Category: Telecoms

  • Is real world economics finally kicking in for the telecoms market?

    As you’ll be aware, the third Great Telco Debate 2016 took place in November in London. Once again we gathered an enthusiastic group of industry stakeholders to debate the hot issues facing telecoms today and in the future. The philosophy of GTD is to frame the debates with expert witnesses, introduce the motion and then…

  • Technology bridging the gap between consumer electronics, healthcare and the disabled

    I had the pleasure to present to the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) at their annual healthcare lecture in November. It represented a coming together of many strands of my work over the last decades along with my vision impairment and some potential solutions to some of the key challenges facing society and the…

  • 5G Questions for Telcos – 7 weeks until the answer

    Recent headlines are clear. The EU has pledged to implement 5G in less than ten years. Users believe that the promised land of faster, better quality services is just around the corner. So, kudos for governments and great news for consumers but immense challenges for suppliers and telcos, especially when so many issues and unknowns…

  • Disability and technology: an upside for everyone!

    At the Digital Enterprise Show (DES) in Madrid on May 26 we assembled a group of presenters to look into the issue of technology and disability. I have been looking at the subject for the last 3 years through reports working with Telefonica. In the reports I sized the disability market and began the process…

  • The Hyper-connected individual meets the Healthcare system

    At the Great Telco Debate last year, one of the biggest laughs was when my co-host Graham Wilde was attacked for buying his wife a FitBit, implying she needed to lose weight! The success of these so-called health tracking devices, and their associated apps, is an indication of how wearables, combined with smart phones and…

  • Telcos and the big data-driven opportunity

    The big data opportunity for telcos is not a new phenomenon. Vast amounts of data have been generated both internally and externally over generations of fixed and mobile services for consumer, business and partners alike. Over The Top (OTT) players have come into the market and built business models on the amalgamated analysis of data…