• Compare and Contrast

    Major US Carriers Show Diverging Strategies AT&T and Verizon are two large wireless carriers with a common ancestor, but each is evolving in different ways. On Tuesday, both carriers announced ...

  • Optical Inclusion

    Government Outlines Plans to Deliver Fibre to All of UK by 2033 On Monday, the UK government announced ambitious plans to ensure that the country will enjoy "full-fibre broadband coverage ...

  • The 5G Playground Squabble

    Operators Raise 5G Hype to New Levels Late last month, Finnish operator Elisa became the latest operator to lay claim to launching the world's first commercial 5G network (see The ...

  • Basic Social Skills

    New JioPhone 2 Supports Facebook, WhatsApp and YouTube In 2017, Indian wireless operator, Reliance Jio, introduced its JioPhone, a feature phone that the company was essentially giving away to win ...

  • Magna Charter

    Cable Operator Spreads Its Wings into Wireless On 30 June, US cable operator Charter Communications officially announced its mobile service. In line with its other Spectrum-branded products, its wireless service ...

  • The Internet of Finns

    Elisa Starts "Commercial" 5G Services By global standards, Finnish Elisa is a very small telecom operator, with only 4.5 million wireless connections. However, its size never prevented it from being ...

  • V by Vodafone Set to Reap Reward

    But Operator Must Be Prepared for Long-Term Commitment Over the past weeks, CCS Insight has been trialling V by Vodafone, the operator's first foray into the market for connecting consumer ...

  • The Un-Carrier Offers Hope for RCS

    T-Mobile US Rolls Out "Universal" Rich Communication Services Most current messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage and Signal, offer subscribers an alternative to SMS, letting them bypass operator ...

  • Looking Back at Our Predictions for 2017

    How Did Our Expectations Compare with Reality? In late 2016 CCS Insight presented 80 predictions about the future of the connected world. We rounded up those that have played out ...

  • Reframing the Debate on 5G Use Cases

    Industry Focus on "Killer" Applications Misses the Bigger Picture With 5G on the cusp of the first network launches, there's no shortage of attention on the thorny subject of use ...