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2015 Prediction Update: Last December, we predicted that the increase in 4K content offered by over-top-services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant would place pressure upon Pay TV providers to ...

Effective customer retention is critical to maintaining a strong and growing business: retaining existing customers is much cheaper than acquiring new ones. In this article, we discuss how we use ...

Cartesian develops fixed and mobile network cost models to support business cases and investment decisions. Regulatory agencies also call on us to develop and audit the models that underpin charge ...

Cartesian examines the disruption and opportunities created by software-defined networking (SDN). We look into the facts (not the hype) to emphasize what actually is happening on the ground. This ...

2015 Prediction Update: We predicted that new and refarmed spectrum would enable innovation in urban areas. 2015 has turned into an important year for operators to develop spectrum strategies to meet ...

2015 Prediction Update: Small cell deployments have been limited to only a few pilot programs, as capital expenditure has been focused on completing LTE macro networks in order to reach near ...

2015 Prediction Update: Last December, we predicted that high altitude network trials would occur over the course of 2015, and that these trials would demonstrate which firms’ approaches would be ...

  Managed services in the communications sector have historically focussed on the support of network operators’ critical systems and network infrastructure. However, many operators are now looking ...

Service providers continue to invest heavily to build quad-play bundles, many with high hopes for lower churn and better margins. The value of these bundles to customers and service providers is yet ...

The MVNE market is crowded. Many firms – from large-scale vendors and system integrators to specialist and niche players – have entered the market to serve the needs of MNOs and MVNOs. The result is ...