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Veterans in the telecom industry have all made their habit of interpreting the sales figures and forecasts published by analysts when it comes to smartphone shipments. However 2021 is a year like no other: while it benefits from the ongoing 5G rollouts, it is affected by the combination between the global health crisis, the semiconductor shortage, the results of US political rulings, and strategic decisions of handset vendors. From a global standpoint, the first half of 2020

American political changes always have worldwide effects. The Biden administration is initiating actions to bring more taxation and regulation in the US economy, especially compared to the Trump era. At the same time, probably not unrelatedly, European authorities are increasingly airing their worries at the growing place taken by the GAFA in the payment industry. In France, the « Autorité de la Concurrence » (the official competition regulator) has published an opinion in wh

European regulations may sometimes be slow, but their force is to change the world and change the behavior of the rest of us! One of the most visible aspects of the PSD2 (Second Payment Services Directive) voted in 2015, is the evolution in digital commerce authentication from 3D Secure to SCA (Strong Customer Authentication). The PSD2 encompasses various goals, from bringing more competitiveness in the banking and financial industry, thanks to Open Banking, to improving secu

The European Union has been a project in development for its all existence. While general principles are easy to agree upon, the devil is in the implementation details. Member states agree that the rationale behind the existence of the Schengen area is that an integrated immigration and border control process is to be set up at the external borders of the area. The European Commission defines the Entry/Exit System (EES), which is to be implemented in February 2022, as “an aut