The use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps implies a potential trade-off between public health interests and privacy/data protection

This article discusses the opportunity to use smartphone technologies to track people for public health applications, and the obvious privacy...

Telecoms operator growth strategies: case studies and analysis (volume III)

Different operators are pursuing different growth strategies. These range from digital ecosystem plays where telecoms is positioned as one of many...

Telecoms operator growth strategies: case studies and analysis (volume II)

Longer-term questions about prospects for the core business are leading operators to pursue a range of growth strategies. These range from the...

Operators are taking four approaches to grow revenue

Operators continue to seek growth from connectivity, but are looking for ways to support this revenue and gain new sources of income. This articles...

Telecoms operator growth strategies: case studies and analysis (vol I)

Operators are exploring new sources of growth in markets such as video, adtech, consumer and enterprise IoT, analytics, financial services and...

Mobile payments in emerging markets – beyond m-pesa

This article examines the mobile payment business models in developing, emerging and developed markets, and how new mobile payment systems in...

MVNOs 2.0: new pricing models in a data-driven environment

Traditional MVNO models may struggle to compete in an environment of high competition and data-driven services. This article considers how MVNOs need...

EU proposed telecoms regulatory changes: good politics, bad economics

The European Commission (EC) released a proposed legislative package in September that it stated is aimed at "building a connected, competitive...