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ISP Billing & Monetization in Africa (and Beyond): The Rise of Fixed Wireless, the Future of 5G, and the Roadmap to Survival for Traditional Service Providers
The big questions keeping CSPs and ISPs up at night are the same ones that have kept rural communities in regions like Africa disconnected (in many senses of the word). Is there a glut of fiber? How can we afford the infrastructure? And what is 5G going to bring? As it turns out, there is a way to deliver growth and connection to remote areas – and have everyone profit from the effort. Read on to find out how.
PortaOne 💕 Microsoft Teams PBX: A Love Letter to Redmond (and New PoCs for the Add-on Mart)
Microsoft might remind you of that super-ex with whom you may feel a kind of love-hate, but definitely not indifference. Right now, Redmond is scoring a big hit in office telephony with the add-ons for Microsoft Teams PBX – already drawing more daily active users than any competition. Microsoft has been taking a radically different approach with Teams since the very inception of the project. And that approach is now paying back hugely.
The CPaaS Ecosystem: Discover Corporations, Vendors, Telcos, and the Future 🔮
How did LEX help Amazon launch a competitor to Twilio? How has Microsoft adapted its Slack strategy for CPaaS? When did Vonage turn from a telco into a platform? Why are two divisions inside Cisco now competing against each other for CPaaS? Read the next part of our CPaaS ecosystem saga to find out.
Players and Factors to Consider While Selecting CPaaS: How PortaOne Can Guide Your Business Through All the Drama 🍿
Is CPaaS a $17bn hype? Is it a “glorified cloud contact center” or just a “fancier” way of naming programmable VoIP, text, and video APIs? Or is it a groundbreaking business model that will enable telco technology vendors to survive? Follow the CPaaS drama as it evolves in today’s story. And if you’re wondering about the other (bigger) drama — yes, 🪖Russian rockets are flying over my head right now in my beloved Kyiv. But the show (and our economy) must go on. Please support PortaOne by reading this blog and becoming our happy customers. Your love makes us strong.
How to Build Win-Win Partnerships with PortaOne: Think 🇨🇦 Canada and 🏊 Swimming!
Learn how to launch and build successful partnerships with PortaOne, featuring tips and advice from our Director for Global Channel and Alliances, Klaus Haertel.
Navigating ⎈ Inbound Sales in Telecom: Is It the Dawn of a Hunter-Gatherer Era?
Meet our chief commercial officer Roman Khalenkov, and find out what insights he’s gained from his experiences at PortaOne – and what the future of inbound sales in telecom might look like.
How a Virtual Conference Boosted Our Customer Excellence (and ‘22 Resolutions)
Presenting all the highlights of the PortaOne Virtual Customer Conference 2021 (vCC21), spiced with a few peeks at our “customer excellence resolutions” for the year ahead.