Cerillion Blog

Cerillion has been attending MWC for well over 20 years now – so long in fact, we’ve forgotten what the experience can be like for a newcomer to the world’s biggest annual telecoms trade show. We asked Tafsia Shikdar, Presales Consultant at Cerillion, for the verdict on her first MWC.

Cerillion was a silver sponsor and exhibitor at DTW 2022, the TM Forum’s flagship event in Copenhagen in September. Brian Coombs takes a look back at the show, and picks out some of his highlights.

Could major US tech firms soon be paying their dues to telcos to fund network infrastructure upgrades in Europe? Perhaps, if the EU gets its way, but is this a vital new source of revenue for connectivity providers, or a profit-leeching protection racket?

Are we getting closer to interoperability between messaging services? Will Rich Communication Services (RCS) be the key to breaking down the barriers between competing technologies, or will industry rivalries threaten to sink the whole matter?

Is it time to get bearish or bullish with telecoms stocks? While we won’t advise you where to invest, we can answer the question – what do recent quarterly reports say about the state of the sector in the first three months of the year?