Following the news that Apple is launching an Emergency SOS via satellite service in the US and Canada for its new iPhone 14 models; Tammy Parker, Principal Analyst at GlobalData, offers her view: “The smartphone race to space is on, but it’s unclear how competition in this new service segment will shake out among potential […]

Following the news that Apple announced its new iPhone 14 line of phones; Anisha Bhatia, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Apple’s iPhone 14 series is the company’s first eSIM-only phone line-up. The phones exclude a physical SIM tray, but only for the US—signalling a phased approach to […]

GlobalData has warned that mobile operators’ traditional ‘More4More’ pricing and monetization strategies, whereby they add more and more into the bundle (minutes, data, cloud storage, video streaming, TV etc), is at odds with internal sustainability principles and may need a rethink given the new level of carbon awareness among younger customers. The leading data and analytics company notes that the percentage of European mobile […]

Following the news that healthcare IT supplier Advanced has suffered a ransomware attack; Dean Sabri, Principal Analyst for Health and Social Care at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “NHS organizations across the country have been on high alert for cyber attacks in recent years, especially since the 2017 WannaCry ransomware […]

It is unlikely that many people have yet heard of the first major update to 5G, called Standalone 5G, which is an increasingly common component of all carriers’ 5G networks. However, this is no surprise, as a study by leading data and analytics company GlobalData reveals that operators don’t seem to know how to market […]

Virgin Media and O2’s joint venture (JV) Virgin Media O2 Business has had a strong start, according to GlobalData, which notes that the JV presents greater competition against BT and Vodafone in the enterprise market. The leading data and analytics company explains that telecoms JVs are typically difficult to deliver, but propositions from the new […]

Enterprises face their most transformative challenge to date: implementing a DevSecOps methodology. However, technical and cultural barriers continue to block the path to unify developer and IT ops teams. A recent peak in high-profile cybersecurity threats (including Log4j) and increased use of unmanaged APIs vulnerable to exploits are pressing companies to solve this dilemma. As […]