Category: *Voices & Analysis

Fixing slow eSIM adoption to improve global mobile connectivity

For years, we’ve been told mobile SIMs are dying and eSIM adoption will provide key benefits including seamless global roaming connectivity. GSMA Intelligence predicts 6.7 billion eSIM smartphones by 2030. The industry, from network providers to phone …

Global DDoS attacks exceed 8M amid geopolitical tensions

A new report from cybersecurity firm NETSCOUT shows that a record over eight million global DDoS attacks were launched in H1 2025, with attackers timing assaults to coincide with major political events and cause maximum chaos. Nation-states and hacktiv…

Telcos want future-ready disaggregated networks but can’t deliver

There’s a telecoms sector-wide ambition to build future-ready disaggregated networks, yet an inability to execute on that vision. It’s not due to a lack of technology or investment, but the result of a human failure of leadership and a fear of change. …

RootMetrics: EE still UK’s best mobile network after twelve years

EE has once again been crowned the UK’s best overall mobile network for performance, marking a twelve-year run at the top for the BT-owned operator. The newest ‘State of the Mobile Union’ report from RootMetrics, which covers the first half…

RootMetrics: EE still UK’s best mobile network after twelve years

EE has once again been crowned the UK’s best overall mobile network for performance, marking a twelve-year run at the top for the BT-owned operator. The newest ‘State of the Mobile Union’ report from RootMetrics, which covers the first half…

Mobile messaging shift: AI and rich media take over

Mobile messaging is undergoing a radical change, with yesterday’s tools quickly becoming obsolete. Analysis from Juniper Research in their ‘Mobile Messaging Tech Horizon 2025’ report shows a clear divide between the old and the new. It confirms what ma…

Telcos pivot to services amid private 5G boom

According to GSMA Intelligence, private 5G is no longer just a buzzword and telcos are enjoying high demand for services in key sectors. Let’s dive a bit deeper into this. The biggest push, it turns out, is coming from the military and defence se…

Europe must adapt to Russia’s hybrid cyber war

Ukraine’s vast experience fighting a major cyber war against Russia would be invaluable to an alliance with the UK and EU to defend Europe. A paper by Dr Nataliya Tkachuk for the NATO CCDCOE calls for the creation of a ‘Cyber Alliance’ between Ukraine,…