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Network APIs are set to offer a new frontier for revenue generation and innovation in the telecoms industry. How can operators ensure these APIs unlock the new revenue streams that are promised over the next few years?

T-Mobile are forcibly moving customers onto newer, more expensive mobile plans – just don’t call it a price rise. Why is America’s noble “uncarrier” resorting to devilish tricks and weasel words to justify price rises?

Many distinct networks, one unified infrastructure – this is the promise of network slicing. By keeping critical business connectivity and public connections separate, could this be the killer app that 5G so desperately needs?

The high costs and low returns from 5G are seeing telcos pull back on spending on infrastructure and services. How can 5G be brought back from the brink, and can 5G Standalone prevent a cooling of progress?

There are rumours abound that Amazon is looking to partner with a major US telco to offer mobile services through Prime. Is the Everything Store about to disrupt the market, or is this wild speculation – for the time being?

The Vodafone-Three merger is on – provided the pair can convince regulators that the deal will not stifle competition in the UK telecoms market. Do network consolidations mean better service for customers, or does fewer providers guarantee higher bills?

It’s the end of 3G as we know it, as the UK is the latest country to begin switching off the twenty-year-old standard. But how are the cost-of-living crisis, consumer apathy for 5G and the Internet of Things complicating its sunsetting?

Despite the importance of protecting personal data being high on everyone’s minds, valuable information on all of us generated by and stored on our phones has never been more vulnerable. How is our data being used and abused, and can users see some of that value themselves?

Despite the range of potential uses for emerging 5G technologies, consumers are still largely in the dark. How can telcos better advertise the benefits of 5G based on where customers see value?

Shutting down legacy telecoms services is a necessary task on the path to modernisation, but risks cutting vulnerable users off. How can telcos continue to innovate without leaving customers behind? And why are many telcos shuttering their 3G networks before 2G?

The COVID pandemic has exposed the challenges that the telecoms industry was already facing. Rupali Srivastava explores the issues the crisis has highlighted, and how telcos can insulate themselves from further troubles.

AT&T has joined the likes of T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint in launching the commercial rollout of its 5G network in the US. Starting with 10 cities, the telco is aiming for nationwide coverage in the first half of 2020.

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have formed the Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative in a bid to make a strong case for the Rich Communications Services (RCS) standard yet again. Can RCS garner mainstream adoption?

Blockchain technology holds great potential for various industries, including the telecoms sector. Telcoin, a new cryptocurrency company which recently became an official member of the GSMA, aims to bridge the gap that exists between telcos and blockchain technology. So, what’s the project all about? Shashank Venkat presents the details.

Unlimited data plans are back in vogue after many big carriers started offering them again last year. While simplicity is not necessarily a bad thing, do such flat-rate bundles risk reducing operators to the proverbial dumb pipes? Dominic Smith seeks answers.