In October Telecom26’s CEO Nicola Berardocco and Pietro Cotino our International Roaming Manager, will be attending a meeting of the GSMA’s Wholesale Agreements and Solutions Group (WAS). WAS is responsible for operator-to-operator and operator-to-hub interoperability (including interworking and roaming) to provide GSMA members with a consistent, reliable GSM service to offer their customers.

Our IoT connectivity team regularly read the reports written by Beecham Research, a consultancy which has been tracking the global IoT market for years and produces  regular reports aimed at “improving the success rate of IoT projects, both across the IoT market and in individual sectors”.  Its Succeed with IoT series is well worth a browse both for those who are well down their IoT path and others who are just getting started.

Financial services is a strong and growing vertical sector for the eSIM and global connectivity team at Telecom26 as businesses look to cut the cost of keeping their employees connected as they travel around the world.

Our team of maritime connectivity experts recently wrote about How maritime connectivity and new technologies are enabling the global shipping industry to decarbonise and, in many previous blogs, we have talked about how the shipping industry is booming, after the logistical issues posed by COVID and adopting new processes to tackle inefficiencies and waste.

Private networks are attracting considerable attention and investment – but what is a private network and what security advantages can they offer? For our purposes, a private network is a cellular network that is self-contained and isolated from public network infrastructure. They are sometimes also known as “non-public networks” or NPNs.

September is here and many of us who reduce our business travel during the summer will be back in normal post-holiday work mode. Whilst for those who use their personal phone abroad during their summer breaks, well, they might well be experiencing bill shock when they look at the costs of all those calls, text and WhatsApps to their family and friends from the beach.