Selection Box - Total Telecom+

In the May issue (download as a PDF) you'll find invaluable information and insight including:


Pick N Mix: Telcos have an opportunity to act as cloud services aggregators

Tower Top Tales: We talk to Ooredoo's Paul Salmon about the telco's plans to modernise its networks.

Gold Rush: The sale of mobile licences in Myanmar has attracted some of the world’s biggest telcos.

Total Telecom+ is designed for digital and is available on iOS or Android (find out more about the Apps) or can be downloaded as a PDF

Reasons to be happy #1 no zooming

It's the little things that make you happy, like being able to read the latest issue of Total Telecom+ on the  iPad without pinching and zooming.

That's right, we've being working on a refresh for our popular monthly analysis, Total Telecom+ with the big change being that it is specifically designed for reading on a tablet computer or a Smartphone.

To this end we have updated the Apps for Apple iOS and also for Android, but we've retained the eternally popular PDF.

Sorry, but if you were a fan of the online page turning replica magazine, it is no more!

So what are the big changes:

• first up pages you can read without needing to zoom
• an image on the front cover - making it easy to identify individual issues within an App
• greater focus on news analysis
• new infographic sections
• events calendar
• and for advertisers, new advertising positions

We hope you like the new look. Let us know your thoughts (info@totaltele.com)

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97 stories that shaped #telecoms in 2012

The Total Telecom+ December / January issue is out [download PDF], and it includes our review of the year.

So why settle for a list of the Top 10 or even 20 things when this includes no fewer than 97 stories covered by Total Telecom this year that you really should have read!

And whilst you are at it, check out:

Mary Lennighan's Review of the Year: Gaining Weight
Nick Wood on Mobile operating systems: Windows of Opportunity
Predictions: What's in Store for 2013
Executive changes: Revolving Door
Myth Busters: An analyst viewpoint from Plum Consulting's Tony Lavender

Total Telecom+ is easy to read on your Apple or iOS tablet, can be downloaded as a PDF, or viewed as an online edition.

650,001 Apps in the iPhone App Store

OK, OK this might not be entirely true, but About.com reports there to be 650,000 apps in the App Store as of June 2012 and with the launch today of the Total Telecom news app, that makes 650,001...

But we hear you shout Total Telecom already has an app, and so we do, but this is different. We've had since March 2011 a dedicated app for our Total Telecom+ analysis publication, and now well over 4,000 of you have downloaded this, but we didn't have an app for Total Telecom news.

All that changes today with the launch of the shiny new Total Telecom news app. This offers , for free, a whole range of features, including:

• The latest news from Total Telecom online, delivered into topic specific sections, including: Mobility, Networks and Business, as well the latest Press Releases and White Papers.
• Updates from the @totaltelecom Twitter feed, which has almost 10,000 followers
• Access to our main LinkedIn group, where you can network with around 20,000 of your peers
• Video from Total TeleVision

In addition there a whole raft of other features which we will be 'growing' into, including some networking tools that you'll be able to utilise when you attend one of our events, such as:

• Finance Summit
• Total Telecom World
• Customer Experience Summit

We hope you'll find the new app useful, not least because it will enable you to keep up with the latest news from Total Telecom when you are not online. So download it now!

>> To download the Total Telecom News App Click Here

>> To download the Total Telecom+ Analysis App Click Here

39 Reasons to Read April Total Telecom+

The latest issue of Total Telecom+ is out, providing insightful analysis for the global communications industry.


In this issue you will find issues including: 
+ Spectrum policy: Harmony in the band; 
+ European regulation: Roam rule; 
+ Content strategies: TV anywhere

As well as Mary Lennighans leader, TV Times, Timeline, and Prime Numbers.

Oh, and if you haven't counted 39 reasons yet to read this issue, then that's the great companies featured in this issue - 39 of them in the main articles!

Total Telecom+ is a fully digital publication, available for free on Android or iOS device, as a simple PDF, or as a digital page turner.

COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE:

Alcatel-Lucent; Amazon; Analysys Mason; Apple; BSkyB; BT Vision; Check Point; Chunghwa Telecom; Cisco; Deutsche Telekom; Ericsson; Facebook; Fortinet; Gartner; Globecomm; Greenwich Consulting; GSM Association; IBM; iDate; Informa; Juniper Networks; Lovefilm; Netflix; Orange; Ovum; QuickPlay; Shazam; Strategy Analytics; Syniverse; TDG; Telekom Austria; TeliaSonera; Tellabs; T-Mobile USA; Twitter; Virgin Media; Vodafone Group; Zeebox; ZTE

Accompanying this issue: Tellabs Insight 

Driving Mobile Backhaul in Latin America

Get more from @totaltelecom for free: #register

We all like more for less, so more for nothing must be even better! Especially when it comes to registrations and subscriptions.

Total Telecom has adjusted it's access rules, so you need to log-in less often to access our content, and when you do log-in you get more for your time by #registering

In summary:
>> all articles less than 14-days old are now freely available without having to log-in at all
>> registering for access to Total Telecom now gives you:
           1. access to articles up to 1-month old
             2. the ability to download white papers without having to complete a form each time
                 3. the daily email newsletter for the latest headlines
                     4. notifications for the latest issues of Total Telecom+ that you can view online, on your iPad or Android tablet or download as a PDF.

Remember the Total Telecom Daily Email is customisable to your interests in your PROFILE - select content areas including Mobility, Media & Entertainment, Business & Regulatory, Networks & Services, Finance, and People.

And if you need more information, Total Telecom still has one of the most extensive archives in telecommunications. Subscriber access allows you to access news and analysis dating back to 1997. Get details on the SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS HERE

DIY, BYOD, the new corporate strategy?

So whose phone do you use? Your employers or your own? In this months Total Telecom+, Nick Wood talks about the growing trend to Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

Amongst the conclusions is a quote from Gartner vice president Nick Jones. “BYO is a principle that most organisations will adopt and organisations must prepare for this change.” If he's right then operators really need to jump on board to realise the opportunity to generate revenues from ‘bring your own device’

You can read Nick's article and others from this issue on your iOS or Android device, as an online page turning digital issue (see flip image below) or download as a PDF. Find out more here.


Every issue of Total Telecom+ is full of the latest analysis of the stories behind the news, so if you've missed any recent issues, check out our archive for recent issues including:


October: Device Strategies, Tablets
September: Content Strategies: Over-the-top content strategies
July/August: Self organising networks (SON)
and much more...
View the archive: www.totaltele.com/plus/archive

Warning - Beware of #Android's

There may be a sudden outbreak of Androids, or at least Android editions of Total Telecom+ which is now live in the Android Market.

This new route to access for Total Telecom+ joins the iPad App edition that already has already been downloaded by over 1,800 users.

If you have an iPad, iPhone or Android device, make sure you check out the Total Telecom+ App - we're sure you'll be delighted by the compelling reading, viewing and sharing experience.

The latest publication on the App is the 2011 edition of the Global 100 Operators guide. If you want the full dataset, this will be available shortly in excel format - contact Total Telecom for more information.

Total Telecom+ provides indepth analysis of the issues behind the news from the editiors of Total Telecom and selected contributiors. It is available for tablet devices, as an online page turner and to download as a PDF. Find out more about the latest edition (October) by clicking here. Content includes TABLETS, RISK MANAGEMENT, SATELLITES, NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS as well as the Q4 edition of Tellabs Insight Magazine.

Appy to be reading Total Telecom+

We've just launched our monthly analytical title, Total Telecom+, on the iPad and we're getting great response from people who think it looks good and are really enjoying the reading environment. If expressions of excitement turn into readers we will soon add a great number of readers to the 14,000-plus people who already download TT+ as digital page turner or PDF.

If you've yet to try the iPad experience, beg, borrow or steal to get your hands on one - it's no doubt one of the reasons why Apple have just entered this years Telecoms 500 at number 15!

To try Total Telecom+ on the iPad, search Total Telecom on the App store of visit our information page.