Cloud gaming: New opportunities for telcos?
How telcos should be preparing for the seismic shift in the video games market signposted by Google’s new Stadia cloud gaming service.
Tag: fibre
Why fibre is on fire again
Recently, Orange passed 22 million homes, Telefónica 20 million, and AT&T is now reaching five million more every year. The Chinese have over 300 million FTTH connections. What does FTTH do for ARPU, churn, OPEX and 5G that makes it so compelling?
Gigabit Cable Attacks This Year
Cable operators are on the verge of a massive and remarkably easy capacity upgrade. Where it has begun, fixed incumbents are already being forced to deploy fibre. Gigabit WiFi is coming too, so mobile operators are very much concerned.
Key Questions for The Future of the Network, Part 2: Forthcoming Disruptions
5G. SDN/NFV. Gigabit cable. WiFi. IoT. Spectrum policy. Vendor consolidation. Despite carefully-constructed business cases for future network investment, the goal-posts are always moving, and even the best-laid plans face possible disruptions – positive or negative. To kick off our ‘Future of the Network’ research stream, we outlined the key questions determining the business case for future investments in the network. This is Part 2, which covers critical network-technology disruptions, the impact of government and regulation, and the shifting vendor landscape.
Free-T-Mobile: Disruptive Revolution or a Bridge Too Far?
Free’s shock bid for T-Mobile USA will stretch its finances and management capacity to the limit. Can Free’s package of tactics, technology, and procedures work in the US context?
Why closing Telefonica Digital should make Telefonica more digital (and innovative)
Albeit pioneering, Telefonica’s Digital business unit as was lacked focus and combined too many clashing cultures and incompatible businesses. Our latest analysis sees the change as ‘the end of the beginning’ for Telefonica’s Telco 2.0 services, and summarises lessons for all players implementing strategic transformation.
Full Report – Entertainment 2.0: New Sources of Revenue for Telcos?
Telco assets and capabilities could be used much more to help Film, TV and Gaming companies optimize their beleaguered business model. An extract from our new 38 page Executive Briefing report examining the opportunities for ‘Hollywood’ and telcos. (Executive Briefing, August 2010)
Full Article: iFlood – How better mobile user interfaces demand Layer Zero openness
Internet video is a tightly-coupled system – so changes in the user interface, like the iPhone, can force seismic shifts in the physical infrastructure.
Full Article: Google anchors its carrier off the coast of Telcoland
Why is Google bothering with nonexclusive radio spectrum – and offering to sublicence it for public access? (July 2007)
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