Will WeDo Bring Back Their Comic Strip?
Everybody likes superheroes, so perhaps the comic heroes of RAFM should return to fight more battles against marketing penguins and audit robots.
(Re)launching Mobile Money – Some Lessons
Telkom Kenya’s new T-kash mobile money service shows how some telcos have failed to learn from the experiences of others.
Should Telcos Research Quantum Safe Cryptography?
KPN is investing in the development of new cybersecurity technology. That may work for them, but not for every telco.
John Preston: RA for the Entire Customer Lifecycle
Podcast episode 32 has John talking about the extended remit of his RA team within Tesco Mobile, the UK’s largest MVNO.
Private Equity Firm Offers $3.8mn to Buy Cartesian
A deal will almost certainly be done at 40¢ per share but you would need to be a fortune teller to predict what Cartesian’s new owners will do with their acquisition.
When Does Social Media Snooping Go Too Far?
Telcos have good reason to use social media to gather data about users. However, even governments find it hard to assess the risks of placing too much reliance on that kind of data.
Subex Changes CEO
Current CEO Surjeet Singh will depart when his contract runs out, and his place will be taken by his effective deputy, the long-serving COO Vinod Kumar.
Web Inventor Berners-Lee Picks the Wrong Fights
Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, but he makes ill-considered suggestions for how it should be managed.
Are UK Mobile Users Wasting 143mn GBs a Month?
A mathematically inept analysis focuses on average monthly usage when the risks are driven by the deviation between months.
KYC Uganda Style: Keep Your Cards
The regulator’s botched implementation of controls to verify who buys SIMs has taken work away from young people and caused a nightmare for telcos.