Link Mobility more than doubled its delivery of messaging services last year using Ericsson’s Internet Payment eXchange (IPX).

An important feature of Ericsson’s IPTV solution is a software development kit (SDK) which allows TV portal customization and the smooth integration of TV applications and back-office systems. The offering is enhanced by a growing ecosystem of trusted partners providing consumer applications.

Innovation-seeking Brazilians bitten by the video-calling bug have expanded operator Claro’s subscriber base by 62 percent per month over nine months following the launch of video-calling services by Ericsson. 

 To justify acquisitions and meet global competition, multi-country operators need to create cross-border synergies. Many are doing so by consolidating knowledge, operations, and networks. Yet, in spite of obvious savings opportunities, most operators find it hard to cash in for legal, technical, and – especially – human reasons.

Mobile advertising has been slow to deliver. But the industry has learned from its initial mistakes. Supported by standards and brokering functions, advertising now looks set to become a bastion of growth for the operator community.

Ericsson and the Republic of Korea have initiated a collaboration aiming to use mobile broadband and other communication technologies, such as machine to machine (m2m), to create a green eco-system.

Following the success of mobile broadband as a service, traffic shows explosive grwth. But is it profitable? Dimensioning networks and figuring out the right price and packaging have worried some operators. A-cost benefit analysis based on real operator cases reveals that mobil broadband is, in fact, very profitable.

Consumers are key players in lowering carbon emissions from the electricity system. We are all consumers, so we must ask ourselves how we can contribute to smart energy usage and how this will affect our daily lives. Utilities are in for a radical change.

Telecom web services are web services that expose telecom-network capabilities, such as SMS, MMS, WAP push, terminal status, terminal location, third-party call, payment, and so on. Telecom web services enable developers to exploit these telecom capabilities to quickly create innovative applications.

China is tussling with India to be the fastest-growing mobile market in the world. It is still dominated by 2G, but the rollout of 3G is in full swing. After recent restructuring, the market is dominated by three large full-service operators offering fixed-line, mobile and broadband services.

Convergent charging billing helps operators manage costs while gaining agility and competitive advantage. Convergence is not about technology. The only way to get there is to base it on business objectives.

Cellular networks can be used to save lives on the roads through marketing real-time alerting services that offer a quick return on investment, a recent study shows. 

To justify acquisitions and meet global competition, multi-country operators need to create cross-border synergies. Many are doing so by consolidating knowledge, operations, and networks. Yet, in spite of obvious savings opportunities, most operators find it hard to cash in for legal, technical, and – especially – human reasons.

To kick-start the build of a regional ecosystem for networked advertising, Ericsson Argentina staged a “Mobile Advertising Week” in March, inviting regional operators and advertising players.

With an assortment of sleek new service mashups, Ericsson is bringing the worlds of mobility and social media closer.

Telecoms can deliver solutions that can assist the transition to a global low-carbon economy and help tackle climate change by helping reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in other sectors.

Social networking forms the basis of the Mobile Life Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, which is researching the mobile services of the future. A phone that analyzes behavior, live mobile-video mixing and a GPS-enabled chat application are some of the services it has developed so far.

The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health care provision and access not only equips emerging markets with the tools needed to improve health care delivery – it can mean business for operators.

A business ecosystem approach is fundamental to the operation of Ericsson Developer Connection, with its many interfaces to players outside Ericsson, such as developers, partners, universities, and customers.

Telecom web services are web services that expose telecom-network capabilities, such as SMS, MMS, WAP push, terminal status, terminal location, third-party call, payment, and so on. Telecom web services enable developers to exploit these telecom capabilities to quickly create innovative applications

Ericsson believes mass deployment of broadband networks can accelerate the shift from physical to virtual infrastructure and services, contributing to the creation of a low-carbon economy.

Increasing competition, falling subscriber voice revenues, and saturation of handsets per mobile subscriber are forcing mobile operators to focus on generating additional revenues from new business models such as advertising.

There are hundreds of social networks on the internet, and millions of users. Some are run by individuals, while others have been initiated by corporations and organizations. Telecom Report has met music social-network developer Imeem and real-time social-web developer Wello Horld to find out what the future could entail.