| | | Dear Indiana,
Greetings!
In this issue of Pipeline, we discuss innovation in its many forms. We discuss some of the very coolest tech we have seen so far this year, especially at MWC 2015. We explore the latest on WebRTC and Unified Communications and get into the details of License Assisted Access, which may just be the future of LTE. We examine the Internet of Things and hear from Vodafone on M2M healthcare applications. We hear from MDS on the future of managed services and feature Razorsight in our Vendor Spotlight. And we talk money, exploring the funding models that keep innovation going. We also bring you a full re-cap of our 2015 Innovation Awards program, which took the Cote d'Azur by storm early this month.
All the best,
Tim Young,
Editor-in-Chief
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Subscribe About us Editorial Opportunities Marketing Opportunities Membership Packages Advertising Placements | | | The 2015 Innovation Awards | | There is something perfect in its incongruity about standing in a century-old hotel — a relic of the final days of the Belle Époque — and learning about some of the most innovative technology in the world. As jarring as the juxtaposition may seem, Le Negresco represents the tremendous optimism and perseverance that could be found in its bustling corridors when it opened its doors in 1913. It was the brainchild of Romanian-born Henri Negresco and was designed by Édouard Niermans, who also designed the Moulin Rouge and many other prominent theatres and hotels throughout France. Le Negresco was designed to draw in clients of wealth and nobility and bathe them in ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Vendor Spotlight: Razorsight | | Last week I opened the mailbox to find two brochures from two competing residential communications service providers (CSPs). One ad piece was promoting service for a telco-TV operator with which I already subscribe. The other was advertising a service tier that is actually unavailable in my area. I shook my head ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Robot Cops, Smart Toasters, and Artificial Dogs | | The world is slowly becoming a lot like the science fiction movies I watched as a kid. At Mobile World Congress, there were robots scurrying around on Segways, drones that could deliver the mail or video record a children's sporting event, self-driving cars, and devices of every stripe that fall into the Internet of Things (IoT) category. This is where the Jetsons ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Managed Services Mean More Innovation | | Today's data-centric mobile experience is driving a fundamental shift in the communications industry: away from physical transactions and services towards a new digital era – think mobile broadband access, online banking, downloadable content, and much more. This new and dynamic ecosystem requires ... » Read the full article… |  | | | 5G Deployment: The Long Road Ahead | | The hottest buzzword of the season? 5G. From telecommunications to healthcare, technologists are abuzz, speculating what a 5G network will mean for consumers and businesses alike. We're consumed by the possibilities of a truly connected network—medical advances, smart homes, lightning fast connections, self-driving cars—the list goes on. Yet, before we ... » Read the full article… |  | | | The Cutting Edge of Cool | | Mobile World Congress 2015 surpassed its own attendance record last month, drawing more than 93,000 visitors to Barcelona. Better weather and consistently bigger crowds, even late in the week, helped boost the buzz which was palpable at times. The Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G took center stage at MWC2015, and supporting technologies of these two trendy topics were equally hot, including NFV, SDN, small cells, millimeter wave technology, and advanced analytics solutions of every stripe. The 5GPP delivered its vision of a ubiquitous 5G network and Ericsson, Nokia Networks, and Huawei were pegged as the companies to watch in 5G network equipment ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Innovating Healthcare with Vodafone | | We are in the midst of a revolutionary moment in the delivery and practice of healthcare and pharmaceutical trial practices across the globe. The proliferation of ubiquitous connectivity, sensors, analytics, big data capabilities, cloud infrastructures and multiple other innovative technologies are rapidly changing the ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Funding the Future: Tech Incubators | | Communications service providers (CSPs) have a tough road ahead. It is no secret that their legacy revenue models have taken a big hit and they are being outmaneuvered by low-cost over-the-top (OTT) players. In telecommunications, Skype, Facebook/WhatsApp, Google Voice and Google Chat, Viber, and others have pushed the cost of voice and messaging down to zero. In video, NetFlix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube and a host of other ... » Read the full article… |  | | | The Future of LTE | | Of all the life-altering technology we enjoy every day, few things are as pervasive as our cell phones. As our lifeline to family and friends and a repository of all human knowledge, they have evolved from being convenient to indispensable. This is reflected in the adoption of the latest radio technology by mobile carriers, as the number of LTE subscribers exceeded 300 million last year. LTE is the most flexible and ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Why WebRTC Is Key for Telcos Selling Unified Communications | | By the end of 2019, 6.7 billion devices are forecast to support WebRTC with 2 billion active consumer users and 900 million business users, according to an April 2015 update of Disruptive Analysis' WebRTC Market Status & Forecasts Report. WebRTC is one of the most discussed enterprise technologies today, as its ability to enable browser-to-browser communications for voice, video and real-time unified communications unlocks a host of new and more seamless ways for enterprises to interact with customers, partners, suppliers and ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Virtualizing the Broadband Edge | | Broadband service begins with edge access. It stands to reason that the process of virtualizing broadband capabilities should also start at the edge. Of course, there are things that just cannot be virtualized, such as physical connectivity, which remains a fact of life in fixed broadband. But, the edge is arguably the largest component of any service provider network, so it is ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Letter from the Editor: June 2015 | | We are in an industry largely driven by and, in many ways, obsessed with innovation as a concept. That's true for the wider communications world, always looking to change the way people interact with one another and consume media. It's even truer for firms dedicated to making the products and services offered by communications service providers more reliable ... » Read the full article… |  | | | Industry News: June 2015 | | Unless you were sleeping under a rock last month, you heard the big news: Charter Communications intends to purchase Time Warner Cable and consolidate it along with Bright House Networks under one monolithic multi-system operator (MSO). Charter moved quickly on the deal following the collapse of the Comcast/TWC merger. Charter may have a better chance with regulators, since it's a smaller player, and the combined companies would have the muscle ... » Read the full article… |  | |
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