Full Article: Nokia and Symbian – Missing an Opportunity?
The recent purchase of Symbian by Nokia highlights the tensions around running a consortium-owned platform business.
Recharging Consumer Revenues
Full Article: Transactions, telcos’ future in one word
Amazon presents an excellent example of a 2-sided transactions platform. Werner Vogel, Amazon CTO, explains. (Dec 2008)
Full Article: A New Role For Telcos in the Digital Economy
How Telcos can avoid inevitable market decline by exploiting their core skills, assets and relationships to create new sources of growth. (Decemeber 2008, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream)
Full Article: Voice telephony, death or glory?
A review of key business opportunity and future business model scenarios in the core voice and messaging business. (November 2008)
Full Article: The Long Tail, Debunked?
New research based on digital music industry sales data challenges the “long tail” theory. (November 2008, Executive Briefing Service)
Full Article: Credit crunch – silver lining for telcos, part 2
The second of a series of articles on the “credit crunch” and its likely implications. The relative “haven” of telecoms as defensive stocks, and near-term Telco debt maturities. (October 2008)