Tara Neal

Executive Editor and Telecoms Strategist at The Fast Mode | 5G | IoT/M2M | Telecom Strategy | Mobile Service Innovations

Tara Neal heads the strategy & editorial unit at The Fast Mode, focusing on latest technologies such as gigabit broadband, 5G, cloud-native networking, edge computing, virtualization, software-defined networking and network automation as well as broader telco segments such as IoT/M2M, CX, OTT services and network security. Tara holds a First Class Honours in BSc Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics, UK and is a CFA charterholder from the CFA Institute, United States. Tara has over 22 years of experience in technology and business strategy, and has earlier served as project director for technology and economic development projects in various management consulting firms.

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Sound Waves, Beacons and the Cloud - HopOn's Recipe for a Truly Seamless Mobile Payment Solution for Public Transportation

Commerce Apps

Tuesday, 10 March 2015 06:42

HopOn, the winner of the Verizon Wireless 2014 Powerful Answers Award for the transportation category brings a solution that meets a very universal need. It…

Appcessories and 'Lifeware' - The Latest Buzzwords in Mobile Operators' Vocabulary, the Latest Ideas for Retailing Strategy

Services and Innovations

Thursday, 05 March 2015 08:40

What do you have when you own the network, the data center and hence the cloud, have access to every mobile device and the data…

USD90 Billion and Silent Roamers: Why it Matters if Subscribers Are a Little Too Quiet When They are Away?

Mobile Data Services Trends

Friday, 06 March 2015 07:34

According to a recent report by Juniper Research, a provider of research and analytical services for service providers, the roaming market will be growing from…

How Big Data, Cloud Content, Analytics and Plenty of Bandwidth Will Fuel the Rise of the Next Generation ‘Intelligent’ Connected Vehicles

Technology & Solutions

Saturday, 28 February 2015 06:45

In the last year, there were several launches of Mobile Operators’ Connected Car plans, where subscribers could add their cars to their existing shared plans…

LTE Monetization and OTT Challenges Among Key Reasons Why VoLTE, ViLTE Will Become Operators' Focus Points This Year

Mobile Data Services Trends

Monday, 09 March 2015 07:19

With the rise of the Voice over Mobile Broadband (VoMBB) which encompasses Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Voice over HSPA (VoHSPA) and Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi)…

Mobile Apps Beat Network Speeds, Data Coverage and Cheaper Handsets to Become the Biggest Driver for Mobile Data Traffic Growth

Mobile Data Services Trends

Monday, 23 February 2015 07:51

According to research and advisory firm, Gartner, mobile data traffic will grow 59% this year. With the global population increasing at around 1.14%, this figure…

Six Mobile Data Trends that Will Influence Mobile Operators' Monetization, Network Management and Service Delivery Strategy

Mobile Data Services Trends

Wednesday, 25 February 2015 07:23

By 2019, 292 exabytes of data will be crossing our mobile networks, up from 30 exabytes in 2014. That is equivalent to 65 trillion images…

Will You Forgo Chocolate, Alcohol, Coffee, Movies and your Car for Mobile Internet Access? A Large Number of Consumers Say They Will, Reports BCG

Mobile Data Services Trends

Sunday, 15 February 2015 07:49

According to BCG's 'The Growth of the Global Mobile Internet Economy' report commissioned by Google, the biggest contributors to the mobile Internet revenue growth in…

[Forum] Are Operator OTT Services Capable of Rivalling the OTT Giants?

OTT Services Forum

Tuesday, 03 February 2015 06:45

Can Mobile Operators roll out their own OTT services - taking the behemoths of the OTT world head-on after losing a good chunk of their…

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