Mobile World Congress 2015 – a Preview by John Strand, Strand Consult
Each year Strand Consult publishes a preview of the Mobile World Congress. MWC 2015 has all the ingredients to become one of the most fascinating in the event’s 19 year…
Each year Strand Consult publishes a preview of the Mobile World Congress. MWC 2015 has all the ingredients to become one of the most fascinating in the event’s 19 year…
Strand Consult would like to start the year by giving you the opportunity to read some of the many exciting research notes that we published in 2014 and then suggest…
Another exiting year has flown by and Christmas is here again. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy…
Consolidation in the telecom market is heating up around the world, particularly in Europe. Historically, when evaluating mergers, regulators would review the number of competitors and the market share of…
The Norwegian Communications Authority (NPT) recently published a blog on Net neutrality and charging models in which it suggests that operators should be prohibited from using zero rated subscription models….
It’s an irony that the world’s operators, which provide communication services, should frequently do such a poor job at communicating. There are few services in the world more demanded than…
The EU Commission is at a make or break moment to save the telecom industry from continued decline from their misguided policies. Not a moment too soon, the commission is…
By the end of 2016, it is expected that two-thirds of all mobile subscriptions in the US will be 4G/LTE. The European Union at best will see 30 percent of…
Denmark has been a pioneer in the mobile industry for years. Some call fierce MVNO competition the “Danish disease” while Strand Consult considers it the wave of the future. Strand…
A Tier 1 telecom operator owns a telecom network in which it is the top level operator. It hosts its own numbers and delivers voice and data services. Tier 2,…
There is much discussion about the EU telecoms package “Connected Continent: a single telecom market for growth and jobs”, and EU leaders are proud to have introduced rules on roaming…
Will 2014 be the “moment of truth” when regulators finally realize the challenges posed to the by OTT players? Or will regulators be like the captain of the Titantic, ordering…
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