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Open Access Networks (OAN) help bring the benefits of the sharing economy to the telecoms industry, fast tracking its digital transformation. In the first part of this blog series, Mukesh Binani explores the key benefits and challenges of the open access approach.

Apple users will have an option to subscribe to a news subscription service very soon. The California-based tech giant has revealed that it plans to leverage its recent acquisition of ‘Texture’ to roll out a new subscription platform through Apple News. This is huge news coming from the Apple stables and is the cover story of our subscription roundup this week. In other big news, Amazon has revealed the number of Prime…

Facebook’s data collection practices came under fire after the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s public testimony in front of the joint commerce and judiciary committee in the US raised some tough questions in front of the social media giant. In this week’s subscription roundup, we look at whether paid subscriptions can be one way for Facebook to retain its social media supremacy and trust in…

Cryptocurrency-based subscription billing might soon become a reality with Electroneum filing a patent for a system to support subscriptions. Will this spark off a new trend in the subscription space? Shashank Venkat presents the details

The subscription industry is on fire at the moment with a lot of interesting developments. Our top story in this week’s subscription roundup is music streaming company Spotify’s public debut. In what was perhaps the most closely watched IPO of the year, Spotify’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange has generated a lot of mainstream interest. Moving on, ESPN has announced the launch date of its streaming service as…

In line with the EU’s vision for a digital single market, new digital media portability rules have come into force from this month. The regulation mandates that paid online content providers such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video must offer cross-border portability to their subscribers. Shashank Venkat presents the details 

In this week’s subscription roundup, we look at technology giant Apple’s new video streaming service which is set to launch early next year. Can the company create a dent in the market so heavily dominated by the likes of Netflix? In other news, Lexus has become the latest carmaker to adopt the subscription model. It looks like the subscription-based approach combined with traditional product sale is clearly the way to go for…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is opening exciting possibilities for connected devices, especially wearables. However, it is important to select the right business model to make the most of what IoT has to offer. Carola Ingegnieros examines some key IoT business frameworks that can be adopted by wearable manufacturers and allied service companies.

In this week’s subscription roundup, we look at Lyft, a popular ride-sharing service that is testing out new subscription bundles. We then turn our attention towards subscription music service Spotify’s efforts towards improving in-car streaming. Lastly, we look at why YouTube wants to ‘frustrate’ its users into signing up for its upcoming music subscription service.

The ‘Beginner’s Guide’ blog series is designed to help companies build their own successful subscription businesses. In the first part of this blog series, we address some key questions that will give businesses a greater understanding of the subscription industry and help them pivot towards recurring revenue-based business models. Shashank Venkat presents the details