nov 2011 23

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What Will Net Neutrality and the Elimination of Bill Shock Mean for the Future of Comms?


Regulation is a slow but powerful force, and it can be very positive or negative. Movement is currently being made in how service providers treat their customers and it should have a positive effect on the industry in the long term. The recent implementation of net neutrality regulations, announced in December 2010, has raised issues regarding competition among broadband and mobile providers as well as controversy over regulation in what has typically been an unregulated market. Also, bill shock is being tackled by FCC regulation and self-regulation among service providers, as a result of growing concern from consumers. With both of these new regulations, consumers will get what they want: better service.…

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oct 2011 25

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Announcing Volubill Business System and Volubill Network System


Over the past several months, we here at Volubill have been noticing some rather large trends developing in the telco industry. Among these, mobile data traffic is set to increase 26-fold by the end of 2012, and the cost-per-megabyte to deliver that data is steadily increasing. As the amount and cost of trafffic increases, it is clear that static data pricing models are no longer a viable business model for communications service providers.

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oct 2011 7

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Should Authorities Be Able to Limit Mobile Data Access During Violent Protests?


 In 2011, the world has witnessed instances of mobile network and Internet blocking during riots or threats of civil unrest and violence. These actions are, at the very least, highly controversial, and it is intriguing to consider the pros and cons of doing so. Is it worth limiting citizens' freedom of speech to prevent potentially harmful information from being disseminated? Does social media contribute to chaos, or help policy prevent it?

Perhaps Ivan Lewis, shadow secretary of culture in the House of Commons, put it best: "Free speech is central to our democracy, but so is public safety and security."

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aug 2011 18

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The Growth of Convergent Solutions to Combat the Capacity Crunch


 In the first half of 2010, mobile data traffic volume doubled, and going forward it is, as always, only expected to continue growing exponentially. In fact, Informa predicted from mid-2011 a 25x increase in mobile network data traffic by the end of 2012! With 65 percent of capacity already being used globally, the current model of delivering and managing network traffic will not be able to withstand what comes next. Such a large increase in data traffic requires a different approach to help operators thrive in the Information Age.

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aug 2011 2

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Telecom Provider


In April, I wrote about the results of Volubill's survey on the increased use of traffic shaping and offload techniques for managing the massive amount of data on mobile networks. Within this research, we noticed a very clear trend that operators are putting more emphasis on establishing customer-centric, sophisticated policies and service offerings, realizing that their biggest differentiators need to be service personalization and the overall experience they offer their customers.

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Volubill provides policy management, policy enforcement and charging solutions to telecommunications service providers. With the exponential growth in the volume of mobile data traffic and increasing customer expectation, Volubill’s solutions enable operators to maximize revenues, and eliminate revenue leakage and fraud whilst delivering a personalized service experience. Volubill’s CHARGE IT™ and CONTROL IT™ manage bandwidth based on subscriber and service centric usage policies & quotas; offer real-time granular charging for any data, content, VoIP or messaging service; and enable service providers to differentiate themselves through innovation. Volubill is global, with over 80 operator customers worldwide.

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