Titans of Telecoms: “Fiber is built to last”
Our Titans have been working for 25+ years. Now they look ahead to the next 25. Where might the telecoms industry be in 2047 and what might it take to get there? We speak to Envision Associates founder and Lithuania’s candidate for Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Tomas Lamanauskas. In England, the […]
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Networks in 2030: Why an open future is essential
The year is 2030, eight years from now. An alert flashes up in the control center of an electricity provider in New Hampshire. A power line in a remote and mountainous area of the state has become shrouded in ice, threatening to disrupt supply to residents in the depths of winter. This is a resilient […]
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Autonomous systems: Their place in our future
When a huge ship became wedged in the Suez Canal in March 2021, it almost felt like a moment of light relief. In a world grown weary of an endless news cycle focused on the pandemic, there seemed something slightly comical about the situation. But once the initial flurry of amusing memes and talk show […]
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Charting a path to a sustainable future
Since the year 2000, we have seen 19 of the hottest years on record. Surface temperatures are increasing and with higher temperatures come extreme weather events and catastrophic results. In 2016, the Paris Climate Agreement committed nations to ensuring that global temperatures do not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels, and to work towards limiting the […]
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Industry pathways to net zero
The manufacturing, energy and utilities, transportation and buildings sectors account for 80% of the total global CO2 emissions. Switching to renewable energy will not be enough for these industries to reach net zero by 2050. More ambitious, wide-reaching action is needed. GSMA Intelligence and Nokia have produced a whitepaper to explain how mobile and digital technologies will […]
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Telecom companies need soft skills and hard tools for successful digital transformation
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation as a priority at telecom companies around the world. As these companies look to virtualize and automate their networks, many areas of the business—from network operations to customer experience —are benefiting from a variety of initiatives. And executives will continue to lead the digital transformation charge through 2021 to […]
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Reinvent value by embracing new business models
The as-a-service revolution has turned value creation inside out, shifting the focus from companies to customers and from products to services. The implications are far-reaching and already being felt by communications service providers (CSPs) seeking new business models to carry them into the future. CSPs are at a crucial juncture according to the April 2021 […]
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7 ways the pandemic transformed the telecoms industry
In the spring of 2022, the 1970s pop group Abba will take to the stage for the first time in nearly 40 years. The tunes will doubtless be catchy, the clothes will be as outlandish as ever, but in a true sign of the times their performance will be delivered by digital avatars. Our physical […]
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Five ways to overcome the roadblocks to Industry 4.0
We paired up with Parks Associates, surveying executives and decision makers at 30 companies in manufacturing, energy and transportation to learn about the Industry 4.0 roadblocks they’ve encountered and what they’ve done to overcome them. The starter’s pistol went off years ago in the race to Industry 4.0 but a lot of companies are still hunched in […]
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