London 17/10/2024
A bleak dystopian future of automated, autonomous machines has been trailed by sci-fi authors for the last couple of centuries but now autonomy is here, it doesn’t seem such a bad thing – at least in the case of autonomous networks.
IN THIS ISSUE:
COMMENT – George Malim looks ahead to autonomous networks but fears for job insecurity.
COMPANY NEWS – BICS bolsters Cellusys global roaming partnership, Nokia agrees deal with Viettel to bring 5G to Vietnam.
MARKET NEWS – Waterland acquires Lebara Group, FICO and JT launch real-time scam detection service.
MARKET NEWS – Chunghwa Telecom and NTT connect Taiwan and Japan with IOWN APN, Amdocs complete unified BSS/OSS platform for Vodafone Ireland.
COVER INTERVIEW – Nokia’s Vishal Singh tells George Malim how CSPs are learning to Sense, Think, Act as autonomous networks become reality.
AUTONOMOUS NETWORKS – Nokia sets out its Sense, Think, Act answer to autonomous network acceleration.
AN BENEFITS – Antony Savvas details how autonomous networks alongside other technologies will make services faster, cheaper and simpler to deploy.
INNOVATE AMERICAS 2024 – Tony Savvas profiles the AI and automation-focused event.
VOICE CONNECTIVITY FOR IoT – Matt Hatton explains why IoT connectivity providers need a VoLTE/VoNR strategy to avoid missing out on apps that need voice.
DIGITAL MONETISATION REPORT – How tier one CSPs can unlock billion dollar benefits by pursuing digital monetisation.
MARKETPLACES – George Malim assesses the prospects for monetising B2B2X models via marketplaces, API exposure and judicious application of AI.
INTERVIEW – iconectiv’s David Wilson explains why a centralised database of phone numbers helps improve customer experience and strengthens fraud prevention.
NUMBER PORTABILITY – Omnisperience’s Teresa Cottam details the hidden risk from mobile numbers.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – ZTE’s AI Screen system launched to revolutionise care for the elderly.
OPEN RAN – SNS Telecoms & IT projects Open RAN automation software and services market will be worth US$370m.
EVENT PREVIEW – Our pre-event guide to Mobile World Congress Las Vegas 2024.
DIARY – Where to go and what to see.
This article first appeared on VanillpaPlus.
