
Five lessons telecom operators can learn from e-commerce
E-commerce has used data since the 1990s to know its customers. Five lessons for telecom operators, from understanding end users to recommendation tools.

E-commerce has used data since the 1990s to know its customers. Five lessons for telecom operators, from understanding end users to recommendation tools.

Storing data has become cheap. Three reasons for telecom operators to use theirs: understanding the past, seeing patterns evolve, and forecasting.

What deep learning is, why it draws so much interest, and what it is actually good for in industry.

At IBC 2016, Ezako’s predictive algorithm was recognised among the show’s Future Business Opportunities.

What a neural network is, how a single neuron works, where the learning happens, and the main families of networks.

From exchange rates to electricity demand, neural networks have long been used to forecast: how they model a series, and what it takes to make them work.

More than 80% of the goods exchanged in the world travel by sea. Placing containers well means moving them less: what optimisation brings.

A second series of unexpected uses of data, starting with the protection of bee colonies.

Every stop costs a business. What downtime really costs, and how close to zero it can be brought.

The five challenges telecom operators faced in 2016, by Bora Kizil.

The Raspberry Pi 3 is 50% faster than its predecessor and has built-in wireless, for $35.