The ecosystem is rapidly evolving and Mobile Cloud Services offers the opportunity for mobile operators to help cloud-based 3rd party OTT providers to ensure quality of user experience. Mobile operators can then create new business opportunities with their very own cloud that offers differentiated services while replacing Capex with Opex greatly enhances the business model.… [Read more…]
As mobile operators race to add new capacity and services to meet accelerating demands, they are concerned about optimizing their networks cost-effectively and generating new revenue….. increased ARPU (Average Revenue Per User). In a new study called “4G + Cloud”, Maravedis reported that “The predominant business driver in offering branded mobile services is to improve… [Read more…]
It’s finally happening, the beginning of a global trend as mobile operators prepare to launch voice over LTE (VoLTE). GSA now expects 248 operators have committed to commercial LTE network deployments and over 100 network launches by end of 2012. Why? There’s a large global ecosystem with a diverse vendor community and a strong future… [Read more…]
With LTE taking hold, how will operators monetize beyond a simple broadband play and how will they protect their core voice revenues? The reliance on 2G and 3G in the age of LTE networks will still be important to serve all mobile subscribers across the globe. Even as a new network technology comes out,… [Read more…]
Mobile Video calling and video conferencing is a natural extension of voice and messaging for consumers. Mobile operators are showing interest in launching video services as it extends their value proposition as well. The OTT players have brought innovation and a newly defined service experience to mobile video calling that has attracted consumers to use… [Read more…]
Mobile operators have the opportunity to identify the key services that they can and should provide through the cloud. Why? The key reason is cost, as replacing CAPEX with OPEX is highly attractive to mobile operators, as well as the chance to offer new unique revenue-generating services. As mobile operators contemplate their mobile cloud strategy,… [Read more…]
All this talk about Apps. A recent report in TelecomEngine.com says that “mobile consumer cloud revenues are expected to reach $6.5 billion by 2016″. This report talks about all the “non-communications” apps and how big the market is at $6.5 billion. The shift is happening from “initial consumer deployments in the cloud that were focused… [Read more…]
Voice remains a killer app that can’t be ignored. Although Long Term Evolution (LTE) is best known for multi-megabit speeds,voice remains a killer app. In fact, operators that launch LTE with voice support (called VoLTE) can expect twice as much average revenue per user (ARPU) as rivals that offer LTE as a data-only service, according… [Read more…]
Email is/was the de facto way to send and receive photos, videos, files, or contacts. But now, mobile messaging allows us to send way more than text, but all of the above AND other great things like location and coming soon, presence. And it’s hot! As Skype has just acquired group messaging service GroupMe, which… [Read more…]
From GSMA: The RCE Project and Service Vision. GSMA’s Rich Communications Ecosystem project is a substantial joint industry project enjoying broad support from leading mobile operators, OEMs and client application developers to develop new service packages for today’s ‘always-on’ mobile users. The RCE initiative is leading the way for next generation ubiquitous personal communications. RCE… [Read more…]
December 29, 2011
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