In a recent interview Andy Walker, Accenture’s Global Lead for Communications & Media, the conversation covered a wide variety of topics central to longer-term telecoms strategy and implementation, from skills to cost management and oligopolies.
Alex Lawrence
Is An SME Service Revolution In The Offing?
There are small signs that SMEs might finally be able to get the telecoms services they need in the way they need. We explore the approaches unlocking this huge segment and what they have in common.
Can 6G Learn the Lessons of IoT?
6G faces some demands which haven’t faced previous generations; for coverage, and for intelligence at a lower carbon footprint. While these are new for a 3GPP generation, IoT has some experience with this.
Operators – Intelligent Partners In The 2020s?
As the telecoms world starts moving increasingly to more open and collaborative models to build services, propositions and revenue streams, strategies and philosophies for partnering will become increasingly significant for success. This is, unfortunately, an area where the telecoms industry has tended to do badly, from the desire to control walled gardens of services in the days before 3G to the modern day. Are there ways we can do better as an industry?
One Touch Switching and the Legacy Pandora’s Box
The UK regulator Ofcom has recently faced a battle with British broadband providers. While the details are UK-specific, the issues are ones which many in the industry globally will recognise. The challenge? Legacy technologies which are fundamental to the working of the telecoms system.
Trust and the Ethics of Future Networks
The ITU, ATIS Next G Alliance, the European Commission and others have all placed the idea not only of secure systems, but trustworthy systems, at the heart of their plans for the next generation of telecoms.
While security by design is a big ask, “trust” may be a bigger one.
Brainstorm Participates in the 6G Bricks Project – Sports Video Group
Turf Wars and Taming the Wild West: Looking Ahead to WRC23
Radio conference WRC will shape the telecoms landscape for the decade to come. We take a look at the topics, priorities and interests outlined by key players.
An Internet of Data May be on the Horizon
GSMA Open Connect is one of the multiple approaches over the years that have sought to take advantage of mobile operators’ data. Yet they have been stymied repeatedly in using that data to its full extent.
There are, however, developments beyond the traditional telecoms domain that might help to turn that around.