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  • Operators Explore the Opportunity of Intelligent-Ready Buildings

    In a recent Insight Series report, my colleague Bola Rotibi highlighted a major new trend: intelligent-ready buildings. Intelligent-ready buildings are spaces that are more than digitally equipped, they're network-aware, data-rich, ...

  • TIM Turns to Energy to Fuel Revenue Growth

    I'm often asked how telecom operators can boost spending among consumers by offering services beyond connectivity. It's a dilemma: moving into new areas offers fresh revenue opportunities amid a seemingly ...

  • Lendable Leads Fintech into UK Mobile Market

    Earlier this month, Lendable became the first finance brand to launch a mobile service in the UK. The company, which specializes in personal loans, is piggybacking on the Vodafone network ...

  • Raising Upload Performance for Mobile AI with FDD Massive MIMO

    There's renewed interest in ending the twin 5G digital divides — between rural and urban 5G, and between indoor and outdoor. 5G has tended to offer fast speeds only where ...

  • Predictions Preview: What to Expect at This Year’s Event

    This Thursday in London, more than 200 delegates from across the technology sector will gather for CCS Insight's Predictions for 2026 and Beyond event, hosted by VodafoneThree. Our analysts will ...

  • European Operators Eye Merger Opportunities

    Mergers and acquisitions are firmly back on the agenda for European telecom operators. For years, regional regulators have pushed back against consolidation, fearful of the potential impact on pricing and ...

  • Intel Hitches Its Wagon: Nvidia Announces $5 Billion Investment

    If there's a measure of the significance of the change to the semiconductor landscape in the past five years, yesterday's news is it. Nvidia's market capitalization in early 2020 was ...

  • The Slow Decline of Traditional Telecom Retail

    Telecom retailing has remained impressively resilient amid the seemingly terminal demise of Britain's high streets. Carphone Warehouse in 2020 and Phones 4U in 2014 have been the main victims of ...

  • Digital Transformation Has a Physical Address

    For the better part of a decade, digital transformation has been discussed in terms of apps, data and cloud platforms. These are worthy topics, but they tend to float above ...

  • Google’s Antitrust Ruling: A Turning Point for Enterprises and an Opening for Telecom Operators

    A landmark US court ruling this week marked the end of a long-running case against Google. More than a year after Judge Amit Mehta found the company had illegally monopolized ...