BROWSING: Over-the-top

One of the most wrestled with subjects in the Brazilian ICT industry is network neutrality regulation in the Brazilian Internet Civil Mark, a legislative project which defines principles, guarantees, rights and duties on Internet use in Brazil.

MIAMI – Convergence is driving personalization, contextulizaton and a focus on the user experience across the telecom space. Customers want a seamless, real-time experience across devices, technology access, lines of business, services, payment types and users. During the Amdocs' InTouch event (check out all our...

Beyond Policy - A New Era in Real-Time Charging: Why prevent a subscriber from accessing a desired capability that is readily available at minimal cost to the operator? In "Beyond policy," Dr. Colm Ward, CEO at Tango Telecom, discusses the new era in real-time...

Over the span of five years, smartphones, mobile broadband and the ongoing transition to all-IP networks has transformed the mobile industry. While revenues have grown across every sector in the market, startups are increasingly eating into network operators’ legacy revenue streams. Wildly popular over-the-top...

RIO DE JANEIRO  - Wireless carriers are losing revenue to over-the-top (OTT) players that offer competing services for free over the carriers' own networks, such as text messaging and voice. To deal with this threat, operators must decide to sit out the fight, compete head-to-head,...

What the telecom industry has not changed in the past ten years, it is changing now – and in a drastic way. The advent of new technologies, such as mobile broadband, voice over IP (VoIP) and messaging, among others, have contributed to the shift....

Over-the-top platforms are becoming more popular among Brazilian consumers. Last September, Netflix, the subscription service for delivering movies through the Internet, launched operations in 43 Latin American countries. Brazil's Globosat also unveiled its video over Internet offer called Muu, through Net Serviços. Today,...

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. There is no doubt that the question of what to do with over-the-top content (OTT) will...

2011 was another year of diversity for the mobile industry. With a raft of new smart devices, tablets, applications, services and new pricing plans, consumers and enterprises alike have had more choice than ever when making use of the mobile device.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. The arrival of a new year brings with its numerous expectations of what would be the changes...