Long-term planning is needed now for the universal postal, parcel and logistics services of the future

Analysys Mason expects a paradigm shift in the postal sector, but change takes time and effort from the industry, and consumers may also need to...

Unlimited data plans will put an end to the traditional more-for-more strategy

The viability of the traditional more-for-more strategy is coming under question because operators are unable to offer customers on unlimited plans...

WhatsApp’s new pricing will accelerate the adoption of its business messaging services

WhatsApp revised the pricing of its application-to-person (A2P) messaging service, WhatsApp for Business, in July 2025. The new prices are lower and...

Public cloud providers are tackling soaring emissions despite being leading purchasers of renewable energy

Analysys Mason’s 'Environmental KPI tracker: hyperscalers and cloud providers' emphasises the ongoing challenges faced by...

MWC25: AI, network APIs and satellite solutions are the future of consumer mobile services

MWC25 provided some interesting ideas about the future of mobile services. Operators are expected to add AI-related services into their plans and to...

The 700MHz band may largely be used for mobile in Europe by 2020, but 5G everywhere by 2025 is unlikely

Originally, the 700MHz band was envisaged as being suitable to provide additional 4G capacity. However, more recently, policy makers have been...

The value of 3.4–3.8GHz spectrum: care is required when analysing the prices paid in previous auctions

The 3.4–3.8GHz band remains a relatively new band for the mobile industry. It uses relatively new technologies, which means that its value is hard to...