Top 5 Telecom Stories of 2013 (Part 1)

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P/S: The order of the stories does not correspond to their degree of significance.


1. Network neutrality
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia india phone numbers Circuit was at the forefront of most Americans’ minds because it was hearing an appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) net neutrality rules. It’s a well-known fact: the Internet has unlimited potential, but only if it stays open. Net neutrality is supposed to protect the freedom and openness of the Internet by establishing principles by which Internet service providers allocate web traffic. Among other things, net neutrality would prohibit gratuitous discrimination—favoring one content over another, including fees for some Internet service providers and none for others.


2. Government surveillance




It’s been a year of revelation after revelation. Governments around the world have been accused of spying on their citizens and monitoring internet traffic at home and abroad. What implications does this have for the internet community? How will it affect the way data is collected, stored and accessed? Only time will tell, but as more and more things move online, privacy protections will be discussed in a very different way than they are today.


3. African growth
Africa is also using mobile phones . Now, as the necessary infrastructure spreads across the continent, they are going to use the Internet. Governments have begun implementing strategic plans to spread broadband everywhere, and entrepreneurs have already realized the benefits of new Internet connectivity. All this is leading to the fact that by 2025, Internet penetration in Africa will increase threefold, and the number of smartphone users will increase sixfold! Of course, the transition of businesses and individuals to the Internet is not yet complete, but something unheard of is happening - the economic growth of a population that is already teaching the rest of the world how to do mobile commerce. Get ready! Silicon Savannah is catching up with Silicon Valley.



4. "Lots of data" does not mean "Lots of information"
As the past year has shown, much has been made in the area of ​​“data mass”, providing businesses with a wealth of information about the who, what, when, where and why, and how their target audience interacts with their brand.

But in 2013, questions were raised about the value of “massive data,” given the difficulties in accessing and analyzing it. The biggest question that worries companies is who really owns all this data, especially when it comes to social media activity. Many are slowly realizing that to get real value out of it, they must first invest heavily in their infrastructure.


5. Using the media Buffett style




People are changing. Having abandoned the traditional media consumption model, especially with cable TV, users have started to pay attention to online platforms. Many have decided to give up TVs altogether and watch shows or movies on inexpensive platforms like YouTube. That is why some cable TV providers have started changing their commercial offer in the hopes of capitalizing on this trend. As for us, we are simply sure that soon everyone will choose mobile phones in the same way.