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Telecoms industry leaking £2.3bn revenue a year through give aways, poor billing and third-party mismanagement
The globally telecoms industry is failing to collect 7.09% of revenues it is owed, creating a leaking £2.3bn blackhole in…

Cookies cements position in European eSports with SkillPro stake
Strengthening its position in the eSports market, VAS company Cookies has acquired a minority stake in SkillPro, an Italian company…

Meta wins the battle for Black Friday ads, cementing its place as major source of traffic
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has cemented its place as a major source of ad traffic, winning the battle for…

How A2A, mobile wallets, generative AI and faster payments are all set to reshape the payments sector in 2024
There has been a lot of change in the world of payments and fintech over the past few years – much…

Difference between slow and fast 5G Standalone deployment worth £7.4bn to UK economy, says Vodafone
Delivering the speedy rollout of Standalone 5G across the UK could be worth as much as £7.4bn in additional economic…

Cookies cements position in European eSports with SkillPro stake
Strengthening its position in the eSports market, VAS company Cookies has acquired a minority stake in SkillPro, an Italian company…

Network tokenisation to drive 85% of all global ecommerce transactions by 2028
A new study by Juniper Research forecasts substantial growth of 190% in network-tokenised transactions; reaching 400 billion globally in 2028, up…

Big tech doesn’t care about your digital rights
Big tech companies talk a big game about privacy and freedom of expression, but their policies and practices often undermine…

Voice-over-5G minutes to grow 500% over five years, with market primed for new business voice services
The total minutes of Voice-over-5G (Vo5G ) will reach 4.7 trillion in 2028; representing 42% of total minutes and an…

Telco leaders race to launch Super Bundling hubs across US and UK
Almost nine in ten (88%) telco leaders in the US and UK are planning to offer Super Bundling content hubs…

Cookies cements position in European eSports with SkillPro stake
Strengthening its position in the eSports market, VAS company Cookies has acquired a minority stake in SkillPro, an Italian company…

Sam Media and Stingray unveil SingSpace by Stingray Karaoke
Sam Media has launched a groundbreaking product, SingSpace by Stingray Karaoke at World Telemedia in Marbella, with the event also available for…

YouTube is the website that users spend the most time on worldwide
A new study has revealed the websites that consumers worldwide spend the most time on – and with an impressive 1.97…

Consumer appetite for cloud gaming represents a major opportunity for… Netflix?
There is a growing interest in cloud gaming worldwide and, while Microsoft is making a big play for it, it…

Europe’s video games industry sees growth spurt between 2021 and 2023 – with more to come
With more games being streamed and played – often with carrier billing taking payments – it pays for the telemedia…

Meta wins the battle for Black Friday ads, cementing its place as major source of traffic
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has cemented its place as a major source of ad traffic, winning the battle for…

Retail spend through conversational commerce hits $11.4bn in 2023 as AI bots get personal
Global retail spend via conversational commerce channels will increase to $43bn by 2028, from $11.4bn in 2023, driven by the…

Sam Media launches marketing agency at World Telemedia
Sam Media, a leader in mobile content innovation, it to launch Sam Agency, a sister company specialising in marketing at…

Infobip launches Click-to-chat ad analytics for seamless social media ad conversions
Global cloud communications platform Infobip has launched Click-to-chat ad analytics for brands and marketers seeking to harness the power of social media…

Consumers seek personalised, data-driven experiences, but cautious when sharing data
European consumers expect to receive the “VIP” treatment when it comes to marketing and interactions they have with brands, yet…

Apple to adopt RCS in 2024
Apple has surprised everyone by announcing that it is ready to adopt RCS (Rich Communications Service) messaging across all its…

MNOs to lose $3bn in SMS revenues to OTT business messaging
Mobile network operators are expected to lose more than $3 billion in SMS business messaging revenue globally to OTT channels…

Businesses can now boost conversions with end-to-end purchase journeys on WhatsApp
Global cloud communications platform Infobip is now enabling businesses to design and implement end-to-end customer purchase journeys within WhatsApp. Using the latest…

Study uncovers significant SMS pricing disparities and opportunities for mobile operators
More than 3 trillion A2P SMS messages were delivered globally in 2022, averaging a staggering 8.2 billion messages daily. Despite…

Viveri launches to combine customer engagement, call handling and payments in one offering, buys Dynamic Mobile Billing and Spoke
Businesses can now maximise audience engagement and monetisation like never before thanks to the launch of new company Viveri, which…

How A2A, mobile wallets, generative AI and faster payments are all set to reshape the payments sector in 2024
There has been a lot of change in the world of payments and fintech over the past few years – much…

Poland’s iGaming specialist STS to use DCB from DIMOCO Payments
Poland’s leading iGaming provider STS has signed a strategic partnership with DIMOCO Payments to use carrier billing to transform access…

Viveri launches to combine customer engagement, call handling and payments in one offering, buys Dynamic Mobile Billing and Spoke
Businesses can now maximise audience engagement and monetisation like never before thanks to the launch of new company Viveri, which…

German DCB provider InternetQ granted permission to operate as a payment institution
Mobile payment and performance marketing provider InternetQ is one of the first German providers of carrier billing solutions to receive…

Transportation spend via QR codes to triple by 2028, hitting $17.7bn
QR code payments in the transportation market could increase by 176% over the next five years, with China, India and…

Difference between slow and fast 5G Standalone deployment worth £7.4bn to UK economy, says Vodafone
Delivering the speedy rollout of Standalone 5G across the UK could be worth as much as £7.4bn in additional economic…

Gcore adds British gaming mogul Paul Wedgwood to board of directors
Gcore — a European provider of public cloud and edge computing, AI, content delivery, hosting, and security solutions — has…

Viveri launches to combine customer engagement, call handling and payments in one offering, buys Dynamic Mobile Billing and Spoke
Businesses can now maximise audience engagement and monetisation like never before thanks to the launch of new company Viveri, which…

Generative AI cluster powered by NVIDIA GPUs goes live across Europe on Gcore’s network
Gcore, a leading European AI cloud provider announced the launch of its Generative AI Cluster powered by NVIDIA A100 and H100…

Gcore and Ampere join forces to provide high-performance cloud solutions
Gcore — a European provider of public cloud and edge computing, content delivery, security, and AI, announces its collaboration with Ampere,…

Telecoms industry leaking £2.3bn revenue a year through give aways, poor billing and third-party mismanagement
The globally telecoms industry is failing to collect 7.09% of revenues it is owed, creating a leaking £2.3bn blackhole in…

Difference between slow and fast 5G Standalone deployment worth £7.4bn to UK economy, says Vodafone
Delivering the speedy rollout of Standalone 5G across the UK could be worth as much as £7.4bn in additional economic…

The price of 1GB of mobile data in 237 countries ranked – Israel is cheapest, Zimbabwe the most costly
The cost of 1GB of data from 5,603 mobile data plans in 237 countries has been gathered and analysed by Cable.co.uk between 5…

HORISEN wins prestigious awards at the Antonio Meucci Global Telco Awards 2023
The first Antonio Meucci Global Telco Awards event celebrating the real innovators of the telecomsecosystem, based exclusively on their achievements,…

Operator billing empowered with AI to deliver real-time personalised offers and experiences
Canadian cloud-native telecoms billing solution provider Optiva has rolled at an AI-enabled enhancement to its to Charging Engine which will…

Sam Media launches marketing agency at World Telemedia
Sam Media, a leader in mobile content innovation, it to launch Sam Agency, a sister company specialising in marketing at…

World Telemedia announces new 5 star venue for October ‘21 show’s return
With the much-anticipated return of World Telemedia, Marbella (13-15 Oct) comes news that the organisers have secured a fabulous new…

World Telemedia 2020 postponed until 18-21 May 2021… but Telemedia8.1 set to fill the gap
Having conducted extensive industry research into the likely impact of Covid19 on attendance levels and in consultation with sponsors, the…

New Media Services announce #worldtelemedia sponsorship deal offering huge advantages for businesses across the sector.
Despite the current global shut down, leaders in digital monetisation continue to provide essential value-added services and premium billable content…

WORLD TELEMEDIA MARBELLA Unlocking the DCB opportunity
Direct carrier billing is having a moment. If this year’s World Telemedia Marbella was anything to go by, DCB is…