The advent of the embedded SIM, or e-SIM, is seen by many operators as a threat to their business models.
SIMs that can be soft-switched between networks would appear to make it easier for customers – and in particular millions of devices on the IoT – to be moved between networks.
These digital disruptors just do not stop, do they? Having totally transformed transport habits worldwide with its taxi-booking app, Uber now has the takeaways industry in its sights.
With its sister service UberEats, Uber is primed to gobble into a global takeaway market worth a whopping $75 billion. Designed to rival the likes of Deliveroo and JustEat, UberEats is available in several US cities, and more recently launched in London and Sydney. From cabs to kebabs in one fell swoop. Read More →
The large Internet players have become so ubiquitous that we take for granted their all-consuming power.
So I’ve spent a good proportion of the weekend stalking Pidgees and Spearows and, despite myself, I can see what all the fuss is about. Read More →
2016 has been called the year of conversational commerce, and a recent study would appear to back that up. According to Business Insider, messaging apps have now surpassed social networks in terms of monthly activity.
With operators hungry for new revenue streams, and keen to remodel themselves in the digital world, there is a concerted push to leverage their most valuable asset – customer data.
The operator To Do list reads rather heavy on self-improvement these days: go digital, seek fulfilling partnerships, do everything possible in order to become more flexible and agile…
If you haven’t read Google’s recently released guide to ‘Micro Moments’ I suggest you check it out. The concept has implications for the way brands, including telcos, communicate with consumers, and should be taken into account as part of a broader marketing plan. Read More →
Shopping and socializing: that’s what we spend a good proportion of our time on the Internet doing, live Tweeting America’s Next Top Model while simultaneously scrapping it out on eBay for that total bargain, must-have roll of vintage William Morris wall paper… (Well, that’s what my Saturday nights look like anyway). So it felt like it made sense when the two biggest draws of the Internet began to merge, with the advent of Twitter’s ‘Buy’ button.
In this fast moving digital age, the app revolution feels like a distant memory. Certainly, its halcyon days – when we consumers rummaged the app store, hungry to gobble up the latest app – are over. Long over.
