Strategic Growth Opportunities for a Hyper-Connected World. Presentations from the Digital Economy stream of the New Digital Economics Brainstorm, 19th March 2013, in San Francisco. Including: Digital Transformation | Digital Consumer | Digital Infrastructure
Digital Economy 2.0 Silicon Valley March 2013
Closing the Loop between Advertising & Payments. Presentations from the Digital Commerce stream of the New Digital Economics Brainstorm, 20th March 2013, in San Francisco. Including: Where’s the money in SoLoMo? | Advertising & Marketing | Big Data (March 2013, Executive Briefing Service, Dealing with Disruption)
Digital Commerce 2.0 Silicon Valley March 2013
We were surprised to hear Huawei’s objective of becoming the world’s No.1 Smartphone maker at last year’s Mobile World Congress, and somewhat dubious whether it would achieve that goal. However, at this year’s show Huawei demonstrated impressive progress, and we consider it is no longer a question of if, but when it will achieve its goal. In this analysis we explore industry scenarios and their consequences. (March 2013, Executive Briefing Service).
Huawei Ascend Smartphone
Free.fr’s entry to the French mobile market has achieved extraordinarily rapid market share gains and resulted in comprehensive disruption. An analysis of its technology, tactics, and business model, and a high-level assessment of the applicability of its approach to other markets. (February 2013, Executive Briefing Service, Dealing with Disruption Stream).
Monthly ARPU in France & EU Markets Feb 2013
Structuring finances is key for the success of innovations in general and Telco 2.0 projects in particular. In this detailed extract from our new strategy report ‘A Practical Guide to Implementing Telco 2.0’, we describe the best ways to approach the management of revenues and costs of new business models, and how to get the CFO and finance department onside with the new approaches required (February 2013, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream).
Small table on finances
The Japanese and French markets have both been disrupted through the entry of low-cost competitors offering substantial price reductions. We think that Softbank’s acquisition of Sprint is a signal that the same is to soon come in the US given Softbank’s experience as a successful disruptor in Japan. (January 2013, Executive Briefing Service).
Digital Commerce Flywheel December 2012