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Q&A

Hear industry trends, the latest research and significant product launches discussed with topic experts in question and answer format.

Q&A: Infosys' Olu Adegoke

Infosys customer and product operations leader Olu Adegoke discusses the latest state of m-payments.

Eurocomms.com: Deutsche Telekom’s partnership with MasterCard is the latest tie-up between an operator and a financial services firm; how would you assess the mobile payments landscape in Europe currently?

Q&A: Tekelec CTO Doug Suriano

Doug Suriano, CTO of Tekelec, discusses tariff innovation and how operators can successfully implement new plans.

Video Q&A: Accenture’s Stuart Orr

Stuart Orr from Accenture discusses what the next 12 months holds for telcos including M&As, joint ventures, devices ecosystem and innovation.

Q&A: Convergys’ Mohammed Sha

Mohammed Sha, head of market strategy at customer management solutions vendor Convergys, discusses the Big Data challenge.

Eurocomms.com: In your opinion, what is the “Big Data” challenge for the telecoms industry?

Does it make sense for a telco to buy a CDN?

Content distribution networks are specialised server farmers, usually located at the edge of Tier-1 networks to reduce latency and improve availability.

They are fundamental to improving the customer experience of online video, but some telcos think they can cut CDNs out of the loop.

Q&A: Momac CEO Sham Careem

Sham Careem, CEO of Momac, discusses how on-device self-service can benefit operators and customers alike.

Eurocomms.com: How do you define on-device self-service?

Q&A: Sierra Wireless’ Olivier Beaujard

Olivier Beaujard, VP market development at Sierra Wireless, discusses developments in the M2M space.

Q&A: Acision's Aram Krol

Aram Krol, senior proposition director at Acision, discusses the future of SMS.

Eurocomms.com: Amid the rise of smartphones and OTT messaging, is SMS still a valid service today?

Aram Krol: The increase of over-the-top (OTT) services has seen mobile messaging become more instant, social and live than ever before.

Q&A: NSN's Thorsten Schneider

Thorsten Schneider, head of security practice at Nokia Siemens Networks, discusses why operators should make security a key differentiator.