Tagged in: OTT
OTT mobile VoIP and messaging a threat to revenue
Mobile VoIP apps and mobile Instant Messaging (IM) are Over-The-Top (OTT) services representing a potential threat to mobile operators’ call revenues. Mobile VoIP has been under-development for a number of years and the offerings for these services have improved over … Continue reading
Telcos cannot wind back the clock
The proposals by the European and Arab telcos that are being considered at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) conference in Dubai later this year are most certainly facing defeat. This is not because the USA believes that the … Continue reading
Is the WCIT indeed wicked?
The traditional network operators see OTT services as a threat, and the companies offering them are perceived to be getting a free lunch over their networks – they are calling for international regulation. In particular, the European telcos (united in … Continue reading
Telstra leading the global telco move towards the OTT model
It is interesting to see what has happened since Telstra took the decision to embrace structural separation, and to close down the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) in order to move to an NGN (Next-Generation Network) environment. This heralds fundamental … Continue reading
