Trends & Forecasts

Ciena’s Hector Silva shares his thoughts on the key themes he expects to see in the coming year including network virtualisation, data centre interconnect, and security...

The potential applications of A2P messaging are set to drive change in emerging markets in 2016, according to Infobip's Silvio Kutic...

2016 will be an exciting year for the telecommunications industry in emerging and developing markets, where several consumer and market trends are of concern, according to IBM’s Noha Sadek…

Emerging market operators will be increasingly turning to IP services and OTT in 2016, while the importance of big data analytics is becoming clear. So says Cataleya’s Jay Jayasimha…

SDN and NFV have been on the rise for some time – and this is set to continue into 2016, according to Telco Systems’ Moshe Shimon...

While voice is still critical in emerging markets, the demand for rapid service deployment will see SaaS on the rise in emerging markets, according to FreeConferenceCall.com’s Bob Wise…

So far, the digital economy has not been adequately monetised, says CSG’s Ian Watterson – but this has to change in 2016…

Transmission for small cell access points and virtualisation in preparation for IoT will be high on the agenda in 2016, according to Intracom Telecom’s Alexandros Tarnaris…

The biggest game-changer for 2016? That’ll be NFV, according to Overture’s Prayson Pate…

2015 was a landmark year for mobile financial services. Throughout the year, we witnessed unprecedented growth in all areas of MFS...

A successful 2015 in the satellite communications (satcomms) world heralded hopes for further growth in areas where terrestrial networks – heavily reliant on cable and second-generation mobile – have been unable to keep pace with the population’s appetite.

The customer experience is central to mobile networks, and throughout 2016 operators will continue to optimise their networks to meet this need, according to CellMining’s Assaf Aloni…

Plugging gaps in connectivity to connect the unconnected has long been a challenge for emerging markets. WTL’s Simon Pearson suggests how this might be addressed in 2016…

2016 might be the year that Big Data gets smaller – and smarter, according to Tecnotree’s Timo Ahomäki...

The unstoppable march of smartphone adoption will lead to massive increases in data traffic in 2016. Nokia's Aji Ed explains which technologies will help to address this issue...

With competition set to increase in 2016 across many emerging markets, differentiating offerings via customer experience and billing will become ever more important, as LogNet’s Kirill Rechter notes…

A major trend in emerging markets is the transfer of tower assets from leading mobile operators to independent tower companies. TowerXchange’s Kieron Osmotherly explains how this will continue in 2016…

The advent of cross-border remittance services demonstrates that mobile money will continue to play a crucial role in emerging markets in 2016, according to WorldRemit...

According to WIT Software, rich communications systems are set to gain traction in emerging markets in 2016 – and Google’s entry into the space will be a major factor...

Africa has plenty of room for growth, but many African markets will need to liberalise before this growth can be realised. Eckart Zollner of Jasco gives us his outlook for 2016…

Africa is a market of contrasts, but demand for high-speed connectivity is growing all the time. As part of our Trends Survey, Gilat Satcom's Dan Zajicek shares his vision for 2016...

With access to high-speed data becoming the norm, Openet sees a shift in how content is offered in 2016 as customer experience becomes king.

Over the past 50 years, Internet technology has rapidly and profoundly changed the way people work, live, play and learn.

The MVNO market is booming around the globe, and with good reason:  it’s becoming increasingly easier for both mobile network operators (MNOs) and entrepreneurial companies to enter the market.

The GSMA has published a new report finding that terrestrial digital television broadcasting in the Arab States does not need an exclusive allocation of the UHF spectrum band (470-694MHz).

LTE connections in Latin America reached 11.76 million in 2014, according to new research from Dataxis.