Cartesian has an opportunity for a Business Analyst to assist a Tier 1 Service Provider with adding new functionality to their billing platform. In this role, the Business Analyst will gather and document business requirements, drive solutions, support development, test the changes, and assist with defect resolution to ensure adherence to business requirements.
Continue readingCartesian Helps Build Winning Network Expansion Programs
For over 30 years, Cartesian has been a trusted partner in the Communications sector, helping ISPs worldwide craft and execute transformative strategies. The BEAD program is a unique opportunity for ISPs.
Continue readingCartesian Partners with Operators to Accelerate Cost Savings
For over 30 years, Cartesian has been a trusted partner in the Communications sector, helping operators worldwide develop and execute network transformation strategies.
Continue readingTotal Telecom Congress 2023
Cartesian will be attending and speaking at the Total Telecom Congress. Join us!
Continue readingBusiness Analyst (Remote) – Telecom Digital Transformation
Cartesian has a unique opportunity for a Business Analyst to assist a Tier 1 Service Provider with the digital transformation of their BSS platform. In this role, the Business Analyst will define and validate system functionality and business processes for the finance and accounting functions (including control frameworks) of BSS replacements including sales and customer portals, billing system, network interface, financial ERP, and revenue reporting data warehouse.
Continue readingPress Release: Robust watermarking technology and secure implementation are becoming increasingly crucial to deter and track piracy
Cartesian – September 14, 2023 – Cartesian test the robustness of watermarking solutions with their 150+ test suite and review the overall security of end-to-end watermarking implementations.
Continue readingIBC2023
Cartesian will be attending IBC2023, a tradeshow focused on the content and technology community. Join us!
Continue readingStrategy & Analytics Engagement Manager
Cartesian is seeking a Manager to join our talented team of strategy consultants to lead engagements that drive value and growth within the communications, media, and technology sectors.
Continue readingVice President, North America Sales
Cartesian is recruiting a Vice President of North America Sales to support our growing consultancy at a very exciting time for the business and TMT sector.
Continue readingChina’s 5G Story: Inspiring Rollout Journey and Ongoing Challenges
Despite concerns about the commercial viability of 5G, China Mobile has recently reported that an impressive 689 million customers have signed up for its 5G package. This remarkable figure reflects China’s unique journey towards 5G rollout and commercialization. Join us as we explore the exciting developments in China’s 5G market.
Continue readingBroadband Workforce Development Guidebook
The Guidebook is intended to serve as a resource for state broadband offices (SBOs), state and local workforce/economic development boards, and equivalent agencies as they formulate their workforce development strategy for the BEAD program and establish statewide training initiatives.
Continue reading2023 NAB Show
Cartesian will be attending the 2023 NAB Show, a tradeshow focused on next-gen technology, best-in-breed products, and the content lifecycle.
Continue readingGetting Pricing Right
The perfect storm of runaway inflation, tightening household spending and the post pandemic hangover of slow growth into recession has Telcos taking careful steps at pricing strategies to counter it. As with any such programs that have a direct impact on profit lines, market share, customer loyalty and churn, the remedy can be worse than the disease, and so a very careful, customer-centric analysis is the order of the day.
Continue reading2022 Year-End Review and Industry Predictions for 2023
In our year-end review, we look at 2022 through the lens of the telecoms, media, and technology industries, evaluate our past predictions, and forecast what lies ahead in 2023.
Continue readingCartesian Completes a Security Review of the PanPlay OTT Streaming Solution from Panaccess
Cartesian – December 6, 2022 – By reviewing OTT streaming solutions, Cartesian shows the versatility of Farncombe Security™ Audits, helping improve the security of content at all levels.
Continue readingGetting to Grips with One Touch Switching
The new Gaining Provider Led switching process in the UK took a major step forward recently. With the publishing of the proposed retail processes and the technical interface to the new industry switching hub (https://totsco.org.uk/resources/), this long-talked-about and fundamental industry change is now much more tangible.
Continue readingAddressing the USA Broadband Availability Gap: Expected Funding and Scenario Planning for States
Our recent study determines that BEAD will provide sufficient funding for the majority of states to close the digital divide. Other states will face constraints as the BEAD funding formula does not account for local cost differences. For this once-in-a-generation opportunity, all will need to closely evaluate their deployment strategies and tradeoffs.
Continue readingIBC2022
Cartesian will be attending IBC2022, a tradeshow focused on the content and technology community. Join us!
Continue readingBroadband Infrastructure Playbook – July 2022 Update
The Playbook is a comprehensive guide designed to assist state broadband offices to best leverage federal funds available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The July 2022 Update incorporates content from the NTIA NOFO.
Continue readingBroadband Infrastructure Playbook Updated
Cartesian – July 12, 2022 – The Broadband Infrastructure Playbook has been updated with content from the NTIA NOFO. The Playbook is a comprehensive guide designed to assist state broadband offices to best leverage federal funds available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Continue readingCABSAT 2022
Cartesian will be attending CABSAT 2022, a conference focused on the content, broadcast, satellite, media & entertainment industries. Join us!
Continue readingANGA COM 2022
Cartesian will be attending ANGA COM 2022, a conference focused on broadband and content that brings together platform operators, media companies, and other important players. Join us!
Continue readingiQIYI completes Cartesian Security Audit
iQIYI – March 4, 2022 – iQIYI, an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, announced on Mar.4 that DRM-S, iQIYI’s software Digital Rights Management solution, has successfully completed a security review by Cartesian, an independent expert specialized in content security-related issues for the digital entertainment and media industries.
Continue readingBroadband Infrastructure Playbook Launch
Cartesian – March 4, 2022 – Today marks the launch of the Broadband Infrastructure Playbook, a comprehensive guide designed to assist state broadband offices to best leverage federal funds available through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Continue readingIrdeto Tracemark Original Watermark completes Cartesian robustness test
Irdeto – February 3, 2022 – The Farncombe Security Audit is recognized by studios and sports right holders worldwide as a measure of a solution’s suitability to protect premium content.
Continue reading2021 Year-End Review and Industry Predictions for 2022
In our year-end review, we look at 2021 through the lens of the telecoms, media, and technology industries, evaluate our past predictions, and forecast what lies ahead in 2022.
Continue readingBroadband Infrastructure Playbook Research Project Underway
Fiber Broadband Association – December 15, 2021 – The FBA and NTCA commissioned Cartesian, a global telecom, media and technology consulting firm, to conduct the research for the Broadband Infrastructure Playbook. Highlights from the playbook will be presented during a webinar in early 2022.
Continue readingSportsPro OTT Summit 2021
Cartesian will be attending the 2021 SportsPro OTT Summit, which focuses on the future of sports broadcasting. Join us!
Continue readingTotal Telecom Congress 2021
Cartesian will be moderating two panels on Day 1 and one panel on Day 2 at this year’s Congress which focuses on the evolution of the telco industry and cutting-edge technologies.
Continue readingSynamedia takes Cartesian’s watermarking security tests
Synamedia – September 7, 2021 – Customers often ask how we can prove how robust our security solutions are.
Continue readingThe Impact of COVID-19 on VPN Usage and Streaming Habits
While most industries faced financial difficulties due to COVID-19, Internet streaming platforms have seen record subscriber growth. However, demand for online video content has also led to greater VPN usage.
Continue readingConnected Britain 2021
Join us at the Business Design Centre in London, where Cartesian will be participating in four panels on day 1 of the Connected Britain conference that addresses the future of UK connectivity.
Continue readingFTTH Virtual Conference 2021
Join us virtually at the FTTH Conference, where Vice President Michael Dargue will be presenting on LEO satellites in a workshop on Broadband Technologies to Address Post-Pandemic Demand.
Continue readingUS Broadband Infrastructure: Costs to Close the Digital Divide
The amount of funding required to fund gigabit deployment to all unserved areas depends on how ‘unserved’ is defined.
Continue readingUS Broadband Infrastructure: Geographic Trends
Although significant availability gaps are an issue in many rural areas, adoption gaps occur in both rural and non-rural geographies.
Continue readingNCTA – New Study Examines Internet Traffic Patterns and Bandwidth Requirements
NCTA – July 15, 2021 – A new report by Cartesian, a consulting group with expertise in telecommunications, shines some light on how traffic flows over the network, how much bandwidth popular applications utilize, and how multi-person household needs vary depending on usage patterns.
Continue readingUS Broadband: Household Bandwidth Demand Study
A look at the changing landscape of household internet usage in the United States.
Continue readingThe Growth of “New” Legacy: An Ongoing Threat to Transformation
In our Product Insights series, we look at some of the challenges and solutions for enabling digital transformation. Today, we focus on tackling one of the key issues – how to execute an effective platform migration strategy.
Continue readingWhat Drives Churn in an FTTP World?
FTTP and gigabit cable will soon be the primary access options for most households in industrialized countries. What drives churn when speed is no longer a bottleneck and service incidents are reduced?
Continue readingVideo Conferencing Applications: Bandwidth Benchmarking
How did the increase in video conferencing applications affect household internet bandwidth needs? We tested Zoom and Teams to find out.
Continue readingNotre bilan de fin d’année 2020 et nos prédictions pour 2021
Dans notre lettre de fin d’année, nous examinons l’année 2020 dans le secteur des télécommunications, des médias et des technologies, évaluons nos prédictions passées et essayons d’en faire de nouvelles pour 2021.
Continue reading2020 Year-End Review and Industry Predictions for 2021
In our year-end review, we look at 2020 through the lens of the telecoms, media, and technology industries, evaluate our past predictions, and attempt to make new ones for 2021.
Continue readingIs It Too Late to End Video Streaming Credential Sharing?
Sharing account credentials for video streaming services has become the norm for many people today. How did password sharing become socially acceptable, what does this mean for video providers’ business models, and what can they do to mitigate the risks?
Continue readingThe Importance of Maintaining an Up-to-Date MDU Database
Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs) represent valuable pockets of concentrated opportunity for ISPs. The most successful ISPs recognize this, and have accurate and up-to-date data on the locations, sizes, and characteristics of both existing and under construction buildings so that they can be targeted with tailored sales and marketing tactics.
Continue readingWhy Geo-Blocking Fails and What Service Providers Can Do About It
Content service providers have put in place measures to restrict access to content by geography. However, users are getting around these barriers to access content that is not available in their region. How are users doing this and why do service providers need to stop it?
Continue readingTechnical Due Diligence on an FTTH Network
Cartesian provided technical advice to support the acquisition of a regional fiber network. Our report provided confidence to the investors that the network could be successfully integrated and subsequently expanded.
Continue readingVendor Due Diligence on a Metro Fiber Network
Cartesian provided technical advice to support the sale of a successful metro fiber network. Our client wanted to present a clear story on the technical quality and capacity of the network.
Continue reading2019 Year-End Review and Industry Predictions for 2020
As we close out the decade, there’s much to reflect on. The telecoms, media, and technology (TMT) industries have driven substantial innovation that changed everything from the way businesses solve problems to how people engage with their friends, families, and the wider world. In this special edition of our year-end letter, we take a moment to consider some of the most impactful developments of the last ten years.
Continue readingFighting against Digital Piracy in the Streaming Age
With competition intensifying in video streaming, content owners and providers need to be on top of their security measures more than ever before to protect against content piracy. In this article, we review the impact and cover the solutions to prevent, detect, and reduce digital piracy.
Continue readingVideo Watermarking and the Battle against Piracy
Digital video watermark technology is increasingly used by content owners and service providers to protect their content from illegitimate distribution. In this blog post, we discuss applications for watermark technology and how it can be used to combat piracy.
Continue readingLessons from the Field: Rolling out FTTx
In this blog post, Jaume Fornos shares operator insights from his FTTx rollout panel discussion at Gigabit Access 2019 including fibre developments, learnings, and success factors.
Continue readingUltra-Fast Broadband Acceleration Seminar
Michael Dargue presents on the state of the broadband market in 2019 at UFBB BASe
Continue reading8 Steps to Power Your Network Virtualization Journey
Based on findings from our network virtualization survey, here are eight recommendations that would help your SDN and NFV projects.
Continue readingHow Does Credential Sharing Impact Streaming Video Service Providers?
Streaming video subscription sharing can lead to unexpected business costs, legal issues, and lost revenue opportunities for service providers. In this article, we highlight the five main risks related to credential sharing and theft.
Continue readingContent Protection and the Hidden Extended Network of Streaming Video
In the ongoing battle against content piracy, streaming video account sharing adds another dimension to content protection efforts. In this article, we discuss the main types of credential sharing and the associated risks.
Continue readingHow Consumers Watch Streaming Video for Free
Sharing passwords for streaming video subscriptions isn’t a new issue, but how common is it? We recently conducted a survey to see how today’s consumers access streaming video content and their attitudes towards sharing account credentials. Read on to see what we found.
Continue readingUsing Data Science to Change Subscriber Strategies and Enhance Customer Experience
For many service providers, the way to prevent illegitimate account sharing and fraud is to employ highly restrictive access barriers. However, these tactics may prove impractical, worsen the customer experience, and prove less competitive compared to others. In this article, we look at an alternative approach to solving the credential sharing problem.
Continue readingHow to Plan for Network Transformation
All communications infrastructure has a limited life span. Restructuring and migrating networks are essential to network operations. “Network transformation” – changes that include decommissioning and customer migration – is a complex process that has many phases and touches many departments in the network operator. In this article, examine the major issues operators face when undertaking network transformation projects and get insights for a best practices approach.
Continue readingThe Role of Process Mining in Digital Transformation: Part 2
The key distinction of Process Mining is its flexibility. In Part 2 of our two-part series, we discuss three specific use cases in digital transformation for telecom companies.
Continue readingThe Role of Process Mining in Digital Transformation: Part 1
Process Mining is an emerging process improvement technique that organizations are adopting to drive their digital transformation efforts. How can telecom companies use it and does it replace traditional Business Process Reengineering practices? In our two-part series of articles, we explore the digital transformation opportunity for telecom companies and what changes are needed to fully reap the benefits.
Continue readingHow Telecom Companies Can Select Network Analytics Use Cases
Having established the possibilities of using network data and artificial intelligence in Part 1 of our series on network analytics, in Part 2, we define a framework that telecom companies can employ to prioritize business use cases.
Continue readingTaming the Wild West of Wi-Fi: The Home Frontier
With consumers increasingly looking to outside support to solve their home connection issues, internet service providers are well-positioned to take the lead on Wi-Fi. The consumer home, however, is a territory with many unknowns. How should ISPs handle the challenges of in-home connectivity?
Continue readingUnlocking the Power of Network Data through Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
Much of what consumers experience of artificial intelligence (AI) has been focused on front-end customer use cases. But AI has the potential for so much more. This first of a series of articles on network analytics introduces how leveraging the vast amount of available network data can advance applications of AI customer care and experience, and the overall running of communications networks.
Continue reading3 Considerations to Drive Indirect Sales with Sales Analytics
Service providers invest substantial resources to attract new customer leads across a range of marketing channels. Yet too frequently, customers are lost for avoidable reasons. However, this can be mitigated with advanced sales analytics.
Continue readingThe Real Impact of Roam Like at Home on MVNOs
Nearly a year after the EU’s Roam Like at Home regulation took effect, operators share their experiences and views with Michael Dargue during a panel discussion at MVNOs World Congress 2018.
Continue readingWhy Is the Cost of FTTH Not Falling Faster? Five Things That Don’t Follow Moore’s Law
We look at reasons why the costs of building fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) remain high compared to other technology investments.
Continue readingStreaming Video Credential Sharing: How Service Providers Can Identify and Stop Unwanted Password Sharing
Up until now, consumers have shared their account passwords to streaming video services with little or no impunity. That era may soon be over, with Pay TV and OTT markets facing increasing levels of competition and a building pressure to retain revenues. Streaming video service providers should reconsider policies on credential sharing in 2018, both to convert non-subscribers to paid accounts and to reduce unnecessary operational and legal costs.
Continue readingWin-Back Opportunity: 3 Steps for Success for the Enterprise Market
Enterprise, or business customer, churn can significantly impact a service provider’s business. Rather than trying to gain new customers to make up for this lost revenue, service providers can employ effective “Win-Back” programs to lure customers back to their business. Here are three steps to create an effective Win-Back strategy.
Continue readingCSP Strategies to Reduce Business Risk in Fiber Deployment
Fiber networks require huge upfront investment and have a payback period of many years. The business cases that support these investments always contain a degree of risk – most noticeably on the demand side, but costs can also be uncertain when digging in a new location.
Continue readingNetwork Virtualization: Implications for Cost Accounting
As CSPs deploy network virtualization, cost accounting will become more difficult. This post looks at why accurate cost attribution is essential in the telecoms sector and explores NFV-specific accounting challenges.
Continue readingService Provider Data Quality in Business Connectivity Market Reviews
Network inventory and CRM systems should be an excellent source of information for regulatory authorities in a review of the business connectivity market. However, in practice, service provider data quality is often poor, and cleaning up these data sets can appear daunting. Referring to recent work by Ofcom as an example, we show that with the correct tools and techniques, these issues can be overcome. Regulators can then obtain a detailed understanding of the market, including geographic variations in competitive intensity.
Continue readingDealing with Transformation in a Virtualized World
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) are under pressure to embrace network virtualization. But, the technology is still in its relative infancy, and deployment has proven to be more difficult than expected. We surveyed a cross-section of decision-makers in the telco industry. This article outlines our survey and key findings from our report, “The Future of Networks”.
Continue readingMonitoring and Mitigating Early-Life Churn
Early-life churn often accounts for ten to fifteen percent of all customer losses – we look at the reasons why customers leave and how service providers can address the underlying drivers.
Continue readingProduct Development Strategy: Internal Process Improvement
How business self-reflection aids in aligning long-term strategic priorities with continual business development for product-driven businesses.
Continue reading4 Ways Pay TV and SVOD Are Converging
Streaming video on demand and Pay TV players are looking across the fence and deploying strategies that mimic the other’s traditional business and operational models. In this article, we consider four areas that blur the boundaries and create a new playing field for all.
Continue reading5G New Radio – Emerging Spectrum Bands
The next generation of wireless communications is on the horizon, and the telecoms world is waiting to see exactly at which frequencies 5G will be implemented. Despite some unknowns and technological challenges, it is increasingly becoming clear that millimeter-wave (or millimeter band) will be a key enabler for 5G and it is going to be deployed in very early 5G use cases such as 5G fixed wireless. In this article, we explain the benefits of the different wave frequencies and delve into the activities of the key stakeholders who are shaping the 5G future from a new radio spectrum perspective.
Continue readingTake Sales Growth & ROI to the Next Level with Sales Analytics
Once you’ve harnessed your data and set up performance metrics, what can you do to take your analytics to the next level? In this article, we look at three examples of trends service providers can find in their advanced sales metrics that reveal ways to improve sales performance and quickly decide what to do next.
Continue readingSD-WAN and the Need for a Targeted Sales Strategy
Since our last insight on SD-WAN strategy for telecom providers, many top-tier service providers have launched SD-WAN products and are positioning their offers in the marketplace to grow sales across business customers for new use cases and regions. In this insight, we describe how to focus sales efforts to identify potential early and high-value adopters of SD-WAN.
Continue readingCartesian Introduces the Farncombe Security Audit™ Mark for Digital Media Content Systems
Overland Park, KS – September 1, 2016 – Cartesian® (NASDAQ: CRTN), a specialist provider of consulting services and managed solutions to the telecoms, digital media and technology sector, has introduced the Farncombe Security Audit™ Mark. The Mark signifies to operators and service providers that the digital media content system has undergone an extensive security review, and that a report is available on request.
Continue readingWhy Over-the-Top Video Providers Aren’t Concerned with Churn – and Why They Should Be
Over-the-top (“OTT”) video providers today downplay the fact that their customers churn at far higher rates than traditional service providers. While OTT video has some important differences from traditional Pay-TV, increasing competition and slowing growth will make customer acquisition a more challenging, and expensive, proposition for OTT providers. Understanding the true causes of churn and implementing some best practices can help OTT providers maximize profitability.
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