Ed Smith and Mauro Ugolini explore the option to supplement traditional methods of generating business cases with more novel approaches that incorporate the optimisation of benefits to a wide range of stakeholders. Here they present a case for business model innovation.
'You have reached your destination. Your destination is on the right'. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) devices have become our ubiquitous navigation tool and we cannot imagine life without them. Yet how many of us realise that we depend on GNSS for more important aspects of our daily lives than the familiar navigation application? Zdenek Chaloupka at the European Space Agency and telecommunications consultant and ITP Editorial Board Member Dr Ivan Boyd report.
Any organisation trying to get the best out of technology needs to understand what new technologies will be important tomorrow. It is, therefore, useful to understand what drives technology adoption and what techniques are available to link this information with future trends, explain Mauro Ugolini and Ed Smith. It is also useful to know what has and hasn't worked in the past and the value of incorporating non-linear thinking into the assessment.
This article provides an insight into how Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) has evolved over an approximately five-year timespan, what the current status looks like, and most importantly, what challenges remain to make this a mainstream technology. There is a particular focus on using innovative cross-industry collaborations to address many of these challenges.
Our species is unique on the planet in the pursuance of optimisation as an unspoken objective in almost everything we do. Power generation and supply, road, rail, financial and electronic networks, the manufacturing of goods and the provision of foods and refined materials and even our household finances fall under the eye of optimisation, muses Peter Cochrane.
The evolving world of IT has imposed more demands on the telecoms industry than any other sector in terms of new services and exponential traffic growth. So how are the telcos coping, asks Peter Cochrane.
The British phonebox has achieved iconic status, recognised the world over as a symbol of Britain. But their numbers have declined massively along with a 90% drop in usage in the last 10 years. So has the death knell been sounded for the British Phonebox? Certainly not, say Nigel Linge and Andy Sutton.
July to September may traditionally be holiday season. But the telecoms industry never rests. Professor Nigel Linge, University of Salford, examines three landmark events from these three summer months.
Software is increasingly underpinning the services enterprises offer to customers and the operational processes which deliver and support those services. This is particularly true in the telco sector where innovative technologies such as Software as a Service, big data, cloud computing and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) are further reducing the reliance of operators on specialised hardware for service execution and support.
Like any other technology, mobile broadband has many deployment challenges and issues. This article addresses the effects of 3G and 4G technologies and their post-deployment strategies in developing countries such as Pakistan, a newcomer in this field.
Risks from cybercrime and terrorists are in the news every day. What is not so well broadcast, however, are the risks that exist to operators from climate change. Here, Emma Fryer explores digital infrastructure in the context of climate change risks, aiming to present some indicators of the general state of readiness, to identify areas where greater scrutiny is needed and to stimulate discussion on how these risks should be managed looking ahead.
No matter how big or successful, in today's world, companies tend to only be as good as their IT infrastructure. From observing the media, it is clear that data centre outages can cause a range of issues, from grounded flights to corporate embarrassment [1].
There are many platforms targeting one or more Internet of Things (IoT) enabling features, such as device management, connectivity, application management, data analytics and so on. A majority of these platforms propose Over-The-Top (OTT) solutions, based on building connectors, analysing data locally, and encrypting and building OTT data pipelines to the cloud. Such OTT platforms pose many challenges for enterprise IoT applications that require an integrated approach to manage the applications, data and infrastructure, while providing end-to-end security and service assurance.
The world of the music changed forever on 1 August, 1981. The launch of MTV was set to challenge the status quo of music consumption, in particular, radio which was, at the time, dominated by programming schedules put together by aging baby boomers, says Nokia's Paul Adams. MTV was focused on breaking new and cutting-edge bands and focused on a different demographic group, and it was set to change everything.
On 27 July 2016 in Valenta, Ireland and in Heart's Content, Canada an historical event was celebrated - the 150th anniversary of the successful landing of the first commercial transatlantic telegraph cable.
The UK defence sector is at a turning point. The nature of warfare continues to evolve - the rise of the so-called Islamic State, civil war in Syria, instability across the Middle East and in the Ukraine, state sponsored cyber attacks and the global refugee crisis all pose new questions for national defence. The big operational challenge for the UK's armed forces is to be battle-ready and at an acceptable cost. To this end, information is a 'force multiplier.'
The Pacific Ring of Fire has over 450 volcanoes and is responsible for around 90% of the World's earthquakes. Not surprisingly then, providing telecommunications in New Zealand's unique environment alongside its position on this Ring of Fire presents challenges. Here Chorus NZ's Rob Ruiter describes the remedial action and lessons learned following the 7.8 major earthquake that struck the South Island on 14 November, 2016.
E-govemment initiatives have already been implemented in many countries with the aim of boosting user satisfaction in public services, reducing administrative burdens across the board and increasing the efficiency and transparency of the public administration. However, there is a paradox in that although administrations have the necessary data, they do not make sufficiently effective use of it Why is that? The team from Serbia's University of Novi Sad explore the puzzling picture.
