• UK Operators Turn to Sub-Brands for Growth

    Launches from Three and Vodafone Put Virtual Providers in Firing Line The recent launch of sub-brands by Three and Vodafone marks a new direction for the UK mobile market. Network ...

  • I Stand Alone

    Apple's Watch Series 3 Will Test the Waters for Cellular Wearables On Tuesday, Apple introduced a new generation of products. In addition to three new smartphones, the iPhone 8, iPhone ...

  • Virtually Nothing

    Could Tomorrow's Mobile Operator Be Just a Brand? There are four mobile operators in the UK and, according to CCS Insight estimates, more than 100 mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). ...

  • Jio Forces Rivals to Alter Strategies

    Bharti Airtel's Bid for IPL Rights Highlights Importance of Mobile Content Reliance Jio's launch of cellular services in 2016 has disrupted the Indian telecom industry, growing at an unprecedented pace. ...

  • Networks and Netflix: It’s a Match

    T-Mobile's Giveaway Highlights Growing Importance of Video   T-Mobile US, at least ostensibly, makes rebellious business announcements several times per year. Its previous Un-carrier moves include the elimination of service ...

  • Scraping Rock Bottom

    US Carriers Fight Churn In a market where mobile operators cut prices and offer special incentives to attract subscribers from rivals, logic would suggest that churn rates would be rising. ...

  • Three’s Smarty: Pants or Tops, Dude?

    Operator Can Draw Inspiration from a Former Disruptive MVNO   This month, UK mobile network operator Three announced the launch of Smarty, its new sub-brand, adding yet another entity that ...

  • A Growing Market

    Smartphones Are Getting Really, Really Big Apple made it clear when reporting its results for the second quarter of 2017 that more and more people have been choosing its bigger ...

  • It’s Still Pre-Season in India

    Indian Subscribers Continue to Resist Post-Paid Mobile Services   India's mobile market is currently about 90 percent prepaid. Despite encouragement by operators to switch to post-paid accounts, subscribers are still ...

  • Banking on a New Direction

    The Rise of the Mobile Financial Services Provider If you're reading this in Europe or the US, you'll probably have a mobile services provider, a bank account and you'll make ...