Ireland's broadband market failure is hurting its competitive edge, and the government is reacting with a flurry of infrastructure plans and promises of tougher regulation of eircom. We've heard ...

The new Ofcom regulator in the UK is promising a far-reaching review of the telecoms sector. With mobile phones reaching most of the population, then greater scrutiny is inevitable ...

Mobile operators must smile through their tears and present newly regulated termination charges as fabulous news for consumers. With a bit of spin, operators can market these massive cost savings ...

Arguments over the minutia of PBX architecture are in the process of becoming pass??. IP telephony vendors will need to develop rich, integrated sets of communications applications to remain competitive ...

Mobile operators push a smartphone and data services strategy to increase revenues from their customer base, leaving pre-paid customers high and dry when looking for low cost service. Enter the ...

The mobile industry is heading for a Christmas handset supply crisis. Operators must come up with both an acceptable spin and strategy to convince subscribers to sign up to waiting ...

Mobile video services have captured the imagination of customers, but not much cash from their pockets. With video now adding a new dimension to mobile handsets, operators need to ...

UK operators are managing MPLS IP VPNs for corporates that are primarily used for data. Running voice over their IP network is next on the agenda but will MPLS ...

A recent UK mobile industry report states the obvious - mobile voice quality is bad and getting worse. But if it's easy to fix, why aren't operators jumping on premium ...

Belgacom has finally announced plans for an IPO in 2004, ending months of media speculation and priming the pump of industry anticipation for the most significant public offering of a ...

In the nineties mobile operators were fun, sharp and sexy. Yet growing community concern over UMTS radiation, industry pollution and globalisation are forcing operators to re-examine their brand images ...

Finland has proposed a new law that would allow parents to track their children by mobile phone. Safety and security aspects aside, this proposal could lead to reduced usage ...

SITA has launched two-way in-flight SMS services, and airline carriers have expressed interest. This is the last call for all mobile operators wishing to board this "sky's-the-limit' opportunity. ...

Partnering with hotspot aggregators will allow European mobile operators to create a global WLAN offering overnight and drive incremental revenue from the aggregator's customers. Operators should be hurling themselves at ...

C&W dropped billions of pounds on its previous strategy before stating it was not right for the future of the company. Is the new strategy any better? Perhaps, but unless ...

Alternative DSL network operators in Germany are being hit from all sides; rising network costs, flat revenues and a run-away market lead from the PTT. They should react by ...

As IP VPNs have gained market acceptance and are used increasingly to deploy real-time applications, SLAs, though a great marketing tool, have failed to live up to expectations. They will ...

With 3G now firmly on the agenda for mobile operators, the main talking point is what to launch and when. However with the take up of existing data services only ...

Smartner acquired Commtag, growing its Mobile Enterprise Solution to offer push e-mail capabilities. For companies implementing mobile e-mail and enterprise data solutions the need for push and support for a ...

Behemoth incumbents are in danger of being stung by smaller CLEC wasps, as progress in obligatory LLU and new IP interfaces expands the opportunities available to alternative providers for offering ...