OTT mobile VoIP subscribers near 1 billion
The number of global OTT mobile VoIP subscribers increased more than 550 per cent during 2012 to reach over 640 million, and is expected to approach the 1 billion mark in 2013, according to Infonetics...
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China Telecom launches OTT messaging app
China Telecom has launched its own proprietary social instant messaging application for smart phones The operator push to reclaim status in messaging services has received impetus in China where China...
View ArticleFacebook’s slimmed down Messenger shows market is beefing up
Facebook is the latest player to announce product updates, as the messenger sector stakes its claim as the newest digital battleground. Over the course of the last few weeks, we’ve seen Google launch...
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Watershed moment: should mobile operators be worried we talk less?
A new report from Ofcom claims users in the UK spoke 2.5 billion minutes less on their mobile phones, down by 1.7% in 2017, the first such decline in history. This followed the trend total talking time...
View ArticleWhite House formally bans TikTok and WeChat in US
President Trump issued two executive orders on Thursday to prohibit all transactions with TikTok and WeChat in 45 days’ time. The executive order to ban TikTok is the culmination of the angst the...
View ArticleAmerican telcos have sounded another death knell for RCS
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have pulled the plug on Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), the telcos’ joint initiative to develop an RCS-based cross-carrier rich messaging solution. First...
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