The focus of my work is looking at issues that affect both the short term business needs of TeliaSonera and also the long term viability of the telecoms sector. In my weekly blog I will share some thoughts and insights into the current political and regulatory environment which underpins the day to day running of the sector and the wider digital economy. I will also be looking at the important drivers and trends that are changing our industry. e3a4eccf-361d-46ec-8db7-8281b4845fb4http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=192phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThis week TeliaSonera along with the TeliaSonera Institute at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga brought together stakeholders from across the board to discuss the ever growing field of M2M. The seminar was part of an on-going approach from TeliaSonera in the Brussels environment to address issues that are not necessarily a legislative dossier but more aim to improve the knowledge and understanding about the direction of the industry and emerging trends. The presentations from the...Fri, 17 May 2013 18:35:24 +02002013-05-17T18:35:24+02:00734dc00c-db69-48fc-8698-c774508ea9c6http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=189phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI have been following the 3D printing industry with a huge level of interest over the past few years and it really has started to enter a more commercial and less theoretical/Industrial space. Recently I read two pieces of news which when combined, really challenged my thoughts and feelings about control, practices and values. The first piece of news was from Staples , the large retail chain announced that it would stock 3D printers for general sale, this is great news and I am really intrigu...Mon, 06 May 2013 11:42:36 +02002013-05-06T11:42:36+02:003153adac-da47-4f5b-a19b-5ee27c4515dehttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=187phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comWe've all spoken for many years about the great changes to our lives if we could control our homes from the office at the touch of a button, turn on the heating before we get home or check that our energy use is as efficient as possible. The digital life has long been championed as not just a convenience but as necessity in a world where time, natural resources and sadly sometimes security are increasingly scarce. It was with interest this week that I read AT&T’s recent announcement about the...Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:28:12 +02002013-04-29T09:28:12+02:00e005a724-74ea-486b-808b-d94c74fa08c2http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=184phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThis week the world was shook by a terrible incident at the finish line of the Boston marathon; two devices explode with devastating consequences. When incidents such as this happen it is really apparent now that the way most of us ‘interact’ with a story such as this has dramatically changed. Only just over a decade ago I remember being glued to the rolling news coverage of the September 11 th atrocities in New York City, I was huddled around a TV screen at home with my family and I know...Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:18:59 +02002013-04-17T19:18:59+02:007a333989-352d-4a52-a2c9-b71d3f17ad46http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=182phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThis week’s tech news was dominated by Facebook’s announcement of its new ‘home’ product which is a collection of Apps that sits over your Android home screen to constantly show your Facebook content and allows you to access Facebook service straight from your home screen. This announcement got some serious coverage and many about the rights and wrongs of what it does or doesn’t do. It was less about its features for me and much more about the future of interaction with our devices, are we...Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:14:37 +02002013-04-08T17:14:37+02:0024368199-bec2-42e8-a3de-4b6bb42590a5http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=180phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThe European Council has just recently made a bold and important decision, empowering the Commission with a task and it is by no means a straightforward one: “… The European Council notes the Commission's intention to report well before October on the state of play and the remaining obstacles to be tackled so as to ensure the completion of a fully functioning  Digital Single Market by 2015, as well as concrete measures to establish the single market in Information and Communications Technolog...Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:27:37 +01002013-03-27T11:27:37+01:007ec56ae0-ab29-416f-94ed-f6cc66191cc5http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=177phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comAnyone who has even the slightest need to keep up to speed on European policy will know that data protection and privacy are a huge topic of debate right now but as readers of my blog will be aware I sometimes take issue with the fact that regulation tends, at times, to take a static view of the world. We often regulate today’s unanswered questions instead of regulating a guiding set of principles for the future. This got me thinking about Privacy and what does it mean for the likes of you an...Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:10:54 +01002013-03-20T12:10:54+01:00979d286b-7237-4d6f-9ac0-3f93b0f9a09chttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=175phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comA theme which has been really getting some attention lately has been that the troubles or the triumphs in different broadband markets and the telecoms sector and the notion that they are being either dealt a killer blow or a helping hand by differing policy approaches accross the world. One trend which has certainly become very popular to discuss is that the USA has transformed itself from underperforming, sleeping giant to LTE hotbed and Europe has gone from the fountain of prosperity in the...Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:55:16 +01002013-03-11T17:55:16+01:001a09c3ab-630e-45b3-9a1f-85e9478705d6http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=172phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comSo after a week of running around the huge new venue for Mobile World Congress I am back in Brussels. It was a great week and I met hundreds of really interesting people. Here are some pictures: There was alot of discussion this year about M2M and connected everything, also on the policy side it is clear that spectrum was the dominant issue here and judging by the handset vendors, it's all about the Phablet! I spent a lot of my time at the excellent ministerial programme that gathered...Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:48:19 +01002013-03-01T14:48:19+01:00ec1abe01-7e4a-440c-8703-47429b428688http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=166phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI am heading to Barcelona for the GSMA Mobile World Congress , next week will see tens of thousands of industry represetatives from accross a range of parties such hardware manufacturers, operators, governments, regulators and journalists. This year's theme is 'Expoloring new mobile horizons' certainly a fitting title for an industry continuing to deal with such challenges. The line up of CEO keynotes is impresseive as usual. I will keeping a small photo diary and I will keep you all updated...Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:20:44 +01002013-02-21T17:20:44+01:0098f7dc1c-c725-4eb5-9192-a525c12fde70http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=163phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI have had a number of meetings over the past few months and discussions on the future of cyber security, the European Commission has now set forth its cyber security strategy which has been in the pipeline for some time. The initiative is put forward by a number of Commissioners, Neelie Kroes, Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President ...Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:54:17 +01002013-02-14T08:54:17+01:00f17fd619-b21f-480e-96b8-2966fa06062fhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=159phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI am once again in the US this week and I am able to see first-hand the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. I have also been talking to people and seeing how dependant people are on their phones and gadgets when it comes to communications in a crisis. I was impressed with stories about how quickly the mobile networks where back up and running but one of the major issues was the length of time people spent without access to power. This why this week I have been really impressed by some really great...Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:14:09 +01002013-02-06T00:14:09+01:00794b149f-289d-41c3-a688-fa6ebf8e47f8http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=157phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comDuring a number of meetings this week the issue of rural broadband coverage has raised its head. This issue has been around for as long as I have been involved in the industry and seemingly the rural-urban divide on broadband is still a challenge to the industry. As someone who grew up in a fairly rural environment (a village of 300 people) I am aware of the problems of rural coverage and also many friends and family of mine are often frustrated when trying to do business in non-urban...Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:32:31 +01002013-01-29T18:32:31+01:00b73dcebb-2e44-4926-81fa-f073e04db239http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=155phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThe world around us has changed dramatically when you look at the past 10 – 15 years of having ‘the internet’ as the go to medium of communication for many people. One issue that has always been contentious is the perceived way that some organisations, be them public or private seek to get control of new realities. This is not just a disagreement that is talked about over a cup of coffee; it was brought into stark reality last week with the death of internet entrepreneur Aaron Scwartz . Is...Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:19:10 +01002013-01-24T08:19:10+01:008291e615-5d3f-4d0b-9030-fb05ac2e6917http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=153phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI was catching up on some reading this week when I read a blog post from Vice-President Kroes regarding the sale of spectrum in the Netherlands which raised four times more revenue than was expected. I couldn’t be in more agreement with her points in terms of the short-sightedness and ultimately self-defeating nature of using spectrum auctions as sources of revenue generation for dwindling state coffers. The investment in high speed infrastructure is a balance for operators in an increasingly...Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:04:58 +01002013-01-15T18:04:58+01:0082634df5-34eb-4257-9b2e-6ad8da239921http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=151phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comYou may remember that some weeks ago I wrote a post about the State’s role in broadband roll out . My argument was very simple; encourage market based solutions to problems through economic incentives and focus on areas with little to no business case. That all holds true for the supply side of things, but more and more I have been looking at ways in which governments can play a vital role in stimulating the demand for broadband. I am firm believer of the mantra that ‘if you sell it, use it’....Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:36:56 +01002013-01-08T17:36:56+01:00ff7bab08-b152-40ab-bdc4-87ef4d67ab51http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=150phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comBy this point we have hopefully seen the last of the cold turkey and stuffing sandwiches, the cork has been firmly plugged back in the sherry bottle for another year and we are now looking forward to bringing in the New Year with our friends and family. As we look back on 2012 as part of the telecoms community, was it a successful year? I would say in part yes, I think as a company we hit some significant milestones which I have blogged about over the past year. From a policy perspective we...Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:06:09 +01002012-12-31T19:06:09+01:0040ecebf2-be7d-4b91-b30c-2048b5452a77http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=149phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comSo as we come to the end of 2012, I have been thinking about my first year as a blogger for TeliaSonera. I was going to write my ups and downs of actually writing a blog but instead I thought I would talk about what I think blogging gives you as a person. 1.) A voice – In an increasingly diffused and ‘noisy’ media, it is strangely liberating to have your own little window on the online world which you can lean out of and shout loudly if you want or just talk to those out there who want to...Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:04 +01002012-12-19T00:00:04+01:007d071e4f-b280-43b2-ad7e-de8c78376b7ehttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=146phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comLast week I was discussing the trials and tribulations of my day to day work and one thing which is a vital part of my work is collaboration . I met this week with a very interesting contact at the European Commission and we discussed the need to and challenges of encouraging better collaboration. Is it enough still to stare at a car crash of lines, colours and comments that is a track changes version of a paper when it looks more like a Jackson Pollock than consultation response? It’s naïve ...Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:59:08 +01002012-12-10T18:59:08+01:00086dce70-be10-49a1-b303-40ee1a958403http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=144phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comA few technical hiccups this week and some discussions about some changes internally have led me to think about the way I work, particularly working as a ‘one man band’ here in Brussels. I came to the conclusion that there are certainly some advantages and some disadvantages. I was also inspired to think a little after reading a Stanford report entitled: Does working from home work? Evidence from a Chinese experiment. 1.) Freedom- Working on my own a lot gives me the freedom to a certain exte...Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:33:34 +01002012-12-03T19:33:34+01:00a4a5f55d-b5cf-4ba6-a700-9525beb68409http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=142phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comAs far as discussions go on public policy we are seemingly buried at times with numbers, statistics and predictions. It’s hard to discern which ones to take into account and which to filter out as ‘noise’. One of those reports and predictions that I have come to rely and find really useful are those produced by Ericsson and last night in Brussels they launched their Mobility Report. It gives us an insight into the current and ever growing usage patterns of mobile devices and people’s behaviou...Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:11:47 +01002012-11-27T19:11:47+01:00ab9360de-c9d2-4580-a5ca-2a5c4754e596http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=140phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comLast week I was lucky enough to take short train ride and car journey from the centre of Stockholm to the small town of Tyresö to see what I spend a lot of my time talking about; fibre roll out! I noticed one afternoon recently when discussion the Commission’s plan for encouraging the roll out of high speed networks that I had never seen it before, never held a fibre, never flicked a switch or looked down a duct. I was lucky enough to have a tour with some great colleagues. Here’s what I foun...Tue, 20 Nov 2012 11:39:35 +01002012-11-20T11:39:35+01:00c680ecc1-87cf-42cd-896f-e0e61c3a4468http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=136phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comToday I attended the first day of my first Global Forum, which is an annual international and independent event, dedicated to the Economic, Political, Social and Societal issues related to the successful evolution of the Information Society. I find events like this particularly interesting for a couple of reasons; firstly, being part of the Brussels regulatory scene you pretty much deal solely with European issues and stakeholders. Events such as this bring together a wide variety of...Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:18:14 +01002012-11-12T19:18:14+01:00d70b5ea2-0c4f-4a33-970a-a81916125720http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=134phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comFollowing on from my previous post on the sustainability of the European telecoms market , I have been  thinking about the true nature of competition.  I read a book some time ago called “Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything” , the book looks at the changing nature of global competition and how economies that were formally developing economies now compete on a global scale and how economies are now competing toe to toe. In an ever increasing way this is the same...Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:22:38 +01002012-11-05T17:22:38+01:009da7863e-b4ea-4516-89f4-caa843d3e507http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=132phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThe real hot topic in Brussels at the moment is Data Protection, the Commission’s proposed Regulation on data protection is now in the hands of the Parliament and the Council and is proving a source of much conversation and debate. GSMA and ETNO recently hosted a very interesting debate, the panellists discussing the issue where the European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx and MEP Lara Comi, Rapporteur from the European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protecti...Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:32:44 +01002012-10-29T17:32:44+01:00520166b7-b12b-4d9d-9465-cabf96eae345http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=129phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comSo many of us now have devices which are capable of accessing great services via Apps such as games, news, business aids; the list goes on! I read with interest this week that last year in the USA according to App analytics company Flurry , for the first time the time spent on apps on mobile devices has surpassed the usage of traditional browsing. This is no surprise as the vast majority of devices sold today are smartphone devices and the spread of tablet’s, also running on app based platfor...Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:38:57 +02002012-10-22T09:38:57+02:001c86b5d6-340f-496b-be01-f260b47305e4http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=127phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comEurope has well over 100 mobile operators serving our fine continent with mobile services; the USA has just a handful and in China, 3. In an increasingly global economy is it a sustainable environment for European operators? This question was raised numerous times at last week’s ETNO – Financial Times meeting. It is also a matter of interest for many people across Europe looking at the current attempt from Hutchison to acquire its competitor in Austria, Orange . Can we answer the constant cal...Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:49:09 +02002012-10-15T09:49:09+02:00bdad9bea-b81f-496c-b576-48c1e1747bc2http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=124phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comOnce a year the great and the good of the telecoms industry gather in Brussels for the ETNO and Financial Times summit . The summit aims to discuss the state of our industry today and look ahead to the future, this year’s theme was no different: “20 years ago, 20 years ahead: Telecoms: A Smart Europe in a Smart World”. I, along with other TeliaSonera colleagues attended and were interested by the key themes that emerged. The overarching theme that emerged is that the profound change for our...Mon, 08 Oct 2012 08:13:10 +02002012-10-08T08:13:10+02:0030af5fad-e0a6-4668-b223-38b44dd449f5http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=122phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comAs the internet continues to revolutionise most things in our lives and also grows in developing parts if the world, the question obviously arises about how this network of global information is kept up and running. An estimate in 2011 suggested that the internet accounted for 1-2% of global energy consumption; this is in some circles seen as relatively small. The search giant Google compares this figure to transportation which accounts for 25% of global energy consumption. There is clearly a...Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:04:43 +02002012-10-01T08:04:43+02:00c9926da4-5dfd-4f93-817f-03beb837921chttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=120phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThere are a lot of conversations being had in Brussels over recent weeks around the role of the state in achieving the targets of the Digital Agenda.  The Commission is currently working hard to gain acceptance of its Connecting Europe Facility as well as looking at the rules regarding state aid for broadband projects. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts when discussing decisions taken in Australia, in Europe it will not be one centralised state funded network that will fulfil the need...Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:56:14 +02002012-09-24T17:56:14+02:00042cfe38-9ef0-4e81-aae2-9be08f9112fahttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=117phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comA few articles have jumped out at me this week looking at the world of content creation and also the legal tools we use to manage the rights of the producers and owners of that content. In the online world today the ability to access and distribute content is well known but what we have now also is that addition of social commentary to every piece of news, photos, music etc. We now have the ability and willingness  to socially engage with content. People may comment, tweet it, load it to...Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:48:09 +02002012-09-17T09:48:09+02:0003efae7e-f9b7-44c8-a21a-423397b8a1b0http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=114phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comFollowing on from last week’s blog that began to discuss the idea of value from services I have been intrigued with a few announcements this week, some being some great developments by TeliaSonera. Firstly, the announcement that in Estonia we will be teaming up with Samsung to offer IPTV services without the need for a set top box. Secondly, that TeliaSonera IPTV customers in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark will soon have access to some great content thanks to the agreement we now have wi...Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:06:39 +02002012-09-06T14:06:39+02:0005eca383-6cbd-461d-9863-51231b82c356http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=112phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comMy travels this summer took me to some wonderful and beautiful parts of the world, some a little more remote than others and at all times away from my laptop. When in one of the more remote locations I had limited access to electricity and I was without power to charge my smartphone for some time.  It was during these ‘outages’ that I realised just how reliant I have become on my phone. I was thinking about what I actually do on my phone; E-mail, SMS, messaging, social media, store my music, ...Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:28:35 +02002012-09-03T18:28:35+02:0064a1272a-d8e0-4574-9e19-a0fcd4a84fe4http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=108phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comOver the past few weeks I have been spending my holidays travelling around north America enjoying the great summer they are having over here and relaxing ahead of what will surely be a busy autumn back in Brussels. I have also been keeping one eye on the telecoms products on offer here as well as talking to a number of people about their experiences. I have noticed a few things:   1.) The demand for bandwidth is unlimited - consumers are constantly demanding faster, more resilient networks to...Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:31:30 +02002012-08-28T13:31:30+02:00295a06d0-21b4-4269-a3ab-415089e39564http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=104phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI have previously mentioned that as an industry we are constantly measured by those who regulate us, they deliver statistics, numbers and averages. But are we really getting value for money from our calculations are we being shown the truest colour of our Industry? Regulators spend a lot of time trying to collect the most accurate figures to show us and consumers what is going on. We are operators also spend a lot of time providing the relevant figures that go into this process. I have been...Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:55:05 +02002012-08-20T08:55:05+02:009964e6b6-130c-46e9-ad0e-2f1a99899cf7http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=100phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI think one of the challenges we are all facing be it a regulator, an operator or a producer of content is that what defined us are rapidly fading away. In the high tech industry you could be split up really into some simple camps. 1.)    Hardware. 2.)    Software. 3.)    Content. 4.)    Connectivity. For a long time those delineations were fairly standardized, with players maybe crossing the line no further than one ‘number’ in the list above, some hardware players had some software, some...Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:35:43 +02002012-08-13T09:35:43+02:00ac598fea-7c33-44dd-8df9-84b8ebddf5bbhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=95phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI am currently on my annual holiday as are many of you right now, I probably shouldn’t say this but I assume you have much more exciting things to do with your precious time off than read my blog! But, if you are at a loose end waiting for your next sangria or are in line at the bureau de change I hope you enjoy this seasonal blog post. With the summer holidays comes the inevitable need to have your phone or device at least with you when you are abroad and become one Europe’s many roaming...Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:46:41 +02002012-08-06T09:46:41+02:0072e0950f-1ac6-4539-9829-43e64b672756http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=87phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comAs mobile networks become ever more sophisticated our ability to deliver better quality connectivity to our customers will continue to grow. As with so many other things in the history of this industry the future of a connected society continues to evolve. It’s not just mobile phones, smartphones or even new exciting tablets. There is more and more discussion about the growth and potential of what is known as Machine to Machine technology (referred to as M2M), you can read a more in depth pie...Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:25:22 +02002012-07-30T10:25:22+02:00503eae36-94f4-45e5-92d7-a14ba654411fhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=83phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comCulture and Spectrum are two very hot topics, although they are quite different, they run into each other on regular occasions. Spectrum is a relatively easy animal to grapple with; it’s defined and we have licenses to use some of it, as do other people. Culture on the other hand is a bit of a different animal, it’s almost amorphous and it allows for much debate and discussion about its purpose, nature and the need to protect it. These two seemingly differing bed fellows are no strangers to...Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:07:38 +02002012-07-20T13:07:38+02:000fdf4c9e-aa51-4dea-83b8-674a7280c66bhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=80phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comA discussion over dinner with friends led to a very interesting insight into the development of internet content. Human nature has historically driven us to live, work and play in groups: the community provides comfort, support and a sense of belonging. A defintion of a community can be given as: "a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which   it...Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:36:44 +02002012-07-13T16:36:44+02:0063740cf9-a3b4-4b9c-b36c-3d53cf1d779bhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=79phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comWe are often bombarded with discussions and papers about what the future of mobile can bring. In fact, put an 'M' in front of pretty much anything and there is usually some ideas or work going on to try and define it and make it a reality. Think of payments, government services or voting (Our colleagues at Elion in Estonia actually enabled the worlds first ever m-voting in a general election!) and you get an idea that much of our current day to day essentials have the possibility to be made...Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:25:03 +02002012-07-10T09:25:03+02:00259b9ea1-1090-4595-a68a-577ea1ec0961http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=74phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comYou may remember that recently I wrote about the deluge of passwords and pin numbers that we all have to remember to protect ourselves online and my Swedish colleagues also recently wrote about the issue (in Swedish). Well, it’s not just personal security that is hot topic at the moment here in Brussels; there is now a large amount of attention being put into the security of our networks and infrastructure in the run up the Commissions’ cyber security strategy in the autumn. Events of recent...Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:31:37 +02002012-07-03T09:31:37+02:00aaafa355-b8db-4543-b519-c574d7e939bfhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=72phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comAs odd as that title sounds I will do my best in the next few paragraphs to make them somehow make sense! I have been speaking a lot to people this past week about how our industry is changing, many readers won’t need to be reminded that the connected industries (which are more numerous by the day) are on the first step of a journey which will change everything. Consumer behaviour products, and services are changing at a rapid pace but is our policy environment keeping pace? I would argue we...Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:22:50 +02002012-06-25T16:22:50+02:008984518e-7265-4b45-b479-06b5b685a5fdhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=70phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThis week has seen the release of the Commission’s second Digital Agenda scoreboard, the annual barometer of progress for the Commission and the sector that shows us where are in terms of reaching the ambitious goals of Europe’s Digital Agenda, the reports can be found here . I think the main takeaways from this year’s report is that significant progress has been made, but equally there is a long way to go. Some highlights from this year’s report: “Regular internet usage is rising steadily,...Tue, 19 Jun 2012 19:08:53 +02002012-06-19T19:08:53+02:0001751ee6-0be7-4873-b993-7a407e15ed8chttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=66phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comThis week I and many of my friends and colleagues will have been changing our LinkedIn passwords following the news that millions of passwords to the very popular business networking site had been hacked and then subsequently leaked online. This is of course worrying for most people because many of us against the best advice out there tend to use the same password for the vast majority of their online services. Troy Hunt carried out an analysis of the Sony network data breach last year and...Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:36:13 +02002012-06-11T18:36:13+02:0073dd8b51-8596-44b1-baf4-e79ccd812e81http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=63phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI noted with interest recently the announcement that last week in the UK the revenue from digital music for the first time had surpassed the amount from physical sales, achieving 55.1% of the market. This trend continues to grow across the world and is generating a flip in the culture of consumption which is both challenging and exciting. As a consumer previously purchasing content was like walking into a restaurant, you would get presented with a menu of what record companies or other vendor...Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:28:04 +02002012-06-04T17:28:04+02:004cf18f6c-bce3-4ff5-94c7-4a835f24ce58http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=58phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comLast week saw missing children's day across the world, the 25th May every year is the day chosen to raise awareness around this very important issue. In europe we have series of free phone numbers that are accessible in countries across Europe that gives citizens access to emergency services for example through the 112 number. There is also a series of other numbers which are specifically designed to be used in certain emergency situations. This year the European Commission and operators came...Mon, 28 May 2012 08:58:52 +02002012-05-28T08:58:52+02:0081ccbe4d-f73a-40f4-84fb-6f8345505117http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=56phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comClouds are now longer just white a fluffy (or grey if you live in Brussels) they are now enormous warehouses for all our data. Cloud computing is a hot topic on everyone’s lips in Brussels at the moment as we await the European Commission’s views on the issue. As an industry this a term we have grappled with for a while, realising its all-encompassing nature and potential challenge to our common perception of issues such as data protection, privacy, networks and whole raft of other things. It...Tue, 22 May 2012 05:44:41 +02002012-05-22T05:44:41+02:00dd82dcab-6ff8-4416-b9d9-262bdbb215fdhttp://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=52phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comUniversal service obligations as a principal has been around for a long time as a tool to make sure everyone was able to have access to a telephone connection even if you lived in a very rural area or you would find it difficult financially to maintain such a service. It has on the whole been a rather successful policy instrument historically but it is looking less and less necessary and a little like an albatross round the neck's of operators. The overriding technology which has made telecom...Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:23 +02002012-05-14T15:19:23+02:009e9ac92f-5445-40c6-b61d-999db744c130http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/blogs/my-blog/?blogId=17&entryId=50phillip.malloch@teliasonera.comI have been involved in some really interesting discussions this week regarding changes in our industry and how do we drive change. It got me thinking about what are the true drivers to changing consumer demand patterns, what levers need to be pushed and pulled to deliver meaningful change? This leads me to a field which has grown in interest for me which is the field of behavioural economics.  Some of the earliest economists saw the field as an inter-disciplinary one with a number factors,...Mon, 07 May 2012 15:46:08 +02002012-05-07T15:46:08+02:00