Vodafone: corporate challenges facing mainstream M2M
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: Entrenched organisational views and structures are the biggest hurdle for M2M adoption outside of specific niche markets, said Niklas Ekarv, M2M Regional Business Director APAC for Vodafone Global Enterprise. "I'm often ask...
Operators must "harness" changing user behaviour
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: Operators are facing a challenge in responding to changing user behaviour and need to "harness" this in order to develop new services and design networks that meet evolving customer needs, according to Suresh Sidhu, Chief Corp...
Competition driving telco/broadcast partnerships
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: Telecom operators and broadcasters are both facing challenges which make partnerships more attractive, according to Jimmy Kim, CEO of Ustream Korea and SVP, head of the Global Media Business Unit at Korea Telecom. The executi...
HP: Business needs key to big data choices
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: Operators looking to exploit the data at their disposal to drive new business opportunites need to start by defining their target use cases, rather than getting caught up with the enabling technologies at their disposal, HP's ...
Carphone Warehouse chief gives major backing to Huawei
Edit Post LIVE FROM HUAWEI ASCEND P6 LAUNCH, LONDON: Sir Charles Dunstone, the chairman of Carphone Warehouse (pictured), announced that Huawei’s new flagship smartphone, the Ascend P6, will be the first device from the Chinese company to be offered by the European...
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SingTel touts “mobile first” for enterprises
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: SingTel has adopted a “mobile first” strategy as it works to meet the evolving needs of the enterprise market, Bill Chang, CEO of Enterprise for the operator group said. Speaking this morning, the executive noted that the c... -
Tough decisions needed to maximise data profitability
Edit Post LIVE FROM COMMUNICASIA 2013: Operators need to take tough choices in order to protect their margins as the balance of services shifts from lucrative voice and SMS to data, Juan Rio of Delta Partners advised. With operators worldwide at various stages o... -
Huawei denies Nokia bid plan
Edit Post Huawei has denied it has plans to acquire ailing handset vendor Nokia after a report linked the companies. The Financial Times report came on the back of comments made by Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, at the launch of the company’s...
