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Articles tagged with: Ovum
Tata Wins $100 Million IT Contract from UK Mobile Phone Retailer
UK mobile phone retailer, Phones4U has signed a US$100 million agreement with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide a full range of managed IT services to 4uGroup, the holding company behind Phones 4u and other organisations in the UK telecommunication and financial services marketplaces. more
Related Tags: outsourcing, chief-technology-officer, phones-4u
The 5800 - A Good Foundation for Nokia Touch Screens
Opinion piece by Tony Cripps, principal analyst at ovum
Nokia's first proper touch-screen handset will reach several key European
markets in the next few days. As a significant milestone in the company's
strategy, we've been pleasantly surprised by its execution, which will provide a
strong foundation on which to introduce further touch-enabled handsets. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, ericsson, sony, touch-screen
Going green remains high priority for telecoms operators
According to a new report from ovum, going green now ranks high on the agenda for many telecoms operators and rightly so. more
Related Tags: base-station, battery, base-stations
Nortel's bankruptcy filing enables radical change, and not just at Nortel
Opinion piece by Dana Cooperson and Matt Walker, analysts at ovum
On 14 January 2009, Nortel Networks moved beyond talk of divestiture and
speculation of bankruptcy, and filed for creditor protection in Canada and the
US, with Nortel UK entering administration separately under a filing managed by
Ernst & Young. The company reached this point after multiple management
regimes failed in their attempts to remake the company after the bursting of the
telecoms bubble. Nortel's move may result in a more balanced industry
structure for communications equipment.
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Related Tags: ethernet, t-mobile, ptc, nokia, wimax, cisco, itu, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, mts, ericsson, verizon, tellabs, t-mobile-germany, nortel, bankruptcy, lg, ran, nortel-networks, umts, ciena
The case for network sharing gets stronger
Opinion piece by Emeka Obiodu, senior analyst at ovum
With a mature market, declining voice revenues and now the economic
downturn, the argument for European mobile network operators (MNOs) to share
their networks has never been stronger. Although there have been several
network-sharing initiatives, what is needed is a more coherent commercial and
regulatory framework across the EU to make network sharing the norm rather than
the exception.
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Related Tags: orange, t-mobile, roaming, 3-uk, vodafone, teliasonera, capex, t-mobile-uk, tim, eu, ran, yoigo, 3, tele2, opex
Will LTE be to mobile operators what NGNs are to fixed?
Opinion by Steven Hartley, senior analyst at ovum
With all the excitement surrounding LTE, it is easy to overlook how the
practicalities of migration will impact mobile operators. Migration to LTE will
need to be approached in the same way that fixed telcos have viewed
next-generation network (NGN) deployments - long term and holistically.
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Related Tags: intel, lte, crm, backhaul, billing
Emerging markets and data will drive global mobile growth to 2013
The latest report from telecoms industry analysts ovum, reveals that, despite the economic gloom, emerging market growth and the development of mobile data services will continue to power the sector to ever greater heights. more
Related Tags: google, sms, mobile-data, arpu, apple, apple, rural, zain
Looking back on technology foresight
Opinion by David Molony, principal analyst at ovum
Technology is a gift for this industry, but itÃ's also the challenge of many of
our lives. And when it comes to making choices we are not running out, as the
huge range of entries in this yearÃ's World Communication Awards, supported by
ovum, showed.
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Related Tags: rfid, orange, base-station, motorola, arpu, bluetooth, ericsson, verizon, london, bt, mobile-content
Broadband remains a 'sticky' service
Opinion by Michael Philpott, principal analyst at ovum
One possible scenario for the telecoms industry during the current economic
slowdown is that fixed-to-mobile substitution (FMS) will be accelerated as
consumers reduce their communications bill by cutting their fixed line in favour
of mobile services. With mobile broadband deals now more readily available and
affordable, there is a potential ‘double whammyÃ' to this in that fixed line
operators could not only lose further fixed voice revenues but valuable
broadband revenues as well. ovum therefore commissioned a survey of over 8,000
consumers to find out their plans.
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Related Tags: arpu, mobile-broadband
European Networks First to Feel Full Punch of the Credit Crunch
Europe has become the first regional mobile telecoms market to feel the impact of the credit crunch, according to a new report from ovum. The report looked at the third quarter financial results of multiple mobile operators in all regions of the world, finding that EuropeÃ's top mobile operators are the one that are beginning to feel the hit from the credit crunch. more
Related Tags: mobile-data