GlobalData Technology
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11 Sep
Mobile data traffic in Switzerland is going to rocket over the next five years
Total mobile data traffic in Switzerland is set to increase 2.3-fold between 2017 and 2022, according to GlobalData figures.
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5 Sep
Everyone hates human resources: can chatbots change that?
Human resources has historically dealt with the softer, less quantifiable side of business: how humans interact, what they think, and how they feel about their jobs and those around them.
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31 Aug
Can software save telcos from the dumb pipe quandary in the Internet of Things?
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to change the way we interact with our homes, devices, cars, buildings, and even cities.
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31 Aug
Telco innovation: There’s a whole world outside of Europe and Asia
While Asian and European telcos are known for their innovative service launches, it’s a mistake to ignore innovation coming from other parts of the world.
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30 Aug
Telco innovation: apps, smart charging, and engagement are driving change
Every telecom service provider understands the importance of service innovative.
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30 Aug
Messaging apps are beginning to work with cryptocurrencies — here’s why
Monetisation of the messaging market is in full swing, and many apps are starting to use advertising to keep the lights on.
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24 Aug
Oracle is rushing to catch up in the cloud business and is becoming a threat to AWS
Owing to its dominance in business software, Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison snubbed the cloud early on, but now the company is changing its tune as public cloud giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft encroach on Oracle’s core business.
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22 Aug
Mexico is about to become one of the fastest growing telecom markets in Latin America
While telecoms revenue is expected to dip in Mexico for 2017, down 6.8 percent on 2016 to $16.9bn, between now and 2022 it will be one of the fastest growing markets in Latin America.
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21 Aug
Symantec’s reinvention is merely a repeat of a failed strategy
Symantec, the world’s largest cyber security firm by revenue, has a plan to shore up its most profitable business, but history suggests it won’t be successful.
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16 Aug
Ericsson and ZTE: stock performance can paint a confusing picture
Ericsson remains one of the top vendors in the telecom networks space.
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11 Aug
Is Huawei’s growth spurt finally coming to an end?
After a few years of more than 30 percent growth, all signs point to Huawei’s run-away growth slowing in 2017.
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8 Aug
Google Fiber: will it right the ship, or crash the boat?
Google Fiber, despite its still-small subscriber footprint, still generates plenty of hype, even after pulling back on its ambitious growth plans.
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4 Aug
Can technology provide a safer and more effective alternative to prisons?
Trouble erupted in UK prison the Mount earlier this week as riot police could be seen entering the prison to restore order.
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4 Aug
Google is offering an HQ tour to people who promote Project Fi — will it work?
Google’s Project Fi — a wireless carrier launched in 2015 that many have never even heard of — is trying to attract new users by holding a contest encouraging existing customers to refer their friends and family.
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31 Jul
A Russian airline might take payments via Ethereum — how is it going to help?
There is an increasing number of companies using blockchain to see how it can cut costs and speed up transactions.
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28 Jul
The world’s fastest growing mobile market is about to slow sharply
Myanmar is the world’s fastest mobile subscription market and the only market among the fastest growing not in Africa and the Middle East.
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26 Jul
Is a $1,000 iPhone worth the cash or is Apple getting greedy?
Apple’s latest iPhone, due out in September, is rumoured to be priced at over $1,000 — is this clever pricing or corporate greed?
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20 Jul
Software is now the largest sector for EU antitrust fines — and its time tech giants took this seriously
When the European Commission slapped Google with a €2.4bn ($2.7bn) fine for giving priority placement in search results to its own shopping service, it set a precedent other tech giants need to pay attention to.
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19 Jul
Video conferencing is dead – team productivity is the bigger picture
Video conferencing technology has been around for over 50 years, so why has it been considered such a marginal way to communicate in business?
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19 Jul
Internet of Things wars: Did T-Mobile just bet on the wrong horse?
Network operators have two new weapons in the battle to own the Internet of Things (IoT) — Narrowband IoT and LTE-M — and picking the eventual winner could give operators an early lead over their competitors.
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17 Jul
Demand for data is sending mobile revenues in Belgium sky high
Mobile data revenue in Belgium is growing quickly and telcos are rushing to increase 4G investments to cover black spots and rural areas as a result.
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17 Jul
Online pornography: are prudish Conservatives out of their depth with porn verification?
Within a year, online pornography websites for UK viewers will be required to age gate — what is stop under age people from accessing their sites.
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14 Jul
Facebook is desperate to attract its next billion users — now it thinks it’s found a way to do it
The rejection of Facebook’s zero-rated Free Basics carrier partnership concept in India was a big growth setback for its ambition to attract its next billion users.
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14 Jul
GDPR: What’s a company to do?
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means the EU is getting serious in terms of protecting personal data and with potential fines of €20m or four percent of turnover, companies are nervous about the implications.
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14 Jul
Almost half of mobile phone subscribers use mobile money in this East African country
Mobile money is widely used in Tanzania, East Africa.
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13 Jul
Apple Business Chat is coming next year — here’s how it will change the game
Apple’s annual developer conference is always chock full of new hardware and features for Apple devices.
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13 Jul
Operators racing to virtualise networks are pushing to bring the technology to the customer
There have been a series of revolutionary technology changes taking hold in business networking, but the biggest wave of them all has been virtualisation.
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12 Jul
A respite in Central African Republic conflict will boost one of the most underdeveloped telecom markets
The Central African Republic has been plagued by internal conflict over the past few years.
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12 Jul
Israel has found a new market to boost telecom revenue growth
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one part of the Israeli telecom market that’s making particularly strong progress.
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11 Jul
Will American Airlines’ move to the cloud help it to improve the flying experience?
The world’s largest airline, American Airlines is planning to move many of its critical applications to the IBM cloud as part of a huge digital transformation push.