Generating Growth in Europe – How the ICT Sector is the Solution
– a research note about EU Vice President Neelie Kroes and the dream of a single digital market in Europe. EU Vice President Neelie Kroes has started an important debate…
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Predictions for 2013: What to expect in the mobile telecom industry
With the turn of each year, Strand Consult reviews the year past and makes an assessment about the year to come. For the last 18 years Strand Consult has provided…
Premium services delivered and invoiced via mobile broadband connections are coming
– but what challenges is the industry facing when this technology becomes commercial? At Strand Consult we have through the years worked a great deal with premium value added services…
Strand Consult has identified the 10 largest challenges for the future mobile broadband service business models
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…
2013 in Review: 10 key research notes on the mobile telecom industry from Strand Consult.
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…
Big Tech’s Electricity Bill Is a Problem. Why the “Pay Your Way” Principle Should Apply to Broadband and Data Centers
The recent White House statement that hyperscale data centers should “pay their own way” for electricity captures a broader, overdue principle: when large, U.S.-based digital platform and cloud companies drive…
Is there a correlation between European nations’ level of Chinese telecom equipment, the consumption of Russian energy, and military aid to Ukraine?
The war in Ukraine, now in its third year, should come to an end. European nations welcome a resolution to the war which ensures peace and democracy for the Ukrainian…
5G cybersecurity has never been more important. Strand Consult´s review of EU OpenRAN Report
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…
Understanding the GDPR and Its Unintended Consequences
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…
6 trends in municipal broadband – a ticking bomb for commercial broadband providers in a liberalized market
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…
The Mayor From Hell: San Jose, California’s Sam Liccardo. How greedy politicians prevent good mobile coverage
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…
BREAKING NEWS: Margrethe Vestager blocks 3UK / O2 deal – Bad news for Europe and consumers. Good news for British Telecom´s shareholders
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…
