There is no doubt that there will be a mobile broadband services market, in the same way as the market we know from premium SMS and WAP. Strand Consult has…
For the last 18 years, Strand Consult has analyzed the telecommunications market. Working in many countries throughout the world, we have observed how trends are shared and evolve from one…
Last week the European Commission published the report Cybersecurity of Open Radio Access Networks which analyses the cybersecurity implications of Open Radio Access Networks (RAN). It includes background on the…
While the EU had preeminence in mobile for a time, it failed to create the companies that powered the Internet and is already behind the curve on 5G. Now the…
As part of its research on the telecom industry around the world, Strand Consult has observed that municipal broadband has been gaining traction in a number of countries. This comes…
After reading San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s op-ed in the New York Times last week, I added another mayor to my long list of greedy politicians who want to abuse…
Telecom investors have focused their attention on the decision to the proposed merger of Hutchison 3G UK and Telefonica UK (O2). EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager announced at noon…
In 2012, the Mobile World Congress once again set new records with over 67.000 visitors choosing to visit Barcelona to exchange knowledge, experience, visions and of course thousands of business…
There is a great deal of focus in the media about the new and exciting services that companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook are continually launching. But have you…
Once again Strand Consult would like to revive our year-end tradition of taking a look at the events that have happened during the past year and then predict what we…
– and thereby prioritising their profitability higher than their social responsibility? Around the world there are many ongoing debates regarding how to handle the increasing amount of Internet traffic on…
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