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NB-IoT – in Japan DoCoMo says ‘no more’

NTT DoCoMo will discontinue its NB-IoT network – 11 months after launch - The Japanese operator will continue to serve the market with the existing LTE-M service for IoT - This might not be about the strength of NB-IoT, but the rationale for a telco to keep multiple IoT networks…

MEFApril 10, 2020

Content & Advertising Opinion

COVID19: Fake news hits mobile masts, real news shows mobile value

Un-founded conspiracy theories have gone global on the web claiming 5G communication cause COVID19 In the UK two separate incidents saw arsonists setting fire to 5G towers based on this claim Mobile services are helping people in this hard time: mobile payments, advertising, games, business communications are in strong demand

Dario BettiApril 7, 2020

ID & Data Opinion

The future of Digital identity: Trends and developments

Iain McCallum, mobile industry veteran and MEF Advisor explores the future of Trust and identity in the digital eco-system in a series of webinars and articles. Here he shares impressions from the EEMA London event and outlines some of the discussions being held about current thinking on digital identity and…

MEFAugust 22, 2019

Content & Advertising Opinion

MWC Shangai 2019: The new digital economy will drive private networks

In his final post from MWC Shanghai Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, discusses the role of private networks in the new digital economy and why 5G will allow for the deployment of truly private enterprise networks. As 5G is rolled out across Chinese cities, the…

MEFAugust 7, 2019

Connectivity & Wholesale Content & Advertising Opinion

MWC Shangai – 5G is in China, and it will be big

Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights, shares impressions from MWC Shanghai on the momentum of 5G in the Chinese market, and concludes that the hype is real. In a previous post about the flagship MWC event in Barcelona, I had opined that it was impossible to leave…

MEFJuly 19, 2019

Connectivity & Wholesale Messaging Channels Opinion

ITW Atlanta 2019 – Don’t forget: Telecoms is big business

MEF CEO Dario Betti shares his key takeaways from the recent International Telecom Week in Atlanta touching on the state of A2P, the role of Africa in the global market and discovering that the rumours of Telecom’s demise are greatly exaggerated. The public might be excused for thinking of telecom…

MEFJuly 4, 2019

Connectivity & Wholesale Opinion

Great IoT technologies, slow IoT deployments

Angel Dobardziev, Director at independent research consultancy WhiteBridge Insight, shares his key takeaways from IoT World and what the exhibition and debates on the show tell us about the future of the IoT space. The recent IoT World event in Silicon Valley was very insightful. The IoT enabling technologies we…

MEFJune 5, 2019

Content & Advertising Opinion

5G is Here: Technology is ready, are the use cases ready too?

After the announcements at MWC19 Shiv Putcha, Principal Analyst at emerging tech specialists Mandala Insights believes that 5G is now real. The question still remains: what will be the use case for high speed, high density and low latency? A few example are emerging, and most promising private networking for…

MEFApril 8, 2019

NB-IoT – in Japan DoCoMo says ‘no more’

COVID19: Fake news hits mobile masts, real news shows mobile value

The future of Digital identity: Trends and developments

MWC Shangai 2019: The new digital economy will drive private networks

MWC Shangai – 5G is in China, and it will be big

ITW Atlanta 2019 – Don’t forget: Telecoms is big business

Great IoT technologies, slow IoT deployments

5G is Here: Technology is ready, are the use cases ready too?

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