efficiency and lower network operating costs, they do little, by themselves, to...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile, Network, Investment, Texas Instruments Inc., 3G, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- White papers 2006-01-25
- Cost-Optimized Transport Evolution - Smarter Solutions for mobile operators
- Mobile operators today are facing great unknowns as they try to plan transport for their mobile networks. There are many reasons for this uncertainty. The increased uncertainty about what will happen in the future can be dealt with by using a solution offering great scalability, which removes the risk of...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Network, Smarter Solutions, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Generic Access Network Dual-Mode Services: Business Case and the Cisco Solution
- The introduction of dual-mode handsets, which support both Global System for Mobile Communications GSM and Wi-Fi, provides mobile operators with a new opportunity to accelerate their customers' conversion to mobile services. By extending GSM voice and data services over the wireless broadband connection in subscribers' homes, mobile operators can take...
- Tags: Business Case, Mobile Operator, Microsoft Access, Mobile, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., GSM, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-11-01
- Evolving Security Needs in the Mobile World: Part 1: The Threats Today
- This paper is intended to highlight the emerging threats in the mobile world. More people get wirelessly connected and stay connected longer using technologies such as WiFi, GPRS, 3G and EV-DO which provide cheaper and faster access to the Internet and operator provided content and services. This paper focuses on...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Security, Mobile, Juniper Networks Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Motorola iTunes phone faces uphill battle against MS media juggernaut
- Reuters has a story this morning about how the GSM/GPRS-based wireless carrier Cingular is considering the addition of Motorola's iTunes-compatible phone to its lineup. Apparently, the decision hasn't been made yet. The difference between an iTunes phone and other phones that can play MP3 files is that...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes, music, telephone
- Blog posts 2005-06-27
- Wireless Enterprise Data Solutions in China: Capturing New Growth Opportunities for China's mobile operators
- Wireless enterprise data solutions offer China's operators new opportunities to boost their revenue contribution from enterprise customers in this emerging and rapidly growing market. To realize benefits from these opportunities, mobile operators need to adopt a more proactive approach to stimulate market demand and shape an ecosystem that can bring...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, China, Mobile, Wireless, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources
- White papers 2005-05-01
- SMS Spam and Fraud Prevention
- Short Message Service SMS messages account for approximately 10 percent of a mobile operator's revenue, according to research firm IDC. The growing volume of spam can threaten this revenue by provoking subscribers to churn. Furthermore, some of that spam is sent from fraudulent addresses, causing inaccurate billing for subscribers and...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Revenue, Mobile, Cisco Systems Inc., SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Marketing
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Seamless Roaming: Advantages to mobile operators and Their Subscribers
- Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service GPRS, Code Division Multiple Access CDMA, Global System for Mobile Communications GSM, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System UMTS, and emerging technologies such...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile, Network, GSM, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Managed Services From Nokia: Efficiency, Quality, Business Focus
- In today's competitive and dynamic marketplace, operators are considering how to manage the new challenges for their own benefit. Price competition among mobile operators is getting tougher, while new mobile services promise additional revenues and differentiation - requiring further investment and attention to technological development. Managed services provide interesting opportunities,...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Managed Services, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, It Services, Marketing
- White papers 2005-01-01
- What is a MVNO?
- This white paper describes about Mobile Virtual Network Operator MVNO which is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. Instead, MVNO's have business arrangements with traditional mobile operators to buy minutes of use MOU for sale to their...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Marketing
- White papers
- CSG Systems Case Study: Telemobil Romania
- To remain competitive, Telemobil had an aggressive vision: to be the first digital 450 MHz mobile operator in the world. In order to meet its objective to be the first 3G mobile operator in Romania, Telemobil knew it needed to improve the way in which it priced and promoted mobile...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Billing, Mobile, Romania, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, 3G, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Case studies
- Valista TopupPlus Keeps Leading Japanese mobile operator's Subscribers on the Go
- One of Japan's fastest growing mobile operators uses Valista TopupPlus to boost prepaid customer loyalty and increase market share. Customers can choose from a variety of easy, fast, flexible top-up methods to ensure uninterrupted access to voice and mobile data, SMS, picture and video messaging, and mobile Internet. Valista TopupPlus...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile, Valista TopupPlus, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies
- Telefonica Moviles Selects Cisco IP RAN Optimization for GSM and UMTS Backhaul in Spain
- For mobile operators, one of the greatest costs in delivering mobile services is the deployment and management of radio access backhaul networks that connect cell-sites to the core. Most mobile operators lease their backhaul network lines, which are typically circuit-oriented T1/E1 trunks that are part of a large network with...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, UMTS, Mobile, Optimization, Network, IP, Telefonica, Cisco Systems Inc., GSM, Telefonica Moviles, Manufacturing, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing
- Case studies
- The UK's Most Popular mobile operator Establishes a Service Allowing Its Corporate Customers to Access E-mail and Other Microsoft Outlook Data Over Mobile Networks
- The United Kingdom's most popular mobile operator, Vodafone UK, under its banner Vodafone OfficeLive, wanted to establish a service that would allow its corporate customers to access e-mail and other Microsoft Outlook data over mobile networks. The deployment of Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server means that customers gain secure, reliable...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Mobile Network, Vodafone Group Plc., Microsoft Access, Mobile, Network, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Outlook, E-mail, Manufacturing, Marketing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications
- Case studies
- Oracle Case Study: XIAM
- XIAM is a privately-held software vendor whose application software helps mobile operators to market, manage and deliver content services. XIAM wanted to build a scalable retail marketing platform for mobile operators in a market where new, interactive, multimedia services generate 50% yearly growth in traffic and ensure high performance and...
- Tags: Mobile Operator, Oracle Corp., Mobile, XIAM, Manufacturing
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated)
- It's Friday, which means that it's time to look at the latest raft of rumors about our favorite Cupertino company. Atom-powered mini-tablet This one was pretty hot. ZDNet.de reported that Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that there is an iPhone that will be using Intel's...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Minitablet PC, Intel Corp., Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)
- Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today. Although RIM hasn't said...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Electronista, 3G, Cellular Phones, Keyboards, Handhelds, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
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