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The five core elements of data privacy
BLOG, Regulation, big data, data analytics, data privacy, personal data protectionTechPolis’ research on personal data privacy, done in partnership with Castlebridge for video technology company Verimatrix, has revealed five core elements of data privacy policies. Combined, these elements form the backbone for priva...
Is data communications equipment the new oil?
BLOG, Most-Recent, Brazil, china, Electronics, EU, GVCs, India, Industrial Policy, USThe Economist magazine recently claimed data is now more valuable than oil. While data monetization is driving a new “gold rush,” there’s something else happening reminiscent of the financial impact of the oil industry, the rising ...
Banks face increasing telecom debt restructuring
BLOG, Most-Recent, Banks, DebtBanks used to find telecommunications companies in emerging markets a safe bet for corporate debt. There were good reasons for that: positive credit ratings, strong cash flows, and huge growth opportunities. Those conditions have changed...
Dubai’s win-win-win free Wi-Fi
BLOG, Most-Recent, Strategy, du, dubai, mobile, smart city, Wi-fiOne of the key indicators of a smart city is how accessible all the new digital services being generated are to the general public. Accessibility implies affordability and mechanisms to access the digital city resources. Because we live ...
India’s mobile market making space for Jio
BLOG, Most-Recent, Strategy, India, LTE, Reliance JioI first heard of Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), in early 2004–a couple of years after he launched Reliance Communications (RCOM) for his terminally-ill father. Reliance had struggled to enter the mobile te...
What makes a city smart?
BLOG, loE, Most-Recent, Strategy, MWC17, smart cityBy the end of this year Planet Earth will be home to nearly 7.5bn people, 55% of whom will live in urban areas. By 2050, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the planet will have to support 9.8 billion people, 70% ...
LTE for All
BLOG, Most-Recent, Strategy, Technology, GSM, LTEThere are clear signs it is the beginning of the endgame for the GSM standard’s 25 years of mobile market leadership, with mobile operators announcing the planned shutdown of GSM networks on almost a weekly basis. That is a very long l...
Mexico’s experiment with a wholesale-only mobile network
BLOG, Most-Recent, Regulation, Spectrum, mexico, Spectrum, wholesale networkMexico will later this month announce the winning bidder for the deployment of Red Compartida, a pioneering wholesale-only wireless open access network (WOAN) with usage rights to 2 X 45 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. In addition t...
Mobile operators’ spectrum appetite shifting to higher bands
BLOG, Most-Recent, Regulation, SpectrumA stark lesson from the ongoing US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction of 600 MHz frequencies is a sharp drop in the market valuation of sub-1GHz spectrum. How much, or in this context how little, mobile operators are prepare...
Can Brazil’s mini telecom reform save Oi?
BLOG, Most-Recent, Regulation, Technology, Brazil, Oi, Telecom reformSince enacting its General Telecommunications Law (Law 9.472) on July 16, 1997 Brazil has developed an over-regulated telecom policy regime. Evidence of the regulatory over-stretch became clear when telecom operator Oi filed for bankrupt...
IoT in Brazil: robust growth, changing expectations
BLOG, loE, Most-Recent, TechnologyThe Internet of Things (IoT) landscape in Brazil is changing. Total mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) connections grew 8% between May 2015 and May 2016 to account for 4.6% of total mobile subscriptions. Lower activation taxes now benefit 3...
Will Smart Riyadh bring social change?
BLOG, Most-Recent, Strategy, Technology, riyadh, Saudi Arabia, smart cityAmongst the various smart-city experiments in the Middle East, Riyadh is the most intriguing. It raises a big question: Can technology and new urban infrastructure advance social change? Saudi Arabia’s capital has allocated $5.6 bn to ...
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