Bharat Book Bureau

Strong Internet growth and rising demand for redundant capacity in Asia-Pacific are driving renewed submarine cable investment. Some commentators have wondered if this is a bubble that is going to burst. Ovum doesn’t think so

UK SMEs are aware of the benefits that new technology brings to their business. They are attracted by predictable monthly charging models and are good targets for bundled, managed and hosted services.

Realtime (or dynamic) pricing as an approach to offering realtime discounts to customers has massive ‘win-win’ upsides for both service providers and users in emerging markets. Early implementations in South Africa demonstrate

Enterprises now have access to ever-increasing volumes of business data. But to get maximum value from this, they need to make better use of location to drive deeper business insights that improve their competitiveness and business performance.

T-Systems is the last of the big five telco-led global service providers to feature in our Enterprise Strategy Review series; and the first to question the global ICT services model.

Caribbean, Central America and Pacific Island operator Digicel has established itself as a thorn in the side of incumbents since its launch in 2001. In the short term, Digicel''s prospects look strong.

LTE looks set to be deployed on the 2.6GHz band and the digital dividend spectrum. While several auctions have signalled that the appetite for high spectrum prices remains, Ovum does not expect a repeat of the high prices previously

SMEs in Korea see investment in communications as essential to support their business but are keen to move to more opex-based payment models.

SMEs in Japan see investment in communications as important to support their business but are very cost conscious and keen to move to more opex-based models.

Recently, members of Ovum''s mobile strategy team brainstormed on the future of ''mobile-only'' operators. These slides are a summary of our deliberations and what we see as the future for such operators.