
Operators stand to lose between $1m to $2m over a one to three day period, as a result of fraudulent SMS campaigns, according to an ex-GCHQ official. Gareth Maclachlan, now COO at Adaptive Mobile, a firm he co-founded, said that cyber-criminals have been carrying out spam and phishing campaigns in the PC/fixed-line internet world for years, but are seeing even bigger opportunities by targeting mobile operators, due to the way the mobile ecosystem is set up.

Facebook has been at the forefront of the growth in mobile data usage in recent years. It is indisputably one of the big stars of mobile; one that most operators have wanted to ally themselves with to drive the sale of data plans on their networks.
Yet, by Facebook’s own admission, mobile could be its Achilles heel.
An Intel executive has admitted that the company’s historical inability to win a share of the mobile space stemmed from its failure to properly understand the operator community. Herbert Weber, EMEA marketing director for mobile and communications at Intel, told Telecoms.com that the firm has since taken the time to understand the nuances between the PC and mobile business models and has adjusted its offerings and features accordingly to appeal to operators and consumers alike.
Vietnamese carrier Viettel has expanded beyond Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, this week lighting up its first operation in Africa – a mobile network in Mozambique.
Mobile operators worldwide should be preparing for an impending surge in traffic over the next several years, with mobile users in 2016 consuming an average of 6.5 times as much video, over eight times as much music and social media, and nearly ten times as much games than in 2011.
- Huawei wins managed services deal with O2 UK
- WiMAX vs. LTE vs. HSPA+: who cares who wins?
- RIM could make comeback in connected car space
- Free reveals extent of its disruption
- We finally understand operators, says Intel
- T-Mobile USA cuts 900 more jobs
- LTE Outlook 2012
- Telefónica: one for all, or all for one?
- Wherever I may roam
- Android continues to dominate smartphones
- TM Forum's Management World 2012
Convention Centre Dublin; Dublin, Ireland May 21, 2012 - May 24, 2012
- Cloud Africa
Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa May 23, 2012 - May 24, 2012
- LTE World Summit
CCIB, Barcelona, Spain May 23, 2012 - May 24, 2012
- 6th Annual Mobile Network Optimisation Summit
Amwaj Rotana, Dubai, UAE May 28, 2012 - May 29, 2012
- MVNOs Industry Summit Latam 2012
Sao Paolo, Brazil May 29, 2012 - May 30, 2012
Africa is my destination this week. I’m on a mission that’s both personal and professional. Officially, I’m here [...]

The month of May has brought a spate of LTE launches in the Netherlands, as telecoms operators scrambled to meet the coverage obligation deadline for the 2.6GHz spectrum they all bought two years ago. Cable operator Ziggo was the first, followed by the incumbent, KPN, and the rest have now followed suit, with T-Mobile the latest to announce its launch.

Bruno Jacobfeuerborn, is the CTO of Deutsche Telekom, Germany, one of the largest operators in Europe. Jacobfeuerborn is delivering a keynote on Day One of the LTE World Summit 2012 taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 CCIB, Barcelona, Spain. Ahead of the conference, Jacobfeuerborn presents his take on where the operators stand with regard to LTE.

In times of economic constraint, it is vital for businesses to find ways of reducing their costs and effectively managing their resources, whilst simultaneously ensuring that customers are satisfied with the service they are receiving. This can often be difficult, with many overlapping factors to be considered. For mobile operators, achieving such a fine balance can be crucial to their success in confronting increasingly aggressive competition.
Mobile financial services are back in the news, making for a substantial share of the announcements made at February’s Mobile World Congress. The aim is as simple as the ecosystem is complex, and structuring a play in this space is no mean feat.
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Over The Top providers have become the staple wildcard in almost any sector set on a collision path with mobile. By and large they are very good at what they do: connecting a user with their chosen content or service by whatever means available.