20 May 2013
Global vendors form OSS alliance Prepaid to postpaid money transfer launching in Pakistan Energy-saving data centre launched in Mozambique Ooredoo launches first live IPX+ enabled network in the Middle East Nokia aims newest touchscreen device at sub-$100 market Major carrier agreements to provide greater global connectivity to Africa 4th Annual Congress - CARDS & PAYMENTS 2013 Vodafone overtakes Bharti Airtel in rural India Maldives market leader Dhiraagu selects MACH revenue leakage solution Bharti sells stake to ME investors as profits drop Zain Kuwait addressing customer experience via monitoring America Movil acknowledges that new regulation could be a challenge Bulgarian number two acquired by Telenor ICANN opens Istanbul hub office Capacity upgrade for Caribbean cable network Etisalat and Ooredoo confirm binding bids for Maroc Telecom Network Security Finds Increased Acceptance Among SMBs in India Mexican telecom overhaul bill approved with amendments VimpelCom sells majority stake in Cambodian operation du upgrading 100G network Raising mobile money awareness will bear fruit in Nigeria Indian operators easing off investment over next two years LTE goes live in Qatar EU trade commissioner pushing for investigation into Chinese vendors Turkish operator makes moves into Bulgarian market M-Pesa launching for Indian unbanked ‘Trapped’ funds in Venezuela prompt Telefonica spending spree Globe launches social hub for customer care in Philippines Zain Kuwait implements new provisioning solution Energy-saving solution trialled successfully in Egypt Telefonica may cut debt by selling Colombian assets KT will not bid for Maroc Telecom New Czech auction rules look to prevent price escalation
2013 Trends: Jeremy George, ForgetMeNot Software
Monday, 14 January 2013 00:00 | Jeremy George, ForgetMeNot Software
Mobile Network Operators will focus on the core services of voice, SMS and data to the detriment of traditional Value Added Services. This will have the following consequences:
- Increased expenditure in building infrastructure – penetration, speed and capacity.
- Data prices will fall, more subscribers will use data and overall data revenues will grow.
- Lite/2G data applications and websites, and hi-compression browsers such as Opera Mini and UCWEB will continue to grow in importance.
- 3G coverage will continue to grow, especially into rural areas.
- Feature phones will not significantly decrease in price but they will become more powerful and the number of feature phones in the market will increase as older models are handed down and new handsets are purchased.
- As more people access mobile data Value Added Services move to web and mobile applications.
- In-App payments capabilities will become critical. These could be via subscriber billing or mobile money solutions. In most cases these will need to be facilitated by the Network Operators.
- Mobile advertising as a means of revenue generation will become more important and will become more sophisticated including big data techniques.
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