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Infineon Technologies & Tata Communications: Unleashing cellular connectivity for IoT applications

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Friday 3 Jul 2020 | Associate Member | Member Resources | White Paper |

With IoT and machine-to-machine applications set to deliver on years of promise for both consumer and business-to-business applications, vendors and mobile network operators (MNOs) need a new way to coordinate the innovations on ...

Cellular Technology Transitions and Potential for SoC Players

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Wednesday 17 Jun 2020 | White Paper |

Each technology shift brings with it opportunities for players across the value chain, and the arrival of 5G highlights this in many ways. Operators across key markets are looking to upgrade from 2G/3G to 4G in order to allocate more ...

Online Impersonation is Getting Too Easy

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Tuesday 26 May 2020 | Member Resources | White Paper |

The digital world has enabled so many new products and services, yet that world — and securing our identity in it — is overly dependent on personal data: data about who we are and what we know. With databases being routinely breached, ...

Preventing Account Takeover: Is There a Better Way?

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Tuesday 26 May 2020 | Member Resources | White Paper |

Boku has partnered with MNOs globally to integrate their PNV technology into an SMS OTP alternative: Boku Authenticate. With a single connection, Boku Authenticate gives businesses the ability to silently verify a mobile number across ...

Positive Technologies: First steps for mitigating Simjacker-related risks right now

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Monday 11 Nov 2019 | Associate Member | Member Resources | White Paper |

There is nothing that subscribers can do about Simjacker attacks. The vast majority of mobile operators provide SIM cards with SIM Application Toolkit (STK) pre-installed. It is not possible to disable STK on the mobile device itself. ...

‘Photo-Regret’ is Real, and Unused Photos on Smartphones Aren’t Helping

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Wednesday 2 Oct 2019 | Associate Member | Member Resources | White Paper |

For the everyday consumer, smartphones have virtually replaced the need for a digital camera. The devices we use in 2019 have extended the limit of how many photos we can take at a given time, occasion or life happening, and while ...

The RCS Business Messaging Opportunity for Mobile Operators

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Friday 21 Jun 2019 | White Paper |

In today’s consumer messaging environment, mobile network operators (MNOs) are facing external pressures from OTT (over-thetop) messaging players to deploy an enhanced native messaging experience for their subscribers. And while a ...

VMWARE VCLOUD NFV PLATFORM FOR VIRTUALIZED EVOLVED PACKET CORE

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Monday 11 Mar 2019 | White Paper |

As 5G Core technology hurtles towards critical mass in today’s mobile telecommunications landscape, network functions virtualization is the only foundation on which new, 5G-related, business- and consumer-oriented services can be ...

5G-Ready NFV Infrastructure A Transformation Journey Towards Full Automation

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Monday 11 Mar 2019 | White Paper |

In a recent paper we highlighted the importance of Cloud Native Software and applications and we detailed the wanted behavioral aspects of Telco Cloud Application Software. Those requirements, now become mandatory within the Telia ...

Diameter vulnerabilities exposure report 2018

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Thursday 20 Sep 2018 | White Paper |

4G networks are gaining popularity everywhere, providing subscribers with high-quality service and protecting transmitted data. What is meant by data protection in telecommunications networks? What threats are concealed in everyday ...

SS7 vulnerabilities and attack exposure report, 2018

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Monday 2 Jul 2018 | White Paper |

These days it is hard to imagine life without telecommunications. Anyone who uses e-banking, online payment, online shopping, e-government are long used to onetime passwords for transaction confirmation. The security of this ...

After SMS One-Time Passwords: Meeting the Authentication Needs of Banks and their Customers

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Monday 16 Apr 2018 | White Paper |

This original report, sponsored by Boloro, examines the use and degradation of SMS one-time passwords (OTPs) along with the qualities that made it so pervasive, and charts a path forward for institutions in search of a viable ...

Engaging Financial Services Clients Through Mobile

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Thursday 15 Mar 2018 | White Paper |

How finance brands can create mobile engagement, deliver exceptional experiences, and build loyalty to increase revenue and customer retention.

Threats to Packet Core Security of 4G Network

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Friday 29 Sep 2017 | White Paper |

Broad adoption of 4G mobile networks has simplified access to high-speed Internet for billions of users. However, more than smartphones, tablets, and computers are connecting to 4G en masse. The high speeds and minimum latency of LTE ...

Next-generation networks, next-level cybersecurity problems

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Friday 4 Aug 2017 | White Paper |

In preparation for the brave new world of 5G and IoT, the last few years have seen operators make significant investments in their next-generation networks. However, despite spending billions upgrading from a protocol developed in the ...

Proposing a New Enterprise Messaging Ecosystem A North American Solution for Two-Way A2P Messaging

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Wednesday 2 Aug 2017 | White Paper |

The North American mobile ecosystem stands on the verge of a huge opportunity. The way enterprises communicate with employees, partners and consumers is changing. They all want real-time, two-way communication. Texting (SMS and MMS) is ...

On the Radar – Positive Technologies protects against SS7 network vulnerabilities

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Monday 5 Jun 2017 | White Paper |

Ovum puts PT Telecom Attack Discovery on its Radar for key threat detection capabilities that telecom providers need to have in place to respond to threats as they occur. This is particularly the case when dealing with ...

3 strategies for mobile operators to regain inactive prepaid users and reduce point of sales congestion

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Tuesday 23 May 2017 | White Paper |

Most mobile operators in emerging countries suffer from retail stores congestion. SIM card renewal is known to be one of the reasons. In prepaid markets, cost-conscious users juggle with SIM cards to take advantage of the best offer of ...

Dialogic Cloud-Ready Solutions: A Smart Approach to NFV

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Wednesday 24 Feb 2016 | White Paper |

Service Providers are embracing a new deployment methodology for telecommunications network infrastructure that moves functionality from proprietary hardware to virtualized, software-based applications deployed on commercial ...

NFV Applications – Key Considerations for Profitability

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Wednesday 24 Feb 2016 | White Paper |

Over the last few years, Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have shown great interest in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). As CSPs move towards a cloud-based infrastructure model, there should be heightened awareness on how ...