After years of being hit with hefty post-holiday phone bills, travelers in the EU can now ‘roam like at home’, thanks to the European Commission’s ruling, which came into force last Thursday. Those looking forward to upcoming summer holidays in Europe will be able to make calls, send texts and browse the internet, all at their local rate.
Holidaymakers and frequent travelers on the continent had cause to celebrate few weeks back, when the EU announced it would put an end to roaming surcharges once and for all, helping mobile users avoid sky-high phone bills when they return home. Following almost ten years of negotiations in Brussels, it was also decided that wholesale…
Having a complete overview of activity on your network is vital to being able to plan, react, and adjust accordingly with whatever may happen. Nowhere is this more important that during the huge traffic spikes which occur every holiday season, and also during major sports tournaments around the globe. During events such as the Olympic…
The astounding growth in LTE roaming usage and reach continued during 2015 with next generation services now available in about 126 countries around the world. End users of wireless services are now able to enjoy streaming video and other high-bandwidth services in countries across all continents. With over 50 new countries added during the last…
“Today, MEPs will vote on amendments to European telecoms market regulations affecting net neutrality and the proposed abolition of EU data roaming charges. Any decision to abolish data roaming charges would have a serious impact on the European telecoms industry, as operators look to alternative forms of income to replace revenue generated by mobile roaming…
The European summer holiday season sees an annual rise in roaming traffic from holiday-makers venturing abroad, armed with their mobile devices. Much of this traffic now travels over our market leading IPX platform and is increasingly focussed on rich data services. Last summer, BICS witnessed a double digit growth of LTE roaming over its IPX…
The announcement confirming the abolition of roaming termination fees within the European Union comes as no surprise, but should not necessarily be seen as a wholly negative move for the industry. Instead, this is an opportunity for collaboration and innovation to drive usage and revenues within roaming. Undoubtedly such a change will have a large…
oint of view by Ceri Tinine, expert in the MVNO industry Analysts predict that roaming traffic will nearly double over the upcoming 5 years. 10 to 15% of the operators active on the European market are MVNO’s who have taken little advantage of the roaming opportunity so far. Given the mature telecom market, the high…
On 21st November 2013, during the LTE North America Awards in Dallas, BICS has received the “Best LTE Roaming Product” Award for our LTE Roaming suite of Services. This award recognizes the “Best LTE Roaming Product” that contributes to both making LTE more attractive for operators while at the same time contributing to the success…
BICS enabled Tango and Belgacom Mobile to successfully perform their first 4G/LTE Data Roaming session and call in Europe between Belgium and Luxemburg. LTE roaming poses a great challenge for LTE operators. It requires a brand new roll-out of technical interconnections and commercial agreements between all mobile networks to make it work, supported by a…
Then you have 5 very good reasons why you should consider using RoamFast. 1. A complete solution. RoamFast is a complete roaming outsourcing solution allowing you to quickly expand your roaming coverage, generate roaming revenues while you can focus on your core business. RoamFast coordinates all the different steps in the roaming roll out process…
It is a general fact that any regulator in developed countries is supposed to act to find the right compromise between the stakeholders and a balanced set of norms for the general interest of our society. This compromise is rarely easy to reach. On its side, The European Commission has been struggling over the past…