Asia’s telecoms landscape is a hotbed of activity as less developed markets begin to take off and larger, more established countries face stiffer domestic competition and new service offerings. To stay ahead, regional carriers and global service providers need insights on the region’s demands and usage of not only fixed data and voice services but also other OTT solutions. Building …
Making the most of your SDN and NFV investment
SDN – Software Defined Networking – and NFV – Network Function Virtualisation – are two terms that have been on the table for telecom operators worldwide since 2014, when early adopters such as AT&T began ramping up their investment in virtualisation technologies. The SDN and NFV spend volume is predicted to boom in 2017, at which time use cases will …
Getting 5G-Ready
If you were to type “What is 5G?” into your search engine today, chances are you’ll get several different definitions in return. So what is 5G? How is it going to work? Where do we set our expectations? And where are we going with 5G? The thing is, the definition of 5G is still considered rather fluid, seeing as there’s yet to …
Q&A with Nicko Widjaja, Chief Executive Officer, MDI Ventures
In order to compete with new Web and OTT players that are asset-light and enjoy greater operational flexibility, telecom operators have started their own innovation programmes to drive new waves of innovation and launched partnerships with startups to develop their own innovative services. One such telco is Indonesian giant Telkom Indonesia, which launched MDI Ventures in 2015 . We caught up …
Q&A with Aasif Inam, EVP Product & Pricing, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd
Ahead of him joining us at Telecoms World Asia in Bangkok this March, we got a few minutes with Pakistan Telecommunications Company’s Aasif Inam to talk more about the challenges he’s facing in his role. Q: Hi Aasif, tell us a bit more about yourself and your work at Pakistan Telecommunication Company. A: I am working as EVP Product & …