The document discusses the socio-economic impacts of deploying fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. It finds that FTTH deployment could increase use of information and communication technologies, enable new high-bandwidth services, and support new business models. This would lead to benefits like higher employment, productivity gains, economic growth, and improved quality of life. Specifically, one study found that FTTH rollout in Europe could generate over 550 billion euros in economic activity and increase employment by 0.1%. FTTH networks may also reduce costs for cities and regions through efficiencies like lower public spending and infrastructure maintenance expenses.
Cost Efficient Network Experience in China TelecomBSP Media Group
This document discusses cost efficient network strategies for telecom operators facing challenges from over-the-top services. It provides four case studies of China Telecom's strategies: 1) Network evolution to IP and new infrastructure to improve efficiency and reduce costs. 2) Establishing large cloud computing data centers with new technologies to lower power usage effectiveness. 3) Adopting new energy-saving technologies in telecom facilities. 4) Increased infrastructure co-construction and sharing to reduce capital expenditures and improve utilization. Building cost efficient networks through these approaches is becoming essential for telecom operators.
A 2004 report I wrote for a global handset manufacturer on how to survive in an over-the-top world. Whilst I didn't get everything right, and I would present it differently today, it was pretty insightful for its time.
Capturing_the_value_of_the_internet_of_Things_IBM_PoVCarl Allen
Telecom operators have struggled to profitably provide Internet of Things (IoT) offerings, especially for enterprises. Traditional network products and machine-to-machine solutions resulted in many pilot programs that did not scale. However, operators are now developing platforms and analytics services to capture more IoT value. Partnering with IBM, operators can offer complete IoT solutions across connectivity, data management, and analytics to help customers solve business problems.
Plug in to peak productivity - Colliers Spark ReportChris Fyvie
Fibre optic internet provides faster speeds and better connectivity than traditional copper broadband, improving workplace productivity. As companies increasingly adopt applications like cloud computing, big data analytics, and video conferencing that require high bandwidth, reliable internet is becoming essential for office space. However, many office buildings still lack fibre optic connectivity due to the high costs of installation. Companies looking for office space should carefully consider a building's internet infrastructure and ask questions about fibre optic availability.
Telecom strategy review 2015: Europe (part 2)tmtventure
Orange SA, Telenor Group, Vimpelcom, Vodafone, Deustche Telecom, Telefonica and other leading European telecommunication companies.
2nd part of global telecoms strategy review. Total companies to be reviewed is about 16-18. We looked through their reports, interviews and made our own view on their strategy.
Feel free to contact us with your commentary or if you've found any mistakes.
Visual International is proposing the development of Stellendale Business Park, a R2.8 billion data center and business process outsourcing precinct in Cape Town. The park will include a 3,800 square meter tier 3 data center complex, contact center facilities, and infrastructure like fiber networks and satellite connectivity. It aims to create a smart energy and ICT hub in Africa and generate socioeconomic benefits through job creation. Visual International is seeking funding and partnerships from the Industrial Development Corporation to conduct a feasibility study and begin developing the first phase, which includes a data center building and project areas.
EMM ESS is a key supplier of IT infrastructure, Wireless links, Surveillance and Business application associated services to small and large scale organizations. It is the preferred partner to private and public enterprise in India for rendering its services in the mentioned forte.
EMM ESS follows a rigorous business process to ensure that our products and services are of the highest standards. Our key aim is to enhance the competitiveness of our clients through providing them with timely, reliable and cost-effective solutions. This is a value that is deeply embedded in the ethos of the Parsec group of companies. To achieve this high standard EMM ESS constantly ensures that we are certified to deliver the required standards of business and technical excellence through continued improvement of our business operations, processes, product knowledge and employee expertise, while maintaining excellent relationships with our supplier partners.
The document discusses the socio-economic impacts of deploying fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. It finds that FTTH deployment could increase use of information and communication technologies, enable new high-bandwidth services, and support new business models. This would lead to benefits like higher employment, productivity gains, economic growth, and improved quality of life. Specifically, one study found that FTTH rollout in Europe could generate over 550 billion euros in economic activity and increase employment by 0.1%. FTTH networks may also reduce costs for cities and regions through efficiencies like lower public spending and infrastructure maintenance expenses.
Cost Efficient Network Experience in China TelecomBSP Media Group
This document discusses cost efficient network strategies for telecom operators facing challenges from over-the-top services. It provides four case studies of China Telecom's strategies: 1) Network evolution to IP and new infrastructure to improve efficiency and reduce costs. 2) Establishing large cloud computing data centers with new technologies to lower power usage effectiveness. 3) Adopting new energy-saving technologies in telecom facilities. 4) Increased infrastructure co-construction and sharing to reduce capital expenditures and improve utilization. Building cost efficient networks through these approaches is becoming essential for telecom operators.
A 2004 report I wrote for a global handset manufacturer on how to survive in an over-the-top world. Whilst I didn't get everything right, and I would present it differently today, it was pretty insightful for its time.
Capturing_the_value_of_the_internet_of_Things_IBM_PoVCarl Allen
Telecom operators have struggled to profitably provide Internet of Things (IoT) offerings, especially for enterprises. Traditional network products and machine-to-machine solutions resulted in many pilot programs that did not scale. However, operators are now developing platforms and analytics services to capture more IoT value. Partnering with IBM, operators can offer complete IoT solutions across connectivity, data management, and analytics to help customers solve business problems.
Plug in to peak productivity - Colliers Spark ReportChris Fyvie
Fibre optic internet provides faster speeds and better connectivity than traditional copper broadband, improving workplace productivity. As companies increasingly adopt applications like cloud computing, big data analytics, and video conferencing that require high bandwidth, reliable internet is becoming essential for office space. However, many office buildings still lack fibre optic connectivity due to the high costs of installation. Companies looking for office space should carefully consider a building's internet infrastructure and ask questions about fibre optic availability.
Telecom strategy review 2015: Europe (part 2)tmtventure
Orange SA, Telenor Group, Vimpelcom, Vodafone, Deustche Telecom, Telefonica and other leading European telecommunication companies.
2nd part of global telecoms strategy review. Total companies to be reviewed is about 16-18. We looked through their reports, interviews and made our own view on their strategy.
Feel free to contact us with your commentary or if you've found any mistakes.
Visual International is proposing the development of Stellendale Business Park, a R2.8 billion data center and business process outsourcing precinct in Cape Town. The park will include a 3,800 square meter tier 3 data center complex, contact center facilities, and infrastructure like fiber networks and satellite connectivity. It aims to create a smart energy and ICT hub in Africa and generate socioeconomic benefits through job creation. Visual International is seeking funding and partnerships from the Industrial Development Corporation to conduct a feasibility study and begin developing the first phase, which includes a data center building and project areas.
EMM ESS is a key supplier of IT infrastructure, Wireless links, Surveillance and Business application associated services to small and large scale organizations. It is the preferred partner to private and public enterprise in India for rendering its services in the mentioned forte.
EMM ESS follows a rigorous business process to ensure that our products and services are of the highest standards. Our key aim is to enhance the competitiveness of our clients through providing them with timely, reliable and cost-effective solutions. This is a value that is deeply embedded in the ethos of the Parsec group of companies. To achieve this high standard EMM ESS constantly ensures that we are certified to deliver the required standards of business and technical excellence through continued improvement of our business operations, processes, product knowledge and employee expertise, while maintaining excellent relationships with our supplier partners.
TDS is introducing a hosted VoIP phone service called managedIP that is designed to provide businesses with voice and data communications without incurring upfront equipment costs. With managedIP, TDS manages all the phone system infrastructure at their facilities rather than it being on-site. This allows businesses to avoid purchasing phone hardware and having to upgrade systems, instead paying low monthly user fees. Experts say the ability to avoid large capital expenditures is significant for businesses and hosted VoIP also provides benefits like reduced support costs, disaster recovery features, and a more robust shared system. TDS believes the economic value of managedIP will make it appealing for businesses looking to improve communications without impacting budgets.
Cloud computing, along with mobility increasing percolation of broadband, is aiding the creation of a networked society. Moving towards a digitally connected world, telecom operators have a unique opportunity to position themselves and capitalise the growth of cloud services – both as service providers and adopters of the technology.
The document discusses how telecommunications companies can transition to become digital service providers through the use of a telco cloud. A telco cloud provides capabilities like on-demand services, automated operations, and programmable infrastructure that allow companies to achieve objectives like network leadership, customer excellence, platform innovation, digital diversification, and business agility. This transition is necessary for telecommunications companies to address challenges like escalating network requirements, increased consumer expectations, and eroding core revenue streams.
This document summarizes trends in the directory assistance industry and potential strategies to address challenges. It notes that the number of listings in databases has declined by 13% while phone numbers have increased by 40%. Success rates have fallen from 85% to 80% due to increased cellular, VOIP, and unreported numbers. However, quality improvements and educated customers have prevented steeper declines. Two scenarios for the future are discussed: 1) Continued erosion leads to a "not found/not charged" policy and the end of directory assistance or 2) Directory assistance providers expand into new markets like wireless and offer enhanced services to remain viable.
IPTV become very interesting service when broadband access is there, but from the beginning, content will be the major issues. So, integrating Internet TV content on top of IPTV Platform will be the solution.
The document summarizes e-government initiatives in the Netherlands. It notes that the Netherlands ranks highly in e-government readiness and network preparedness. The country has a sophisticated ICT infrastructure, with over 80% of broadband connections having speeds over 2Mbps. Key e-government programs and services discussed include DigiD for citizen identity and Basic System of Records. Challenges include increasing online public services and improving e-government at the local level. The road ahead involves expanding services to citizens and businesses through a single portal and strengthening e-participation.
The mobile and internet service provider sectors face significant challenges including high competition, declining revenues, increasing bandwidth demands, and high capital expenditure needs. However, there are also opportunities through infrastructure sharing, migrating to all-IP networks, offering new cloud and enterprise services, and leveraging big data. The applicant hopes to play a role in capitalizing on opportunities around the Internet of Things, where mobile networks will connect devices and cloud/data centers will power applications, by developing general management skills and creating new products and services.
Nooren net neutrality_tvx_in_industry_2017_v2.2_final_paperpanooren
Net neutrality regulation is important for media companies, Internet service providers and consumers as it affects the conditions for distribution of streaming music and video. This paper analyzes and visualizes the dependencies between media companies and ISPs in two cases that involve zero-rating of data, an arrangement in which the data for specific services does not count against a data allowance. The cases show that zero-rating brings a substantial change to the distribution segment of the media-Internet ecosystem. For the many consumers that have subscriptions with a data allowance, the Internet access is effectively divided in two parts, one where data is metered and counts against their monthly allowance and one where they have unlimited flat fee data – for selected applications. Furthermore, the cases show that net neutrality is an important factor, but also clearly not the only factor affecting competition in the media-Internet ecosystem.
Ict and telecommunications sectoral transformation and public policy agenda -...ACORN-REDECOM
This paper offers insights for the elaboration of public policy to promote the development of telecommunications services in
Brazil, by means of a broad summary of where it interfaces with different sectoral dimensions and a discussion at what level
it is aligned to the evolution of telecommunications services. The analysis is based on the sectoral system of innovation
approach, with the sector decomposed in three dimensions that coevolve: (i) science and technology fields; (ii) users, demand
and applications; and (iii) actors, networks and institutions. It begins with an analysis of technological – convergence – and
institutional – commercial and regulatory liberalization – transformations and its impacts on the public policy framework
developed then. Following that, the analysis turns to forecasting each dimension, in order to identify future evolution
perspectives for a set of variables. Finally, the prospective vision is compared to the current public policy framework. It is
expected from this analysis the verification of at what level this agenda is aligned to what it is foreseen as the future of this
sector and in which points tensions arise.
Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. It has over 261 million subscribers globally, making it the fourth largest mobile operator in the world. In India, Airtel is the largest cellular service provider and offers services including 2G, 3G, 4G, fixed line, broadband, DTH, and enterprise solutions. The document outlines Airtel's vision, mission, strategies around outsourcing and innovation, and analyses its competitive environment using Porter's Five Forces and SWOT models.
This document provides an overview of a project proposal for a leveraged buyout of FairPoint Communications. It introduces the project team and provides a table of contents and executive summary. It then provides industry overviews of the wired and wireless telecommunications sectors, including key drivers, competitors and financial performance. The document analyzes FairPoint's company overview, recent stock performance, markets, and executive management team. It also provides a transaction summary and recommendation that a leveraged buyout transaction is not recommended due to the declining industry, heavy capital expenditure needs, and FairPoint's inability to obtain operating margin information by segment.
Telecom Operators’ Investment Strategies in the 4th Revenue Growth CurveAli Saghaeian
Please email me "saghaeian [at] gmail.com" for any research, consulting and training request on Telecom Operators’ Investment Strategies.
This presentation includes topics such as:
Investing in the 4th Curve
The Telco Challenge: Data Pipe or Smart Pipe
STRATEGY #1: Connectivity Provider
Key digital services in Mobile
STRATEGY #2: Digital Service Provider
Telco Digital Services Opportunities
STRATEGY #3: Digital Service Enabler
Digital Service Model
4-Phase Evolution to Digital Lifestyle Services
Operators’ Investment in the 4th Curve
Future Telecoms Service Business Models
Ivan Seidenberg Keynote Speech at SUPERCOMMnextgenweb1
Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, delivered a keynote address at the 2009 Supercomm conference. He discussed how communications technologies have progressed dramatically over the past 40 years that he has been in the industry. He highlighted Verizon's investments in building out 4G wireless and fiber optic networks to support increasing demand for mobile data and broadband. Seidenberg argued that communications infrastructure investment is critical for economic growth and innovation, and that policies should encourage rather than hinder such investment. He expressed concerns that restrictive net neutrality regulations could delay expansion of broadband networks and availability.
Yesterday, we had a webinar entitled on "Do's and Don'ts of Collaborative Regulation (G5) in Smart Cities". regarding to VUCA environment of smart cities services world market, we need more focused on collaborative regulation or 5th generation regulation (G5) to improve quality of life (QoL) for all people and businesses. G5 is driven by leadership, incentive and reward rather than by command and control schemes. without G5, governance bodies increase risks of investment and decrease rate of citizen engagement. also potential and promised impact of smart cities will not be realized. maybe for reaching digital transformation, G5 is more important than 5G!
Forward-thinking telecom agents are choosing cable companies (cablecos) over traditional telcos. Cablecos offer innovative products and services with scalability, redundancy, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Their bundled services provide significant cost savings for customers. Cablecos focus on business customers is driving strong revenue growth. Agents recognize cablecos as reliable network providers and a source of growth potential for serving the education, healthcare, and business sectors.
The document discusses key topics related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on businesses and society. It addresses issues like disruptive innovations, the need for businesses to change their models, the importance of broadband access, and questions around control and appropriate business models in a digital world. The future of ICTs and emerging collectives is uncertain but impactful.
Growing Industry Applications of LPWAN TechnologiesFelicia Woo
This document discusses the growing convergence of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT). It predicts that the number of connected devices worldwide will grow to over 80 billion by 2020. LPWAN is emerging as an important connectivity solution for IoT due to its ability to transmit small amounts of data over long distances while maintaining long battery life. Characteristics of LPWAN technologies like Sigfox, LoRa, NB-IoT and LTE-M are described and compared. The document also examines key drivers that will contribute to significant growth in the global LPWAN connectivity market between 2016-2023, such as falling prices of sensors and communication modules.
The document analyzes the business case for cellular providers to implement WiFi offloading networks. It finds that a significant portion (65%) of mobile data traffic is already offloaded onto WiFi networks without provider investment. A WiROITM model is used to simulate the impact of WiFi offloading networks on total cost of ownership for LTE deployments in New York City and San Diego. The analysis finds optimal cost savings occur at high coverage levels in New York City due to density, and at 40% coverage in San Diego, with diminishing returns beyond 80% coverage. WiFi offloading provides the most benefit through reduced operating expenses.
Capstone Project: Verizon Strategic Analysis and Acquisition ProposalKimber Davis
For my UCF Capstone presentation, my team and I analyzed Verizon's current position and identified a possible acquisition within their business connectivity sector. We then create a comprehensive implementation plan to ensure a smooth acquisition.
This document provides an overview of internet data center business trends, the current landscape, and future services. It discusses how telecom operators are transforming from traditional pipe providers to offering converged ICT solutions. Currently, data center services mainly involve co-location and hosting. However, there is potential to evolve services to infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service. The document also outlines challenges telecom operators face in the data center business compared to internet companies, and strategies for differentiation.
FindYourWayInTheWorld Social Media Course: SaveTheEnergyInTheWorldJcMETAV
This document discusses various media types that can be used to raise awareness about energy conservation and the environment. It outlines that informative texts, advice articles, informative videos, and educational games have already been used. It also notes that some social media causes around this topic already exist. The document recommends that a social media application be created to allow users to analyze their energy consumption, compare to others, and exchange tips while raising awareness about sustainable practices.
TDS is introducing a hosted VoIP phone service called managedIP that is designed to provide businesses with voice and data communications without incurring upfront equipment costs. With managedIP, TDS manages all the phone system infrastructure at their facilities rather than it being on-site. This allows businesses to avoid purchasing phone hardware and having to upgrade systems, instead paying low monthly user fees. Experts say the ability to avoid large capital expenditures is significant for businesses and hosted VoIP also provides benefits like reduced support costs, disaster recovery features, and a more robust shared system. TDS believes the economic value of managedIP will make it appealing for businesses looking to improve communications without impacting budgets.
Cloud computing, along with mobility increasing percolation of broadband, is aiding the creation of a networked society. Moving towards a digitally connected world, telecom operators have a unique opportunity to position themselves and capitalise the growth of cloud services – both as service providers and adopters of the technology.
The document discusses how telecommunications companies can transition to become digital service providers through the use of a telco cloud. A telco cloud provides capabilities like on-demand services, automated operations, and programmable infrastructure that allow companies to achieve objectives like network leadership, customer excellence, platform innovation, digital diversification, and business agility. This transition is necessary for telecommunications companies to address challenges like escalating network requirements, increased consumer expectations, and eroding core revenue streams.
This document summarizes trends in the directory assistance industry and potential strategies to address challenges. It notes that the number of listings in databases has declined by 13% while phone numbers have increased by 40%. Success rates have fallen from 85% to 80% due to increased cellular, VOIP, and unreported numbers. However, quality improvements and educated customers have prevented steeper declines. Two scenarios for the future are discussed: 1) Continued erosion leads to a "not found/not charged" policy and the end of directory assistance or 2) Directory assistance providers expand into new markets like wireless and offer enhanced services to remain viable.
IPTV become very interesting service when broadband access is there, but from the beginning, content will be the major issues. So, integrating Internet TV content on top of IPTV Platform will be the solution.
The document summarizes e-government initiatives in the Netherlands. It notes that the Netherlands ranks highly in e-government readiness and network preparedness. The country has a sophisticated ICT infrastructure, with over 80% of broadband connections having speeds over 2Mbps. Key e-government programs and services discussed include DigiD for citizen identity and Basic System of Records. Challenges include increasing online public services and improving e-government at the local level. The road ahead involves expanding services to citizens and businesses through a single portal and strengthening e-participation.
The mobile and internet service provider sectors face significant challenges including high competition, declining revenues, increasing bandwidth demands, and high capital expenditure needs. However, there are also opportunities through infrastructure sharing, migrating to all-IP networks, offering new cloud and enterprise services, and leveraging big data. The applicant hopes to play a role in capitalizing on opportunities around the Internet of Things, where mobile networks will connect devices and cloud/data centers will power applications, by developing general management skills and creating new products and services.
Nooren net neutrality_tvx_in_industry_2017_v2.2_final_paperpanooren
Net neutrality regulation is important for media companies, Internet service providers and consumers as it affects the conditions for distribution of streaming music and video. This paper analyzes and visualizes the dependencies between media companies and ISPs in two cases that involve zero-rating of data, an arrangement in which the data for specific services does not count against a data allowance. The cases show that zero-rating brings a substantial change to the distribution segment of the media-Internet ecosystem. For the many consumers that have subscriptions with a data allowance, the Internet access is effectively divided in two parts, one where data is metered and counts against their monthly allowance and one where they have unlimited flat fee data – for selected applications. Furthermore, the cases show that net neutrality is an important factor, but also clearly not the only factor affecting competition in the media-Internet ecosystem.
Ict and telecommunications sectoral transformation and public policy agenda -...ACORN-REDECOM
This paper offers insights for the elaboration of public policy to promote the development of telecommunications services in
Brazil, by means of a broad summary of where it interfaces with different sectoral dimensions and a discussion at what level
it is aligned to the evolution of telecommunications services. The analysis is based on the sectoral system of innovation
approach, with the sector decomposed in three dimensions that coevolve: (i) science and technology fields; (ii) users, demand
and applications; and (iii) actors, networks and institutions. It begins with an analysis of technological – convergence – and
institutional – commercial and regulatory liberalization – transformations and its impacts on the public policy framework
developed then. Following that, the analysis turns to forecasting each dimension, in order to identify future evolution
perspectives for a set of variables. Finally, the prospective vision is compared to the current public policy framework. It is
expected from this analysis the verification of at what level this agenda is aligned to what it is foreseen as the future of this
sector and in which points tensions arise.
Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. It has over 261 million subscribers globally, making it the fourth largest mobile operator in the world. In India, Airtel is the largest cellular service provider and offers services including 2G, 3G, 4G, fixed line, broadband, DTH, and enterprise solutions. The document outlines Airtel's vision, mission, strategies around outsourcing and innovation, and analyses its competitive environment using Porter's Five Forces and SWOT models.
This document provides an overview of a project proposal for a leveraged buyout of FairPoint Communications. It introduces the project team and provides a table of contents and executive summary. It then provides industry overviews of the wired and wireless telecommunications sectors, including key drivers, competitors and financial performance. The document analyzes FairPoint's company overview, recent stock performance, markets, and executive management team. It also provides a transaction summary and recommendation that a leveraged buyout transaction is not recommended due to the declining industry, heavy capital expenditure needs, and FairPoint's inability to obtain operating margin information by segment.
Telecom Operators’ Investment Strategies in the 4th Revenue Growth CurveAli Saghaeian
Please email me "saghaeian [at] gmail.com" for any research, consulting and training request on Telecom Operators’ Investment Strategies.
This presentation includes topics such as:
Investing in the 4th Curve
The Telco Challenge: Data Pipe or Smart Pipe
STRATEGY #1: Connectivity Provider
Key digital services in Mobile
STRATEGY #2: Digital Service Provider
Telco Digital Services Opportunities
STRATEGY #3: Digital Service Enabler
Digital Service Model
4-Phase Evolution to Digital Lifestyle Services
Operators’ Investment in the 4th Curve
Future Telecoms Service Business Models
Ivan Seidenberg Keynote Speech at SUPERCOMMnextgenweb1
Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, delivered a keynote address at the 2009 Supercomm conference. He discussed how communications technologies have progressed dramatically over the past 40 years that he has been in the industry. He highlighted Verizon's investments in building out 4G wireless and fiber optic networks to support increasing demand for mobile data and broadband. Seidenberg argued that communications infrastructure investment is critical for economic growth and innovation, and that policies should encourage rather than hinder such investment. He expressed concerns that restrictive net neutrality regulations could delay expansion of broadband networks and availability.
Yesterday, we had a webinar entitled on "Do's and Don'ts of Collaborative Regulation (G5) in Smart Cities". regarding to VUCA environment of smart cities services world market, we need more focused on collaborative regulation or 5th generation regulation (G5) to improve quality of life (QoL) for all people and businesses. G5 is driven by leadership, incentive and reward rather than by command and control schemes. without G5, governance bodies increase risks of investment and decrease rate of citizen engagement. also potential and promised impact of smart cities will not be realized. maybe for reaching digital transformation, G5 is more important than 5G!
Forward-thinking telecom agents are choosing cable companies (cablecos) over traditional telcos. Cablecos offer innovative products and services with scalability, redundancy, and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Their bundled services provide significant cost savings for customers. Cablecos focus on business customers is driving strong revenue growth. Agents recognize cablecos as reliable network providers and a source of growth potential for serving the education, healthcare, and business sectors.
The document discusses key topics related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their impact on businesses and society. It addresses issues like disruptive innovations, the need for businesses to change their models, the importance of broadband access, and questions around control and appropriate business models in a digital world. The future of ICTs and emerging collectives is uncertain but impactful.
Growing Industry Applications of LPWAN TechnologiesFelicia Woo
This document discusses the growing convergence of Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT). It predicts that the number of connected devices worldwide will grow to over 80 billion by 2020. LPWAN is emerging as an important connectivity solution for IoT due to its ability to transmit small amounts of data over long distances while maintaining long battery life. Characteristics of LPWAN technologies like Sigfox, LoRa, NB-IoT and LTE-M are described and compared. The document also examines key drivers that will contribute to significant growth in the global LPWAN connectivity market between 2016-2023, such as falling prices of sensors and communication modules.
The document analyzes the business case for cellular providers to implement WiFi offloading networks. It finds that a significant portion (65%) of mobile data traffic is already offloaded onto WiFi networks without provider investment. A WiROITM model is used to simulate the impact of WiFi offloading networks on total cost of ownership for LTE deployments in New York City and San Diego. The analysis finds optimal cost savings occur at high coverage levels in New York City due to density, and at 40% coverage in San Diego, with diminishing returns beyond 80% coverage. WiFi offloading provides the most benefit through reduced operating expenses.
Capstone Project: Verizon Strategic Analysis and Acquisition ProposalKimber Davis
For my UCF Capstone presentation, my team and I analyzed Verizon's current position and identified a possible acquisition within their business connectivity sector. We then create a comprehensive implementation plan to ensure a smooth acquisition.
This document provides an overview of internet data center business trends, the current landscape, and future services. It discusses how telecom operators are transforming from traditional pipe providers to offering converged ICT solutions. Currently, data center services mainly involve co-location and hosting. However, there is potential to evolve services to infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and software as a service. The document also outlines challenges telecom operators face in the data center business compared to internet companies, and strategies for differentiation.
FindYourWayInTheWorld Social Media Course: SaveTheEnergyInTheWorldJcMETAV
This document discusses various media types that can be used to raise awareness about energy conservation and the environment. It outlines that informative texts, advice articles, informative videos, and educational games have already been used. It also notes that some social media causes around this topic already exist. The document recommends that a social media application be created to allow users to analyze their energy consumption, compare to others, and exchange tips while raising awareness about sustainable practices.
The document discusses effective patent strategies for adding value through patents. It provides an overview of a seminar on patent strategies, including presentations on demonstrating the value of patents, building value through effective strategies with a case study, and comments from a transactional perspective. The case study examines a company's goals around technology, a key technology, and developing an action plan around patents.
CityFibre operates fibre optic infrastructure in 50 UK cities, with over 30,000 km of fibre and 130 networks connecting over 400 locations. They have the largest fibre-to-the-home network in the UK. A "Gigabit City" brings educational, healthcare, public safety, and economic benefits through high-speed connectivity. The model involves building out a fibre core network anchored by public sector customers, then expanding to businesses, mobile networks, and consumers with fibre-to-the-premises. York, UK has successfully developed a shared network for services like CCTV and WiFi, and is marketing fibre to businesses to become Europe's most digitally connected city by 2015.
The original Manchester & Salford digital city plan aimed to provide whole city fiber coverage through infilling white areas, final business connections, fiber to multi-occupancy buildings, ducting, high-speed wireless, and business support. However, lack of State aid approval meant the plan had to be rescoped to focus on voucher-based connections, potentially expanding fiber to multi-occupancy buildings and ducting, and increasing wireless and promotion to drive voucher uptake, but still unable to fund revenue activities.
The document discusses social media and its importance for businesses. It provides an overview of major social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, LinkedIn and YouTube. For each platform, it outlines their key statistics and what businesses can do on them, such as branding, promotions, customer support, market research, recruiting, sales and more. It emphasizes that social media allows businesses to engage with customers, earn coverage, tune into customer feedback and compete with other businesses online.
Cloud-based IT services are the future. This presentation look at what they are and how your business can benefit from adopting Cloud-based IT Services.
E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet. It is a subset of e-business, which also includes business processes like procurement, logistics, and collaboration within and between companies. The development of new technologies like the World Wide Web, wireless networks, and increased Internet access have driven the growth of e-commerce for both businesses and consumers. E-commerce allows for lower costs, wider reach, and more convenience compared to traditional offline commerce.
1. Mobile broadband is becoming a major opportunity for telecommunications companies as mobile data usage and adoption increases rapidly each year, driven by smartphone proliferation, new services, and flat-rate pricing.
2. Networks must fundamentally change to handle growing mobile data demands, including evolving to all-IP flat networks with small cell layers to boost capacity beyond what 3G and 4G macro networks can provide alone.
3. Telecom companies aim to lead this transition and gain competitive advantage by evolving their radio access and core networks, focusing on ubiquitous coverage, enhanced customer experience through intelligent resource allocation, and ensuring long-term profitability through service segmentation.
Rethinking the Telcos business models in the age of 5G - Carlos LOPEZ, Telefó...IDATE DigiWorld
The document discusses the challenges facing telecom companies in the 5G era as the industry shifts to a digital ecosystem where telecom services compete directly with internet players. It outlines how operators can address these challenges by reinforcing their position in connectivity and partnerships, investing in the best networks and customer care. However, the document also argues that a regulatory framework adapted to the new digital world is needed to foster innovation, investment and a level playing field for operators to compete.
The document discusses TSI's network consolidation offering. It notes market trends of growth in IP services, mobile services, and hosting services. It outlines the benefits of network consolidation such as cost reduction, focusing resources on core competencies, and increased customer satisfaction. It then describes TSI's approach using a consolidated MPLS infrastructure to provide benefits like scalability, security, flexibility and performance guarantees. Finally, it summarizes TSI's IP VPN services and e-service area which provides infrastructure and modules for solutions.
The document discusses TSI's network consolidation offering. It notes market trends of growth in IP services, mobile services, and hosting services. It outlines the benefits of network consolidation such as cost reduction, focusing resources on core competencies, and increased customer satisfaction. It then describes TSI's approach using a consolidated MPLS infrastructure to provide benefits like security, flexibility, performance guarantees, and global coverage. Finally, it summarizes TSI's modular approach and services within its e-Service Area that support solutions like firewalls, messaging, hosting, and voice over IP.
The document summarizes Colt's unbranded backbone solutions that can help telecommunications companies achieve their business goals. It offers access solutions, data backbone solutions, white-label solutions, voice interconnect solutions, and managed services. Customers can upgrade infrastructure, outsource their backbone network, and broaden their business without capital investments. Colt has expertise in high performance networks across Europe.
The document discusses Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), including its group members, vision, mission, products and services, competitors, SWOT analysis, marketing mix, processes, relationship management, and suggestions for improvement. PTCL is Pakistan's largest telecom company providing landline, broadband, and other telecom services, with over 4 million customers. The document outlines PTCL's strengths as well as weaknesses it could improve like customer focus.
Competition and regulation challenges in the Internet Value chainChristoph Stork
The telecom sector remains one of the most profitable sectors.
The market for each segment of the Internet value chain is still expanding
The Internet is a connected ecosystem and telcos benefit from the broadband demand and supply
Data usage is growing strongly while data revenues in mature markets: Streaming and AR /VR applications are currently the most potent avenues for ICT sector growth in combination with latency-based product differentiation.
CPs and telcos have the same incentive for a high-quality user experience.
Cooperation of players in the Internet Value Chain will be necessary to make the Internet faster and more immersive.
This document discusses strategies for developing an e-business presence. It begins by outlining the benefits of the internet and e-commerce for businesses, including wider distribution, lower costs, and ability to serve customers 24/7. It then discusses determining a company's competitive advantage through analyzing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The document concludes by providing tips for implementing an e-business strategy, such as developing a clear value proposition, promoting the site, and focusing efforts on niche markets for small businesses.
The document discusses the vision for Balikpapan Cyber City, which aims to create an integrated digital community through connectivity and e-services. It outlines characteristics of a cyber city like access to data anytime, anywhere. The cyber city would converge all industries and provide end-to-end solutions using technologies like WiFi and wireless networks. Challenges include multiple identities and incompatible networks that currently disconnect agencies and citizens. The vision is for a single, portable identity and an intelligent infrastructure for seamless access across agencies through an integrated ecosystem.
Earth Link Business Corporate Overview Pres 6-11Denis Weickert
EarthLink Business provides internet, communications, and managed IP services to over 1.5 million residential and business customers. It operates a nationwide fiber optic network and is a leading provider of IP infrastructure and services. EarthLink aims to keep customers connected anytime, anywhere through superior and secure services.
In an era defined by digital transformation, the realm of communication has undergone a paradigm shift, with Over-The-Top (OTT) VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services emerging as a game-changer.
The ng Connect Program is a global initiative that is bringing together device, application and content providers to drive the development of innovative services for ultra-high bandwidth networks. Learn more about ng Connect from this inductory PPT, then visit us at http://www.ngconnect.org
The document discusses Hong Kong's potential to become a global R&D and ICT service center for China. It outlines key advantages Hong Kong has over other locations like India, such as a well-educated immigrant workforce and proximity to southern China. Establishing Hong Kong as an offshore outsourcing and insourcing hub could help improve China's ICT capabilities and access overseas markets and talent.
Huawei July 2010 Corporate Presentation(V11)hubfer
Huawei is a global telecommunications solutions provider that experienced 30% growth in contract sales in 2009 to reach $30.2 billion. It serves 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators and ranks among the top 3 telecom solution providers globally. Huawei invests heavily in R&D with over 40,000 employees and has filed over 42,000 patent applications. It is focused on developing converged all-IP network solutions to help operators improve bandwidth, revenue, and reduce costs.
The telecom industry is a global industry that connects the world through the transfer of information over long distances using various technologies. It is a volatile sector impacted by regulatory issues, competition, and emerging technologies. Emerging markets are driving volume growth while developed markets see technological advancements. The Indian telecom market is the fastest growing in the world but faces challenges around regulations, infrastructure, and the digital divide. Moving forward, India needs transparent policies, adequate spectrum, reduced import duties, and manufacturing to fully connect to the global telecom industry.
Trends and Prospects in the Information Society:Hungary and the New Member S...Filipe Mello
Siemens Business Services provides IT services and solutions for government customers. They have experience implementing solutions such as e-government platforms, identity management systems, emergency response systems, and outsourcing IT operations. The document discusses challenges governments face and how SBS's global expertise and range of services can help address issues like rising costs, integration of services, and security needs. Specific examples of SBS projects in countries like Austria, Belgium, and the UK are also summarized.
The OTT Challenge - Telecommunications Outlook 2014BearingPoint
This document provides information on Over-the-top (OTT) services and their impact on telecommunications companies. It discusses how OTT services have changed customer relationships by allowing direct relationships between users and services like WhatsApp, Skype, and Netflix without involving telecom operators. It also outlines various payment models for OTT services and strategic options for telecom companies to respond to the growth of OTT.
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Esri is a global company with 140 offices in 67 countries employing 20,000 professionals that generates $1.4 billion in revenue annually and serves over 350,000 clients worldwide. Richard Stevenson is the Telecoms Commercial Lead at Esri UK and will be presenting on leveraging ArcGIS for open source/business support systems integration to maximize business value and impact.
Mapping, standards, and switching are essential topics for effective network design and operations. Mapping provides a single version of geographic data for public assets which enables better network design with lower costs. Adopting common standards facilitates clearer communication and allows for competition. Establishing standard switching processes makes deployment easier for customers and provides opportunities for industry to deliver more widespread, faster, and cost-effective broadband coverage.
This document discusses Sweden's fibre market and provides advice for companies preparing to enter the wholesale fibre market. It notes that Sweden has high fibre connectivity, with 3 out of 4 households having access to 100+ Mbps and 8 out of 10 having fibre access. It recommends starting wholesale operations from the beginning to facilitate the transition and standardizing operations to attract and serve large service providers. It also stresses the importance of providing tools to service providers and customers to ensure a seamless customer journey.
The document contains testimonials from customers of GeoPal praising features of their mobile data collection solution like configurable forms, offline functionality, and API integration. It also summarizes benefits like replacing paperwork, streamlining subcontractor management, and providing transparency and improved decision making through reports and insights. One customer quotes saving 120 man days on a project through digital transformation with GeoPal.
This document discusses fibre tooling innovations from Fibre Tooling Innovations, including modular work platforms called Polemate and Pitmate for installing telecommunication equipment on poles or in pits. It also describes an upcoming fibre installation gun called the F.I.G. for blowing fibre to homes or premises up to 500 meters in distance. Additional upcoming products include an expanded range of overhead and underground products to support physical infrastructure access and a new tester for identifying fibre in microducts without cutting the duct.
The document discusses Obelisk's services for fixed line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure, including design, build, and maintenance. It provides details on their fiber to the home (FTTH) project where they have passed 40,000 homes to date and have 50,000 additional homes in build. The document outlines their design, survey, and build process for fiber networks and notes design is done to cost with a fixed price model. It discusses timescales, methodologies, and requirements for successful projects.
This document summarizes a presentation about elastic network capacity given by Matt Burley of ECI Telecom. It discusses how technological advances and trends like video streaming, cloud services, 5G, and the Internet of Things are driving an exponential need for more network bandwidth. This has led to a new era for telecommunications networks that require integrated networks that can efficiently provide dynamic capacity where and when it is needed. The presentation argues that organizations able to make their networks agile and elastic through converged transport and multi-service capabilities will be best positioned to adapt and invent the future.
The document discusses strategies for faster fibre deployment, including blown fibre ducting to lay high fibre count cables, aerial deployment from poles, using connectorised optical distribution networks to minimize splicing, and pre-configured connectorised solutions. It also covers approaches for multi-dwelling units of different scales, such as blowing fibre ducts, home-run connections, and decentralized administration models depending on the size of the MDU. MDUs can be served from local street cabinets rather than dedicated cables from central offices.
This document discusses fiber access networks and provides an overview of various components used in fiber optic networks including central offices, data centers, multiport terminals, closures/cabinets, rack mount hardware, WDM devices, multiports, drop assemblies, convergence cassettes, drop cables, hardened connectorised terminals, long span drop cable, OptiTap field installable connectors, BPEO terminals, micro point of entry, low profile wall plates, clear fibre track, clear track pathway, clear track point of entry box, and clear track hallway micromodule. The document emphasizes maximizing fiber use with WDM, enabling 5G wireless densification with convergence, speeding up and de-skilling network rollout with
1. Sumitomo Electric Industries presented on ribbon fiber technologies and how they can save time and space during fiber optic cable installation and maintenance. Ribbon fibers allow for quicker splicing since multiple fibers can be spliced at once and they take up less space in conduits than loose tube cables.
2. Installing high fiber count ribbon cables requires less conduit space and fewer installation passes compared to overlaying multiple loose tube cables. This saves on installation costs and construction challenges.
3. Sumitomo's pliable Freeform ribbon fibers are thinner than conventional ribbons, allowing for higher fiber density cables that maximize use of existing conduit infrastructure. The ribbons are also compatible with loose tube cables and provide quick splicing and recovery.
1) Regulators are starting to acknowledge that more innovative approaches to spectrum access are needed as exclusive use by mobile network operators limits utilization and investment.
2) Countries are experimenting with different spectrum sharing models between 3.4-3.8GHz to enable new local 5G networks for industrial and business use.
3) Dynamic spectrum sharing could allow a smooth transition between 4G and 5G networks using the same spectrum bands, reducing upgrade costs for mobile operators.
RADWIN provides several wireless solutions for building robust networks, including:
1) A 60GHz Terragraph mesh solution that can interconnect multiple fiber points-of-presence to increase network capacity and overcome typical millimeter wave limitations with range up to 3.6Gbps per user.
2) A hybrid solution combining 60GHz, sub-6GHz, and TV white space technologies to provide high-capacity, reliable service in different deployment scenarios.
3) A 5GHz point-to-multipoint JET PRO solution for enterprises and residents offering up to 750Mbps capacity per base station.
This document discusses Flomatik's Opportunity Analysis tool which helps communication service providers (CSPs) design scalable networks. The tool provides a high-level, data-driven view of feasibility for building networks in given areas. It outputs key metrics to help CSPs make informed, low-risk decisions around network investments and priorities. The tool consolidates multiple data sources into a single database and runs GIS algorithms to illuminate architecture, cost, and risk insights for CSPs. Reports can be generated within 2 weeks and help CSPs minimize risk, support investment decisions, and inform network build-out strategies.
Esri is a global company with 140 offices employing 20,000 professionals worldwide. They generate $1.4 billion in revenue and serve over 350,000 clients across various industries including commercial, defense, utilities, transport, telecommunications, government, public safety, and infrastructure. Location intelligence platforms for telecoms are valued at $3.3 billion by 2023 according to market research, and Esri's ArcGIS system empowers organizations through data management, analytics, and focused business solutions.
Local bodies have invested in broadband infrastructure for decades and see it as a top priority, though not an essential service. They want to extend fiber coverage to support economic growth but face challenges in accessing funding, establishing digital strategies, securing project resources, and navigating public procurement. Suppliers also struggle with local body processes that can be slow and complex, as well as barriers to deployment. Both sides would benefit from stronger strategic alignment and partnerships to more effectively deliver gigabit connectivity across Britain.
The document discusses the challenges facing Bournemouth, a city in the UK, including increasing costs and demands on services due to population growth and aging, while resources are decreasing. It proposes a "Smart Place Vision" to use technology and data to improve services delivery through collaboration. Key challenges are lack of broadband connectivity and future data costs. The document suggests tackling these challenges by partnering with industry, academics, and other public sector organizations, and by aggregating demand to attract more investment in broadband infrastructure that could open new opportunities and revenue streams to help fund services.
Digital twin cities enabled by technologies like 5G, AI, and new materials will become a reality. Industries are entering a cycle of digitization and facing huge digital opportunities. ICT systems will play more important roles in businesses, from driving efficiency to participating in decision-making. VR and AR are reshaping user experience and promoting upgrades in computing, display, and networks. "Connectivity + Computing + Cloud" is the core engine that will power the intelligent society.
Rural broadband access is essential for rural economic growth but is often inadequate due to market failures. Current UK rural broadband initiatives are fragmented and complex, driving inefficiency. A new holistic policy framework is needed that sets clear objectives, recognizes regional differences, is demand-driven, considers a range of technologies, and removes uncertainty to better support rural broadband infrastructure rollout.
- The document discusses an agenda that includes not operating as usual, demand versus supply, and constraints and initiatives.
- It notes that nomadic crews, geographic preferences, contractor demands, remuneration, alternative industry transfers, growing your own talent, and local capacity to cope will be discussed.
- The summary restates that the agenda will cover not being business as usual, demand versus supply, and constraints and initiatives.
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
From Natural Language to Structured Solr Queries using LLMsSease
This talk draws on experimentation to enable AI applications with Solr. One important use case is to use AI for better accessibility and discoverability of the data: while User eXperience techniques, lexical search improvements, and data harmonization can take organizations to a good level of accessibility, a structural (or “cognitive” gap) remains between the data user needs and the data producer constraints.
That is where AI – and most importantly, Natural Language Processing and Large Language Model techniques – could make a difference. This natural language, conversational engine could facilitate access and usage of the data leveraging the semantics of any data source.
The objective of the presentation is to propose a technical approach and a way forward to achieve this goal.
The key concept is to enable users to express their search queries in natural language, which the LLM then enriches, interprets, and translates into structured queries based on the Solr index’s metadata.
This approach leverages the LLM’s ability to understand the nuances of natural language and the structure of documents within Apache Solr.
The LLM acts as an intermediary agent, offering a transparent experience to users automatically and potentially uncovering relevant documents that conventional search methods might overlook. The presentation will include the results of this experimental work, lessons learned, best practices, and the scope of future work that should improve the approach and make it production-ready.
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) invited Taylor Paschal, Knowledge & Information Management Consultant at Enterprise Knowledge, to speak at a Knowledge Management Lunch and Learn hosted on June 12, 2024. All Office of Administration staff were invited to attend and received professional development credit for participating in the voluntary event.
The objectives of the Lunch and Learn presentation were to:
- Review what KM ‘is’ and ‘isn’t’
- Understand the value of KM and the benefits of engaging
- Define and reflect on your “what’s in it for me?”
- Share actionable ways you can participate in Knowledge - - Capture & Transfer
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 2 – CoE RolesDianaGray10
In this session, we will review the players involved in the CoE and how each role impacts opportunities.
Topics covered:
• What roles are essential?
• What place in the automation journey does each role play?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Conversational agents, or chatbots, are increasingly used to access all sorts of services using natural language. While open-domain chatbots - like ChatGPT - can converse on any topic, task-oriented chatbots - the focus of this paper - are designed for specific tasks, like booking a flight, obtaining customer support, or setting an appointment. Like any other software, task-oriented chatbots need to be properly tested, usually by defining and executing test scenarios (i.e., sequences of user-chatbot interactions). However, there is currently a lack of methods to quantify the completeness and strength of such test scenarios, which can lead to low-quality tests, and hence to buggy chatbots.
To fill this gap, we propose adapting mutation testing (MuT) for task-oriented chatbots. To this end, we introduce a set of mutation operators that emulate faults in chatbot designs, an architecture that enables MuT on chatbots built using heterogeneous technologies, and a practical realisation as an Eclipse plugin. Moreover, we evaluate the applicability, effectiveness and efficiency of our approach on open-source chatbots, with promising results.
In our second session, we shall learn all about the main features and fundamentals of UiPath Studio that enable us to use the building blocks for any automation project.
📕 Detailed agenda:
Variables and Datatypes
Workflow Layouts
Arguments
Control Flows and Loops
Conditional Statements
💻 Extra training through UiPath Academy:
Variables, Constants, and Arguments in Studio
Control Flow in Studio
LF Energy Webinar: Carbon Data Specifications: Mechanisms to Improve Data Acc...DanBrown980551
This LF Energy webinar took place June 20, 2024. It featured:
-Alex Thornton, LF Energy
-Hallie Cramer, Google
-Daniel Roesler, UtilityAPI
-Henry Richardson, WattTime
In response to the urgency and scale required to effectively address climate change, open source solutions offer significant potential for driving innovation and progress. Currently, there is a growing demand for standardization and interoperability in energy data and modeling. Open source standards and specifications within the energy sector can also alleviate challenges associated with data fragmentation, transparency, and accessibility. At the same time, it is crucial to consider privacy and security concerns throughout the development of open source platforms.
This webinar will delve into the motivations behind establishing LF Energy’s Carbon Data Specification Consortium. It will provide an overview of the draft specifications and the ongoing progress made by the respective working groups.
Three primary specifications will be discussed:
-Discovery and client registration, emphasizing transparent processes and secure and private access
-Customer data, centering around customer tariffs, bills, energy usage, and full consumption disclosure
-Power systems data, focusing on grid data, inclusive of transmission and distribution networks, generation, intergrid power flows, and market settlement data
Connector Corner: Seamlessly power UiPath Apps, GenAI with prebuilt connectorsDianaGray10
Join us to learn how UiPath Apps can directly and easily interact with prebuilt connectors via Integration Service--including Salesforce, ServiceNow, Open GenAI, and more.
The best part is you can achieve this without building a custom workflow! Say goodbye to the hassle of using separate automations to call APIs. By seamlessly integrating within App Studio, you can now easily streamline your workflow, while gaining direct access to our Connector Catalog of popular applications.
We’ll discuss and demo the benefits of UiPath Apps and connectors including:
Creating a compelling user experience for any software, without the limitations of APIs.
Accelerating the app creation process, saving time and effort
Enjoying high-performance CRUD (create, read, update, delete) operations, for
seamless data management.
Speakers:
Russell Alfeche, Technology Leader, RPA at qBotic and UiPath MVP
Charlie Greenberg, host
Must Know Postgres Extension for DBA and Developer during MigrationMydbops
Mydbops Opensource Database Meetup 16
Topic: Must-Know PostgreSQL Extensions for Developers and DBAs During Migration
Speaker: Deepak Mahto, Founder of DataCloudGaze Consulting
Date & Time: 8th June | 10 AM - 1 PM IST
Venue: Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore
Abstract: Discover how PostgreSQL extensions can be your secret weapon! This talk explores how key extensions enhance database capabilities and streamline the migration process for users moving from other relational databases like Oracle.
Key Takeaways:
* Learn about crucial extensions like oracle_fdw, pgtt, and pg_audit that ease migration complexities.
* Gain valuable strategies for implementing these extensions in PostgreSQL to achieve license freedom.
* Discover how these key extensions can empower both developers and DBAs during the migration process.
* Don't miss this chance to gain practical knowledge from an industry expert and stay updated on the latest open-source database trends.
Mydbops Managed Services specializes in taking the pain out of database management while optimizing performance. Since 2015, we have been providing top-notch support and assistance for the top three open-source databases: MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL.
Our team offers a wide range of services, including assistance, support, consulting, 24/7 operations, and expertise in all relevant technologies. We help organizations improve their database's performance, scalability, efficiency, and availability.
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Session 1 - Intro to Robotic Process Automation.pdfUiPathCommunity
👉 Check out our full 'Africa Series - Automation Student Developers (EN)' page to register for the full program:
https://bit.ly/Automation_Student_Kickstart
In this session, we shall introduce you to the world of automation, the UiPath Platform, and guide you on how to install and setup UiPath Studio on your Windows PC.
📕 Detailed agenda:
What is RPA? Benefits of RPA?
RPA Applications
The UiPath End-to-End Automation Platform
UiPath Studio CE Installation and Setup
💻 Extra training through UiPath Academy:
Introduction to Automation
UiPath Business Automation Platform
Explore automation development with UiPath Studio
👉 Register here for our upcoming Session 2 on June 20: Introduction to UiPath Studio Fundamentals: https://community.uipath.com/events/details/uipath-lagos-presents-session-2-introduction-to-uipath-studio-fundamentals/
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
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models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Open
networks
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
+ tax revenue
- public spending
RoW
revenues
Example:
Stokab has accumulated
over €100m in profit
Increased
market value
Example:
Stockholms housing companies
increased rent by almost €10m annually
and real-estate value €200m
9. new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
10. new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
Direct economic activity
Supplier industry
economic activity in supplier industry (acc.)
Stokab
revenue
11. new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
12. new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
Direct economic activityDirect economic activity
Ease to do
business
Very high access speed
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence Distance
working
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
New ICT and
traditional
companies
E-health
E-government
Network
gaming
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
95%-confidence intervall
best estimate
Stockholm
10% more fibre
0.1% higher employment
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new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
16. www.acreo.se
new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
17. www.acreo.se
new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure Direct economic activity
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
Example:
Yearly savings in the delivery of home care:
• up to €6,000m for whole of Sweden
• up to €150m-200m in Stockholm
18. www.acreo.se
new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
Direct economic activityDirect economic activity
Ease to do
business
Very high access speed
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence Distance
working
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
New ICT and
traditional
companies
E-health
E-government
Network
gaming
19. www.acreo.se
new business
models
possible
New & better
services
increased use
of ICT services
Competition
between SPs
reduced forced
migration
ICT competence
HR pool
Ease to do
business
FTTH deployment
Very high access speed New infrastructure
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence
E-health
E-government
Logistics, prod,
management
Sensor
networks
Democracy
enhanced
transparency
in PA
efficiency
in PA
Distance
working
reduced traffic
congestion
Network
gaming
Dev. of new
technologies
Customers for
new services
+ tax revenue
- public spending
productivity
learning
curves
lower prices
for services
lower
entry
barriers
low upfront
investment
for NP and SP
Functional
separation
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
e-learning
Profitability
of NP and SP
Profitability
Of PIP
RoW
revenues
reduced
environment
impact
GDP
reduced
bureaucracy
Perceived
quality
of life
Video
surveillance
Power grid
efficiency
New ICT and
traditional
companies
Education
quality and cost
ICT Maturity:
digital natives
Increased
market value
Direct economic activity
reduced forced
migration
Ease to do
business
Very high access speed
True cloud
computing
HD and 3D TV
VoD
Videoconf.
Tele-presence Distance
working
higher
employment
Virtual labour
mobility
entrepreneurship
New ICT and
traditional
companies
E-health
E-government
Network
gaming Perceived
quality
of life
Direct economic activity
10% more fibre
0.25% pop increase
Editor's Notes
The Swedish ICT Group consists of four world leading research institutes and a parent company, 420 employees and with a turnover of over 400 million SEK.
Access to key knowledge and technology is essential in order to create renewal in industry and society based on ICT. The institutes within Swedish ICT conduct research and development in several key ICT-areas, ranging from sensors and actuators, communication networks and data analytics to visualization, interaction design and service development.We are owned by the state through RISE - Research Institute of Sweden AB (60%), and FMOF/industry (40 %). FMOF is the Swedish acronym for "Föreningen för Mikroelektronisk och Optisk Forskning" and has member companies with interests in micro- and nanoelectronics, optics, communication technology, and generally hardware oriented ICT technology.The Acreo Group also includes our subsidiaries IR Nova and Fibertronix.