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Digital Arabia Event Analysis Report: ‘Telcos hold the key to ‘Digital Arabia’ but need to act fast’

At the Digital Arabia Executive Brainstorm in Dubai, November 2012, we found that the region is on the edge of an exciting period of growth in digital commerce, entertainment and public sector services, enabled by mobile in particular. However, success depends on telcos and others working together effectively to put key enabling digital platforms in place, and this is not yet happening fast enough to avoid the stagnation now seen in many Western markets. How can this be changed? (November 2012)
Digital Arabia report header slide

Executive Briefing Service — November 2012
Digital Arabia 2012: How Telcos Must Act Smartly to Avoid the West’s Doldrums

Digital Arabia 2012: How Telcos Must Act Smartly to Avoid the West’s Doldrums

Digital Arabia 2012: At the Digital Arabia Executive Brainstorm in Dubai, November 2012, we found that the region is on the edge of an exciting period of growth in digital commerce, entertainment and public sector services, enabled by mobile in particular. However, success depends on telcos and others working together effectively to put key enabling digital platforms in place, and this is not yet happening fast enough to avoid the stagnation now seen in many Western markets. How can this be changed?
Digital Arabia 2012: How Telcos Must Act Smartly to Avoid the West’s Doldrums

Executive Briefing Service — November 2012

Europe’s brutal future: Vodafone and Telefonica hit hard

In our recent briefing European Mobile: The Future’s Not Bright, It’s Brutal, we predicted that European operators faced a grim future. New figures from Vodafone and Telefonica suggest that, unfortunately, the grim future is arriving fast. (November 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream.)
Vodafone results Nov 2012

Executive Briefing Service — November 2012

European Mobile: The Future’s not Bright, it’s Brutal

New analysis by the Telco 2.0 team shows that the mobile industry’s combined revenues from voice, messaging and data services in the EU5 economies (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy) will drop by nearly 20Bn Euros, or 4% per year, in the next five years, and by 30Bn Euros by 2020. (October 2012, Executive Briefing Service)
Euro Voice Brutal Future October 2012

Executive Briefing Service — October 2012

Digital platform strategy: how Google, Apple and Amazon keep winning

Telcos traditionally think of every new service as a profitable new revenue source, and create services in silos with little thought for the total customer experience and overall creation of value. In contrast, the big internet and tech players typically build their future offerings as part of an integrated strategy to raise the overall value of their platforms. This extract from ‘A Practical Guide to Implementing Telco 2.0’ shows key lessons for telcos. (September 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Dealing with Disruption Stream.)
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Generic Telco Strategies September 2012

Executive Briefing Service, Consumer — September 2012

Cloud 2.0: the fight for the next wave of customers

The fight for the Cloud Services market is about to move into new segments and territories. In the build up to the launch of our new strategy report, ‘Telco strategies in the Cloud’, we review perspectives on this shared at the 2012 EMEA and Silicon Valley Executive Brainstorms by strategists from major telcos and tech players, including: Orange, Telefonica, Verizon, Vodafone, Amazon, Bain, Cisco, and Ericsson (September 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Cloud & Enterprise ICT Stream).
Cloud Growth Groups September 2012

Executive Briefing Service, Network Innovation — September 2012

Innovation Strategies: Telefonica 2.0 Vs. Vodafone 2.0

Telefonica and Vodafone are both European-based tier 1 CSPs with substantial revenues, cash flows and subscribers. They have both expanded beyond Europe – Vodafone into Africa and Asia and Telefonica into Latin America. However, their Telco 2.0 strategies are rather different. In this extract from our forthcoming report, A Practical Guide to Implementing Telco 2.0, we outline their Telco 2.0 strategies and their benefits and risks. (September 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream.)
Telefonica Strategy 2.0 Chart

Executive Briefing Service — September 2012

Telco 2.0: Killing Ten Misleading Myths

‘Telco 2.0’ has evolved considerably since we put forward the original concept for telcos’ future success in 2006. Here we dispel ten myths and misunderstandings that have also evolved that can misdirect strategy. (August 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream.)
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Executive Briefing Service — August 2012

Digital Things 2.0: Report and Analysis of the EMEA 2012 Event

Digital Things 2.0: The findings of the fourth Digital Things 2.0 Executive Brainstorm, part of the New Digital Economics EMEA event held in London on June 12-13. The Brainstorm explored the challenges and opportunities in the M2M market, the Internet of Things, service enablement platforms, and the importance of data analytics.
Digital Things 2.0: Event Summary Analysis Presentation

Executive Briefing Service — July 2012

Cloud 2.0: Report and Analysis of the EMEA 2012 Event

Cloud 2.0: The findings of the second Cloud 2.0 Executive Brainstorm, part of the New Digital Economics EMEA event, held in London June 12-13. The brainstorm explored how to make money from cloud services, the role of telcos and how to best harness the rising tide of big data and personal data to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the cloud. (June 2012, Executive Briefing Service, Cloud & Enterprise ICT Stream)
Cloud 2.0: Event Summary Analysis Presentation

Executive Briefing Service, Network Innovation — July 2012

Digital Commerce 2.0: Report and Analysis of the EMEA 2012 Event

Digital Commerce 2.0: The findings of the fourth Digital Commerce 2.0 Executive Brainstorm, part of the New Digital Economics EMEA event, held in London, June 12-13. The Brainstorm explored how to scale adoption of mobile wallets, enable new forms of ‘localised commerce’, how individuals and companies can harness personal data, and what kinds of enablement platforms telcos should create.
Digital Commerce 2.0: Event Summary Analysis Presentation

Executive Briefing Service — July 2012

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