Network operators with 5G technology to be ‘vital players’ in sports and esports ecosystems, says new research

According to research conducted by Ovum for Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies,

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Third party messaging apps offer more consistent, expressive & compelling experience than SMS, finds Strategy Analytics

Consumers are becoming less social in person by becoming more social ‘virtually’ through advanced messaging features. Achieved through pre-installed RCS platforms and self-installed third party messaging apps, these platforms are providing a more consistent, expressive and compelling messaging experience for the sender.

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Greenwave’s AXON Predict deployment delivers real-time analytic insight to Kaon gateway and Set-Top Box products

Greenwave Systems, Inc. the global software and managed services provider for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced its customer deployment of AXON Predict™, its real-time visual edge analytics solution with Kaon, a global top 5 provider of Broadband connectivity and advanced Video Set-Top Box technology

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Tata Communications and Formula 1® complete world’s first truly live 360º video trial

Tata Communications and Formula 1® have conducted a test of truly live 360º video at the 2017 Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix to show how the F1® racing experience could be augmented for fans worldwide by enabling them to experience the action in and around the circuit almost as if they were there.

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Two industrial IoT value chains

The IIoT is predicated on a simple concept:  acquire device data and leverage its value. That is the basic business model. Vendors package the various hardware, software and service components into bottom up solutions that go from networked devices through to enterprise environments.

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5G is impossible without full convergence, says Wireless Broadband Alliance industry report

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), in partnership with Maravedis-Rethink, has published its Annual Industry Report for 2016, revealing that the Internet of Things (IoT), the hyper-dense network and 5G will not be economic or practical without the convergence and coexistence of licensed and unlicensed technologies.

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Ericsson predicts the effects of 5G on the IoT

I remember being told, by a football coach, that there was one player nobody expected to make it as a professional, writes Nick Booth. But not only did that gangly, one-footed hoofer prove them wrong, he went on to become a successful club manager.

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Smart home services for international operators launched by Germany’s ABOX42

ABOX42 GmbH, a supplier of IPTV, OTT and Hybrid-DVB Set-Top-Box platforms, has introduced its new Smart Home solution ABOX42.IO for international operators to the Smart Home market.

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Telco’s connected objects strategies: how to compete with OTT players

The connected object market today shows a real complementarity between the OTT and Telco players in terms of their current positionings, aligned with their core business. In the longer term, however, IDATE anticipates a fiercer competition, around the platforms and services which are set to be the next source of revenue.

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Vindicia and Xstream partner to provide OTT solution to monetise users

Vindicia, the provider in enterprise-class subscription billing, and Xstream, a provider of over-the-top (OTT) solutions, have announced a partnership that will deliver an OTT solution to organisations looking to build, maintain, and monetise audiences.

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Playing it for laughs: Huawei’s CEO meets analyst questions head on with wit and candour

Shenzhen, China — Eric Xu, the rotating CEO of Huawei, China’s largest telecom equipment and services provider, isn’t like most chief execs. Not only was he happy to take questions from an international posse of 500 communications analysts and media, he did it unscripted and with a strong sense of humour.

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Apple and Samsung drive NFC mobile payment users to nearly 150m globally this year

A new study from Juniper Research has found that the number of consumers making contactless payments via their mobile handsets will reach 148 million this year, with Apple and Samsung together accounting for nearly 70% of new customers.

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Operators see more opportunity in IoT than OTT, says global risk management survey

Risk management and analytics expert Neural Technologies has found that more operators perceive the Internet of Things (IoT) as a driver of potential ARPU growth than Over the Top (OTT) services.

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Apple CarPlay and Android Auto to drive connected car market to $600m by 2020

A new study from Juniper Research has estimated that the adoption of connected in-vehicle infotainment systems will produce revenues exceeding $600 million in 2020, representing a 10-fold increase on this year.

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Can CSPs build the quintuple play by partnering with utilities on smart metering?–Part 2

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have long been wanting to move past being a dumb pipe into a customer’s home. They’ve taken a hit from VoIP and mobile providers, who have cut into their voice revenues; over the top (OTT) players, who are trying to wrestle away their video and television revenue, and alternative internet providers,

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Connected Cars 2014

Event date: June 24-25, 2014 RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands After a brilliant inaugural event, Connected Cars 2014 returns to the Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands on the 24 & 25 June 2014, co-locating again with the LTE World Summit to bring together over 3,000 attendees, 125 exhibitors and 250 speakers!

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