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Connect (X) Recap: Why reflecting on an age-old fable may do the wireless infrastructure industry some good.
Following Connect (X), hosted by The Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA), representatives from ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ share their thoughts and observations from the show.
May 15, 2023
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After posing the question about whether the UK is pro-customer or pro-criminal, telecom industry expert Teresa Cottam explores why now is the time for the UK to act
In the second part of ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ’s interview with Teresa Cottam, Chief Analyst at Omnisperience, we discuss her newly published white paper, ‘UK Digital Fraud: There’s a gap in the UK digital infrastructure and it’s letting fraud in,’ and explore why she thinks it’s critical for the United Kingdom (UK) to change its current number portability processes now.
Apr 19, 2023
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Provocative paper from Omnisperience questions if UK is pro-customer or pro-criminal; author delves into process overlooked by telecom industry stakeholders, exploited by fraudsters
With fraud costing the British economy £137 billion, this month UK-based analyst house and consultancy Omnisperience issued a new white paper, ‘UK Digital Fraud: There’s a gap in the UK digital infrastructure and it’s letting fraud in.’ ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ sat down with the paper’s author Chief Analyst Teresa Cottam to discuss the current fraud issue and why she believes a revamp of how the UK handles number porting is critical for a modern digital economy.
Apr 13, 2023
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Why messaging should be a part of your contact center blueprint
When it comes to engaging with customers, messaging is often where businesses will find success.
Globally, 5 billion people (approximately 65% of the world’s population) send and receive SMS messages, while 80% of the North American population use text messaging.
Apr 6, 2023
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MWC Insights: Why Culture Matters More Than Ever
An interesting and unexpected theme emerged during the Mobile World Congress 2023 show in Barcelona last week. Beyond the typical and expected exclamations of digital transformation, 5G, everything as a service, devices, robots and virtual worlds, a new realization took center stage. Weaved into the well-scripted threads of one keynote after another was the undeniable fact that the biggest change hitting telecom is a much needed and already emerging cultural shift in how the industry thinks, acts and innovates. The alarms were rung, signaling that the telecommunications industry must innovate—or someone else will.
Mar 10, 2023
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International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is an annual global celebration of the social, economic, cultural and political achievements by women.
Mar 8, 2023
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Why voice is still a critical communications channel
In this installment of our customer experience (CX) series, we are taking a deeper look at the voice channel.
Feb 9, 2023
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Defining the numbers that matter for your contact center operations
In this installment of the series, we are going to take a deeper dive into the various communications channels, how contact centers can leverage them, what customer experience (CX) professionals need to know, and more.
Jan 12, 2023
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ÎÞÓǶÌÊÓƵ Senior Vice President George Cray Takes His Fraud-Fighting Expertise to the Global Speaker Circuit in 2022
Mobile phone numbers now rival Social Security and driver’s license numbers as the personal identifier that consumers use to register for financial services – now making them the data of choice for account takeovers and other identity theft.
Dec 13, 2022
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Why Service Providers and Site Companies Need to Speak a Common Language for 5G
5G is all about speed — and not just gigabit throughput. For service providers, 5G speed is also about how quickly they can build out sites to meet customer demand. Service providers that add sites quickly can sign up consumers and enterprises before their slower moving rivals can.
Dec 6, 2022
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Are Your Calls and Texts Taking the Fastest, Cheapest Route to the Right Person Every Time?
When you get in a taxi, you want the driver to take the fastest, shortest route. Anything indirect would be a big waste of your time and money. And if you’re heading to the airport, the delay could mean missing your flight.
Sep 19, 2022
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The Trusted Communications Superheroes Chronicles: Episode Four
In the infinite and ever-evolving telecom universe, a mighty team of superheroes are battling villains set on disrupting the trusted communications ecosystem! These are their stories…
Sep 7, 2022