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Opinion

Opinion: It’s time for operators to curb out-of-control opex

By Stéphane Téral, Principal Analyst, Infonetics Research.

How far can service providers go without breaking the bank? That is the question that arises when looking at the unstoppable ascension of operating expenditure.

Opinion: Three ways to make the most of Big Data

By Dr Michael Flanagan, CTO at Arieso.

Operators should not ignore what may appear to be peripheral issues to the Big Data challenge.

Opinion: The three strategic routes left open to operators

By Richard Swinford and Didier Levy of management consultancy Arthur D. Little

European operators need to implement far-reaching strategic choices now in order to protect the bottom-line.

Opinion: Operators must act to fend off OTT threat

Fred Huet, MD of Greenwich Consulting, discusses how operators can respond to threats from OTT providers.

While the issues that operators face concerning the rollout of 4G and data capacity are pressing, one of the biggest threats to their revenues remains the emergence of over-the-top service providers.

Opinion: Five trends telcos must negotiate to survive

By Jon Fell, partner and telecoms expert at Pinsent Masons law firm.

The telecommunications industry is going through its biggest era of change since the introduction of mobile telephony and, put simply, telcos must adapt or die in the new "always on", data-driven world.