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MWC: What is it good for?
As we move into the latter half of January, our thoughts are already turning to what for many in our industry is one of the event highlights of the year. I am of course referring to Mobile World Congress, which takes place this year from 22-25 February.
Yet aside from a few days in the beautiful city of Barcelona and the opportunity to catch up with colleagues past and present, what does MWC really provide in return for the sizeable investment - both in time and money - that many OSS/BSS companies make in attending this event every year?
BSS partnerships aren’t working, we need to change our approach
On the face of it, you’d think that partnerships would generally - if not always - be a good thing for companies seeking new routes to market for their products and services. Relationships based on a partnership agreement are less cumbersome and demanding than mergers and ideally are based on principles designed to support the common good. Clear targets and parameters can be established from the outset, and each partner can politely step away if and when the usefulness of an arrangement comes to a natural end.
Digital Disruption: A blessing or a curse?
Some see it as a threat to business, others see it as a huge business opportunity: digital disruption. But what does digital disruption mean?
Leverage big data to enable agility and transformation
Some see it as a threat to business, others see it as a huge business opportunity: digital disruption. But what does digital disruption mean?
To expand or not to expand, that is the question
Half of the world’s population will be using mobile devices to access the internet by 2020. It is calculated that there were 2.2 billion mobile internet subscribers in 2013, representing approximately 30 per cent of the global population. GSMA Intelligence forecasts that an additional To Expand or not1.6 billion citizens worldwide will become mobile internet users over the next six years, bringing the total number to 3.8 billion, or around half of the world’s expected population in 2020…
Deploying Cloud? Don’t Ignore the Catalog
Cloud services are everywhere and the notion of “putting it in the cloud” has become an easy answer for sales people and service providers alike when asked how best to offer critical applications and data to customers and increase revenue. But there is nothing easy about the cloud. It’s not easy for operators, it’s not easy for IT, and it’s not easy for customers. The promise of cloud is supposed to be simplicity. No ownership concerns, no licensing issues, no maintenance headaches – cloud services are supposed to be as pleasant as the white puffy variety that we see floating by on a summer day. But we’re not there yet. One challenge that operators face when deploying platforms on which to build and deliver cloud services is that each instance often includes its own product catalog, creating a cloud silo that flies in the face of the rationalization of OSS/BSS solutions and data that has been underway for the past 10 years.
