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Reinventing the telecom model: A ‘puretone’ approach
by Matthew Duffey, Florian Gröne, Russell Taylor and Junis Rindermann Although pressure to reinvent business models is building in all industries, telecoms companies find themselves in the eye of the storm. Average returns on invested capital achieved by large telcos have declined sharply over the past decade, and there’s little prospect of a rebound any time soon.
Telecoms as platforms
The telecom growth conundrum Market saturation and the maturity of their core offerings and business model have resulted in persistently low growth forecasts for telecom operators. Their multi-billion-dollar investments in 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) infrastructure have usually only served to retain already established revenue, unless they themselves manage to translate this investment into creating richer experiences and use cases that provide value to customers.
Tomorrow’s Data Heroes
By 2025, Alex had had enough. There no longer seemed to be any distinction between her analog and digital lives. Everywhere she went, every purchase she completed, and just about every move she made, from exercising at the gym to idly surfing the Web, triggered a vast flow of data. That in turn meant she was bombarded with personalized advertising messages, targeted more and more eerily to her. As she walked down the street, messages appeared on her phone about the stores she was passing.
Tomorrow’s data heroes
By 2025, Alex had had enough. There no longer seemed to be any distinction between her analog and digital lives. Everywhere she went, every purchase she completed, and just about every move she made, from exercising at the gym to idly surfing the Web, triggered a vast flow of data. That in turn meant she was bombarded with personalized advertising messages, targeted more and more eerily to her. As she walked down the street, messages appeared on her phone about the stores she was passing.
A tale of two telecoms: A look into the industry’s future
A tale of two telecoms: A look into the industry’s future By: Dr. Florian Gröne, Pierre Péladeau, Bahjat El-Darwiche Published: February 15, 2018 BaseLink: Delivering the utility of technology Back in 2017, the company that was to become BaseLink was stuck.
IT Transformation Checklist: 10 Steps to Success - InformationWeek
In this webinar, learn some of the latest attacks in phishing, vishing, scary new stains of ransom When launching a IT transformation project, there are some steps you definitely don't want to take, and 10 steps that could lead to success. Here’s how not to set forth on a major IT transformation project: First, make sure that the new business strategy that’s triggering the transformation remains hazy, and not backed up by a coherent business plan on which all business units agree.
Zero infrastructure - Anything-as-a-service: A technology operating model for the cloud-centric era
Zero infrastructure — Anything-as-a-service: A technology operating model for the cloud-centric era by Florian Gröne, Bryan Herde, Danielle Phaneuf, Florian Stürmer Published: November 20, 2015 Executive summary The cloud, especially the public cloud, is now officially beyond hype. Supply options are real, as is enterprise buyer spend.
The New Game of Global Tech
What’s going on in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry? Companies that used to thrive with clearly defined product portfolios are entering one another’s businesses. Erstwhile hardware companies such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Xerox have moved into software services. Software companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, and HCL Technologies make smartphones. Companies that used to offshore computer services, such as WiPro, are moving back onshore and competing through the cloud.
Kings of the Cloud
The leading companies in the tech industry are reworking their business models to deliver everything-as-a-service. The transition to a digitized business environment is happening with remarkable speed. Companies are gathering and analyzing huge amounts of data, transforming their manufacturing processes with digital fabrication and other technologies, and incorporating the Internet of Things in their products and processes (see “A Strategist’s Guide to the Internet of Things,” by Frank Burkitt).
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