RA survey results 'disturbing'

It’s been a while since we have seen good, quantitative survey results on the state of revenue assurance within telecommunications service providers worldwide, but KPMG has just released findings in their latest publication – ‘Revenue Assurance in...

Google's 'Android Advantage' allegedly aids operators

Google has always been in the business of generating online advertising revenues and even sharing some with carrier and handset partners, but it has clarified that this is limited to search and does not extend to applications like YouTube or Maps, or Android apps sold...

Patently predictable response to iPad success

Let me admit up front that I am a confessed Appleholic.  I have three Macs in my house, three iPhones and one Apple Airport Extreme. I wouldn’t call myself a an Apple evangelist but I like all the products I have bought from Apple over the years, especially the...

Time to rethink how operators sell mobile data?

Early indications are that Apple’s iPad is a resounding success amongst critics and customers alike ‘gushing’ with enthusiasm. The first release versions only provide for wireless access via Wi-Fi so their impact on mobile networks will not really be known until the...

'Prince of Print' proceeds with online pricing plans

He’s finally done it! As reported on another TM Forum blog some months ago Rupert Murdoch’s Times newspaper in the UK is about to impose charges for those wishing to access its publication via the internet. Some reports have tagged this as ‘Rupert’s paywall’. From...