Guides

• Technology: IPTV and convergence -- Show me the money 01 January 2008

  Convergence, for so long the buzz word of the industry, is now clearly happening. The fixed and mobile sectors of the telecoms industry, along with the media and entertainment industries, are coming together. The theory is that this will open a new channel to the media and entertainment sectors and enable carriers to fill the void left by voice commoditisation, writes George Malim. But where's the money now?

• The telecoms world in 2007 01 September 2007

  Global Telecoms Business Executive Review

• Interview: Hamadoun Touré of the ITU: a Marshall Plan for world telecommunications 01 September 2007

  Months into his post as secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, Dr Hamadoun Touré plans to emulate the Marshall Plan of the 1940s to bring the economic benefits of communications to the world's emerging nations, starting with Africa

• Interview: Viviane Reding -- Act or we'll regulate 01 September 2007

  European Commissioner Viviane Reding has introduced an EU-wide rule which cuts the price of cross-border mobile calls. Now, she tells Global Telecoms Business, she's looking at similar action on mobile data — if the operators don't act first. Meanwhile she wants to improve broadband penetration and promote the use of information and communications technologies

• Interview: Ekwow Spio-Garbrah of the CTO -- What should governments do? 01 September 2007

  If you want to develop economically, you have to ensure telecommunications and computer technologies are there to support your efforts, says Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, the CEO of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. That means getting the framework right to allow broadband as well as mobile to flourish

• Technology: choose wisely for shared success 01 September 2007

  Verizon Partner Solutions has developed the ability to work with customers and develop customised solutions and pricing options to meet their needs. Co-sponsored feature: Verizon

• Technology: OSS gets interesting — really 01 September 2007

  In the past year, Oracle and IBM have made billion-dollar bets acquiring an array of OSS/BSS vendors. Microsoft is also waiting in the wings. George Malim looks at the reason for this increasing interest by mainstream software vendors in OSS. Do they want a slice of carriers' spending?

• Tackling the challenges of network migration 01 September 2007

  For nearly 20 years, carriers around the world have explored the potential of IP technology and debated the concept of network migration. Today, migration is a given and technology upgrades are well under way. Co-sponsored feature: AT&T

• Technology: IMS -- Time to dream harder? 01 September 2007

  IP Multimedia Subsystem has had its fair share of unwarranted hype in the last year. Misunderstood as a panacea for the ills of the global telecoms sector, IMS is a technical framework that nevertheless has significant value to the business of telecoms, writes George Malim

• Delivering the future 01 September 2007

  The idea of a next-generation of communication service providers that could deliver rich multimedia services over a single multi-service network has been around for some time. Now, though, such next-generation businesses aren't next-generation any more — they are very much here and now. The time has come for operators to act or risk being left behind. As Karsten Lereuth, president of Global Telecom Markets at BT Global Services, says, BT is there to help those who decide to move ahead. Co-sponsored feature: BT Global Services

• Argentina 01 September 2007

• Brazil 01 September 2007

• Canada 01 September 2007

• The internet has changed the rules 01 September 2007

  Customers expect more and their options are broader: they can dictate what they want, and on which platform, and which services they will pay a premium to get. How is Telus catering for the new world in telecommunications? Co-sponsored feature: Telus

• Chile 01 September 2007

• Mexico 01 September 2007

• United States 01 September 2007

• Complete portfolio with a difference 01 September 2007

  Although no customer is likely to take all of its services from a single supplier, it's still vital for wholesale service providers to offer a complete portfolio of services in order to deliver economies of scale and tangible bottom line benefits to customers. Verizon Partner Solutions, through sustained investment in infrastructure and support systems is able to do just that. Co-sponsored feature: Verizon

• Egypt 01 September 2007

• Nigeria 01 September 2007

• South Africa 01 September 2007

• Australia 01 September 2007

• China 01 September 2007

• Hong Kong 01 September 2007

• India 01 September 2007

• Indonesia 01 September 2007

• Japan 01 September 2007

• Pakistan 01 September 2007

• Philippines 01 September 2007

• Singapore 01 September 2007

• South Korea 01 September 2007

• Czech Republic 01 September 2007

• Finland 01 September 2007

• France 01 September 2007

• Germany 01 September 2007

• Hungary 01 September 2007

• Italy 01 September 2007

• Netherlands 01 September 2007

• Russia 01 September 2007

• Spain 01 September 2007

• UK 01 September 2007

• Technology: NGNs -- Into the next generation 01 January 2007

  Next generation network projects are underway at carriers from Telecom New Zealand to BT and at most points in between — but are these projects being deployed quickly enough to meet the demands that new services are placing on carriers and address their need to cut operational costs? George Malim asks

• Interview: BT's Karsten Lereuth -- Transforming relationships 01 September 2006

  As the industry prepares for its changes to a world where everything is IP, Karsten Lereuth of BT explains how the company is offering its own experience of 21CN to other operators

• Poland 01 September 2006

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