By: Tim Young
This issue of Pipeline is dedicated to exploring the future of devices, and I will admit that when I think of “devices,” I am very 20th Century in my initial perception of what we’re talking
about. I think about handsets. Plain old phones. Smartphones if I’m feeling fancy. But of course these devices are only the very tip of the device iceberg (device-berg?) these days, as more and
more everyday objects join the vaunted multitude of the Internet of Things (IoT). But here’s the thing: the IoT really is the future of telecom…
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By: Claes Cegrell
As operators eye 5G and IoT, staking a claim in the industry revolution already underway demands the power of software and IT. Many industry stakeholders have experienced firsthand the
complexity that content consumption on mobile devices has created thus far. But truthfully, they haven’t seen anything yet. Year by year, video continues to command an even larger dominance on
mobile networks, driven by a surge in devices that shows no signs of slowing. The latest Ericsson Mobility Report concludes that by 2021, there will be 28 billion connected devices, 15 billion of
which will be video enabled…
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By: Chris Busch
Are you ready for the next device revolution? What if it doesn’t look at all like you expected?The latest industry disruption isn’t a result of a cool consumer electronics gadget with all the
latest bells and whistles. It’s actually the transformation of the communication service provider relationship with subscribers to enhance customer experience management in the age of supporting
new consumer electronics and the proliferation of the Internet of Things. The way to transforming the CSP-subscriber relationship is through virtualization…
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By: Wedge Greene, Trevor Hayes
Device or No Device. That is the question. It is time for mobile communications service providers to rethink the whole business of selling phones. Mobile phone operators correctly are
starting to question whether they need to be in the device business, and some have already taken little steps to decouple phone sales from the network business. This includes becoming more relaxed
about once feared ideas such as bring-your-own-device and associated month-by-month contracts. Competition is increasing…
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By: Avi Kachlon
Machine-to-machine billing is an essential component in the expansion and the monetization of the M2M and Internet of Things (IoT) domains. Service providers need to be able to manage and
monetize the complicated relationships that are part and parcel of IoT in order to generate revenues from what are frequently low value, high volume transactions. Managing complexity and
monetization in an ever-changing environment One of the biggest issues facing the IoT sector is how to monetize it effectively…
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By: Wedge Greene
Payments from mobile devices The Big Three mobile device makers [Apple, Google, and Samsung] have advanced into the mobile payment market [Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay]. Microsoft Wallet
is on the doorstep. The major credit card companies, seeking to hold their traditional market, have become active mobile payment enablers. So have many large banks. With all these
movers-and-shakers on boarding this innovation, it seems natural and inevitable. But today mobile payments are still a negligible fraction of the total number of digital financial
transactions…
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By: Tim Young
“Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience.” - Haruki MurakamiOne thing I’ve always found charming about many tech journalists and other professionals I’ve encountered in
communications and media is that they, themselves, are borderline Luddites. Maybe it’s a side-effect of spending your days immersed in cutting-edge technology: the tech loses its luster and
you simply refuse to let yourself be drawn in. You opt, in your personal life, for the most basic materials you can find which still allow you to get your job done…
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By: Jim Schakenbach
In addition to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announcing that union members had ratified the tentative agreements that were reached in May with Verizon, the news
this month was filled with every kind of story related to the Internet of Things (IoT). The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report revealed that the Internet of Things is set to
overtake mobile phones as the largest category of connected devices by 2018. Between 2015 and 2021, the number of IoT connected devices is expected to grow 23 percent annually, of which cellular
IoT is forecast to have the highest growth rate…
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