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Looking for fresh thinking on the telecoms sector? Our webinar content looks at the latest developments in the industry and how you can grow or defend your market. You’ll hear our interpretation of the data and the insight we get from our clients and network of contacts.
Like all our events, we encourage discussion so that you have the chance to pick up on areas most relevant to you.
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Telecoms operators are being mandated to meet carbon reduction targets, e.g. ITU Targets 45% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction By 2030. This means that telecoms operators need to optimise their own networks to use energy more efficiently and change the way they consumer energy across the business
Outside telecoms, consumer, businesses and governments need to do the same: can 5G and technology play a role in reducing carbon and increasing renewable energy adoption globally?
STL Partners will demonstrate where 5G has a role, using insights based on interviews and surveys with telecoms operators, energy companies and governments & organisations
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, STL Partners, Principal Consultant & Edge Practice Lead
Chris Barraclough, STL Partners, Partner & Director
Phil Laidler, STL Partners, Partner & Consulting Director
Date:Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020
Time:16:00 GMT
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Outside telecoms, consumer, businesses and governments need to do the same: can 5G and technology play a role in reducing carbon and increasing renewable energy adoption globally?
STL Partners will demonstrate where 5G has a role, using insights based on interviews and surveys with telecoms operators, energy companies and governments & organisations
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, STL Partners, Principal Consultant & Edge Practice Lead
Chris Barraclough, STL Partners, Partner & Director
Phil Laidler, STL Partners, Partner & Consulting Director
Date:Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020
Time:16:00 GMT
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STL Partners and ETIS originally planned to co-host a telcos in health workshop in May. Since that’s no longer possible, in this webinar we share a taster of the content we’d planned. We hope to re-schedule the live event whenever possible.
With the right strategy and appetite for a long term commitment, healthcare can be a very promising growth vertical for telcos. In this webinar, Amy Cameron will outline telcos’ right to play, potential business models and focus areas for telcos in health.
In the context of COVID-19, telehealth is clearly a key opportunity in healthcare. To understand what it really takes to succeed in this market, we are joined by David Thomas, Managing Principal of Global Health Strategy at TELUS, and Mairi Johnson, Chief Partnership Officer at Babylon Health.
With them we will discuss: - How do they work together? - What are the potential partnership models between telcos and digital health players? - What are the pre-requisites for telcos to build successful partnerships in health? - And open to your questions
Presenters: Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst, Digital Health Research Lead, STL Partners David Thomas, Managing Principal, Global Health Strategy, TELUS Mairi Johnson, Chief Partnership Officer, Babylon Health Darius Singh, Senior Consultant & Digital Health Practice Lead, STL Partners
Date: Thursday, 11th June, 2020
Time: 14:00 GMT
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With the right strategy and appetite for a long term commitment, healthcare can be a very promising growth vertical for telcos. In this webinar, Amy Cameron will outline telcos’ right to play, potential business models and focus areas for telcos in health.
In the context of COVID-19, telehealth is clearly a key opportunity in healthcare. To understand what it really takes to succeed in this market, we are joined by David Thomas, Managing Principal of Global Health Strategy at TELUS, and Mairi Johnson, Chief Partnership Officer at Babylon Health.
With them we will discuss: - How do they work together? - What are the potential partnership models between telcos and digital health players? - What are the pre-requisites for telcos to build successful partnerships in health? - And open to your questions
Presenters: Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst, Digital Health Research Lead, STL Partners David Thomas, Managing Principal, Global Health Strategy, TELUS Mairi Johnson, Chief Partnership Officer, Babylon Health Darius Singh, Senior Consultant & Digital Health Practice Lead, STL Partners
Date: Thursday, 11th June, 2020
Time: 14:00 GMT
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The SOHO and SME segments represent a significant opportunity for telcos. In the EU alone, 99.8% of enterprises are SMEs and SOHOs, and contribute almost 60% of the EU’s total value added.
Besides its substantial size and potential incremental revenue streams, the SOHO/SME segment is a key market for telcos because:
In this webinar, we will explore:
Besides its substantial size and potential incremental revenue streams, the SOHO/SME segment is a key market for telcos because:
- They want new communication services that are customisable, programmable and available in a cost-efficient, pay-as-you-grow model;
- They don’t have the dedicated IT departments and need solutions that are simple to onboard;
- They can benefit from cloud-based services, incorporating self-service and automation, making it easier to trial new services and reduce operational costs;
- They need mobile-first communication solutions accessible across multiple devices, to better manage engagement with both employees and customers.
In this webinar, we will explore:
- Current challenges SMEs and SOHOs face, and why telcos struggle to serve them
- Why the SME/SOHO segments are a key opportunity for telcos
- How telcos can support them leveraging cloud communication solutions
- Potential 'communications-as-a-service' use cases for SMEs and SOHOs
Presenters:
Chris Barraclough, STL Partners
Abhey Seth, Ericsson
Vikas Singhal, Ericsson
Date:Thursday, 28th May, 2020Time:16:00 GMT
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With all the hype, it’s difficult to determine how important edge is right now.
There are still many open questions with regards to investments at the edge:
There are still many open questions with regards to investments at the edge:
- How much is being invested relative to other technologies? How might this change?
- Which edge is most important now and in future: regional data centres, network edge, on-prem edge? How does this vary by use case and industry?
- Where are edge investments being made across the value chain? Datacentres/facilities, hardware, software platforms or applications and services?
- What are the risks and rewards to consider when evaluating edge investments?
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, STL Partners, Principal Consultant & Edge Practice Lead
Chris Barraclough, STL Partners, Partner & Director
Eli Scher, Open-IX, Vice Chairman
Joe Kochan, US Ignite, CEO & Co-founder
Jon Mauck, Digital Bridge & Digital Colony, Managing Director
Date:Tuesday, 2nd June, 2020Time:15:00 GMT
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The consumer landscape is changing and, driven in part by the COVID19 pandemic, demand for both core broadband and value-added services is growing. This presents new challenges and opportunities for operators seeking growth “in the home”. In this webinar, STL Partners explores the strategies telcos can employ for success in the consumer market. Drawing on information from an interview programme with SPs, as well as a survey to 1,100+ consumers, globally.
The discussion includes insights on:
The discussion includes insights on:
- The changing demands of the consumer market
- The saturation of the Pay TV and triple play market
- Telco strategies to win and stay relevant
Presenters:
Darius Singh, STL Partners, Senior Consultant & Digital Health Lead
Nikolai Siersted, STL Partners, Consultant
Philip Laidler, STL Partners, Partner & Consulting Director
Date:Wednesday, 20th May, 2020Time:16:00 GMT
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How COVID-19 will impact telco activities and spending plans is now at the top of the industry’s agenda, so we’ve been researching it over the last week among the people who know best – over 100 of our customers and contacts.
The discussion include insights on how industry sentiment is changing, and cover:
The discussion include insights on how industry sentiment is changing, and cover:
- Technologies (such as cloud, AI, automation)
- Enterprise and consumer services
- Networks (5G, fibre, etc)
- Leadership
Presenters:
Rainer Deutschmann, Dialog Axiata PLC, Group Chief Operating Officer
Amy Cameron, STL Partners, Senior Analyst
Andrew Collinson, STL Partners Research Director
Dean Bubley, STL Partners Senior Associate and founder of Disruptive Analysis
Date:Tuesday, 5th May, 2020Time:15:00 GMT
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Operators have struggled with telco cloud to date. NFV deployments have suffered from a lack of truly ‘cloud-native’ components and approaches, and the industry continues to grapple with the complexities of transformation and building skillsets. Meanwhile, there is a growing urgency to safeguard investments in 5G new radio, which have been justified based on new use-cases which assume extreme sophistication in the network.
In this webinar, we argued that 5G will only pay if telcos find a way to make telco clouds work. We share learnings from first-hand work with operators and vendors about successful (and less successful) routes to cloud deployment, and suggest that shifting industry dynamics – new partnerships, ecosystems and integrations – mean that now is the time to make it happen.
In this webinar, we argued that 5G will only pay if telcos find a way to make telco clouds work. We share learnings from first-hand work with operators and vendors about successful (and less successful) routes to cloud deployment, and suggest that shifting industry dynamics – new partnerships, ecosystems and integrations – mean that now is the time to make it happen.
Presenters:
Matt Pooley, Telco Cloud Practice Lead & Senior Consultant, STL Partners
Philip Goddard, Business Development Director, Juniper Networks
Phil Laidler, Partner, STL Partners
Date:Wednesday, 8th April, 2020Time:16:00 GMT
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What impact will the Coronavirus pandemic have on telecoms longer-term, and how should the industry respond? In this webinar we discussed telcos’ immediate responses, assess priorities for the next few months, and outline four scenarios for future planning.
We heard from Markus Kinnunen, VP of Service Assurance and Cyber Security at Elisa, and Rainer Deutschmann, COO at Dialog Axiata, on how they are responding to this unprecedented situation, and their outlook for the future.
We heard from Markus Kinnunen, VP of Service Assurance and Cyber Security at Elisa, and Rainer Deutschmann, COO at Dialog Axiata, on how they are responding to this unprecedented situation, and their outlook for the future.
Presenters:
Andrew Collinson, STL Partners Research Director
Dean Bubley, STL Partners Senior Associate and founder of Disruptive Analysis
Markus Kinnunen, VP of Service Assurance and Cyber Security at Elisa (Finland)
Rainer Deutschmann, Chief Operating Officer at Dialog Axiata (Sri Lanka)
Date:Wednesday, 1st April, 2020Time:16:00 GMT
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In this session, Phil Laidler and Miran Gilmore explored how 5G can help to improve networks’ energy performance and curtail carbon emissions.
The inexorable growth in data volumes predicted over mobile networks in the next decade means that relying on “evolutionary” improvements to 4G will not be sufficient to curtail emissions from networks.
Phil and Miran argued telcos need to achieve a step-change in networks and business practices. 5G New Radio, massive MIMO and mmWave technologies will be able to provide this step-change at first to contain, and then to reduce, carbon emissions from mobile networks.
The inexorable growth in data volumes predicted over mobile networks in the next decade means that relying on “evolutionary” improvements to 4G will not be sufficient to curtail emissions from networks.
Phil and Miran argued telcos need to achieve a step-change in networks and business practices. 5G New Radio, massive MIMO and mmWave technologies will be able to provide this step-change at first to contain, and then to reduce, carbon emissions from mobile networks.
Presenter:
Phil Laidler, Partner and Consulting Director, STL Partners
Date: Tuesday, 28th January, 2020Time: 16:00 GMT
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In this session Amy Cameron and Yesmean Luk looked at the opportunities for telcos in health.
As a growing industry, with a national focus and significant digitisation challenges, healthcare is an attractive vertical for telcos seeking to build new revenues beyond core communications services. But it is also notoriously slow to change and carries a high reputational risk if anything goes wrong.
Through ten case studies on telco plays in healthcare – including both successes and failures – they outlined the key considerations and potential strategies for telcos targeting the healthcare opportunity.
As a growing industry, with a national focus and significant digitisation challenges, healthcare is an attractive vertical for telcos seeking to build new revenues beyond core communications services. But it is also notoriously slow to change and carries a high reputational risk if anything goes wrong.
Through ten case studies on telco plays in healthcare – including both successes and failures – they outlined the key considerations and potential strategies for telcos targeting the healthcare opportunity.
Presenters:
Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst, STL Partners
Yesmean Luk, Consultant, STL Partners
Darius Singh, Consultant, STL Partners
Date: Tuesday, 26th November, 2019Time: 16:00 GMT
View the webinarThe unique benefits of 5G could unlock $1.4tn of value in eight key industries in 2030. This is based on models generated from 200+ interviews and surveys with industry executives. What steps should operators take to deliver these benefits? What business and organisational transformation must occur to unlock this opportunity?
Presenters:
Chris Barraclough, Partner and Director, STL Partners
Tilly Gilbert, Consultant, STL Partners
Date: Tuesday, 22nd October, 2019
Time: 9:00 GMT
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Edge computing from the front line: developer case studies
Much of the discussion around edge computing has focused on use cases which, although useful in demonstrating demand for the technology, are still hypothetical.
In this webinar we will present case studies “from the front lines” of developers and enterprises testing edge computing today across different applications such as AR/VR, video analytics, drone/UAV, live experiences and retail.
Key questions we will address during the webinar include:
- How does edge computing compare to expectations?
- What is measurable impact does edge computing make to the application?
- What is the value to software companies, enterprises and agencies?
- Given the value edge creates, how can telcos monetise this?
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, Senior Consultant & Edge Computing Practice Lead, STL Partners
Geoff Hollingworth, Chief Marketing Officer, MobiledgeX
Date: 12th September, 2019
Time: 17:00 GMT
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Digital transformation is at the heart of many organisations’ core strategies, as leaders explore how to solve traditional business problems with innovative digital solutions. STL Partners believes digital twins is an emerging technology that, by unlocking the potential of other rapidly developing technologies (such as IoT and AI), could play a significant role in driving transformation. But what is a digital twin?
In this webinar we’ll look at key digital twins use cases, how they are delivering value to global enterprises, and explore telcos’ potential role in the ecosystem.
There’ll be Q&A as part of the session.
Presenters:
Darius Singh, Consultant at STL Partners
Paul Green, CSO and Director at Iotic Labs, named as one of the top five tech start ups to watch in 2019 for IoT. Paul is also Associate Senior Analyst at STL Partners
Date: Thursday 6 June
Time: 4-5pm (London time)
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In this webinar we’ll look at key digital twins use cases, how they are delivering value to global enterprises, and explore telcos’ potential role in the ecosystem.
There’ll be Q&A as part of the session.
Presenters:
Darius Singh, Consultant at STL Partners
Paul Green, CSO and Director at Iotic Labs, named as one of the top five tech start ups to watch in 2019 for IoT. Paul is also Associate Senior Analyst at STL Partners
Date: Thursday 6 June
Time: 4-5pm (London time)
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Broadcast: 22 May 2019
Virtualisation (NFV) and SDN fundamentally change network infrastructure and service agility. And telcos that act early could gain an advantage. In reality, few operators have taken up the challenge.
So what’s the right approach to match your business needs? How can you gauge when’s the right time to move – and how do you find a helicopter view of what’s happening in the market? Which vendors are selling which solutions, to whom - and why?
In this webinar, we’ll show how - with 5G on the horizon - telco virtualisation is at a tipping point. And look at data from the NFV deployment tracker which aggregates information on commercial deployments globally.
Presenters: Matt Pooley, Senior Consultant and David Martin, Associate Senior Analyst
Date: Wednesday 22 May
Time: 3:30-4:30pm (London time)
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Virtualisation (NFV) and SDN fundamentally change network infrastructure and service agility. And telcos that act early could gain an advantage. In reality, few operators have taken up the challenge.
So what’s the right approach to match your business needs? How can you gauge when’s the right time to move – and how do you find a helicopter view of what’s happening in the market? Which vendors are selling which solutions, to whom - and why?
In this webinar, we’ll show how - with 5G on the horizon - telco virtualisation is at a tipping point. And look at data from the NFV deployment tracker which aggregates information on commercial deployments globally.
Presenters: Matt Pooley, Senior Consultant and David Martin, Associate Senior Analyst
Date: Wednesday 22 May
Time: 3:30-4:30pm (London time)
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Broadcast: 30 April 2019
Voice-activated speakers have people talking about smart homes again. But Alexa is just a warm-up act for the main event. In this session, we looked at the opportunities for telcos, what smart householders really want and how best to provide it. And we heard directly from an international operator about their experience of working in this space.
The webinar was built on complementary research Can telcos create a compelling smart home? in our (Re)Connecting with Consumers research stream.
Presenters:
David Pringle, Associate Senior Analyst, STL Partners
Thomas Rockmann, Vice-President Consumer IoT and Co-Lead Smart Home Project, Deutsche Telekom
Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst, STL Partners (moderator)
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Voice-activated speakers have people talking about smart homes again. But Alexa is just a warm-up act for the main event. In this session, we looked at the opportunities for telcos, what smart householders really want and how best to provide it. And we heard directly from an international operator about their experience of working in this space.
The webinar was built on complementary research Can telcos create a compelling smart home? in our (Re)Connecting with Consumers research stream.
Presenters:
David Pringle, Associate Senior Analyst, STL Partners
Thomas Rockmann, Vice-President Consumer IoT and Co-Lead Smart Home Project, Deutsche Telekom
Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst, STL Partners (moderator)
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Broadcast: 12 February 2019
In this invitation-only session, we looked at trends and challenges for the sector for the next few years. This covered changes to the global digital economy, how telcos can work in the enterprise space and some of the zeitgeist opportunities such as smart homes.
Our track record in horizon scanning is strong: a recent example is the recent FT article on telecom income in Europe - you might remember that we’d called this in our 2012 research.
Presenters: Andrew Collinson, Research Director
Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst
David Pringle, Associate Senior Analyst
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In this invitation-only session, we looked at trends and challenges for the sector for the next few years. This covered changes to the global digital economy, how telcos can work in the enterprise space and some of the zeitgeist opportunities such as smart homes.
Our track record in horizon scanning is strong: a recent example is the recent FT article on telecom income in Europe - you might remember that we’d called this in our 2012 research.
Presenters: Andrew Collinson, Research Director
Amy Cameron, Senior Analyst
David Pringle, Associate Senior Analyst
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Broadcast: 30 January 2019
We opened with near-term technical changes and deployments in 5G and the type of services that could be realised. Following up with business process and strategies for financial planning that could lead to opportunities for growth.
The piece was a real challenge to telcos looking to make improvements to win and retain customers and monetise new opportunities.
Presenters:
Dave Burstein, Editor, Wireless One and Associate Analyst, STL Partners
Chris Barraclough, Director, STL Partners
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We opened with near-term technical changes and deployments in 5G and the type of services that could be realised. Following up with business process and strategies for financial planning that could lead to opportunities for growth.
The piece was a real challenge to telcos looking to make improvements to win and retain customers and monetise new opportunities.
Presenters:
Dave Burstein, Editor, Wireless One and Associate Analyst, STL Partners
Chris Barraclough, Director, STL Partners
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Broadcast: 11 December 2018
In this webinar we looked at the opportunities in distributed cloud for telcos and how they could be realised.
Applications developers need to engage to get the most out of the possibilities. We showed a new edge use case related to augmented reality (chosen by user vote ahead of the session). And we looked at the effective business models.
Our guest speaker from MobiledgeX, a leading mobile edge innovator, talked about what they’re achieving and where they see telcos can monetise existing infrastructure investments. Including SDN/NFV transformations and more future-facing investments like MEC.
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, Senior Consultant, STL Partners
Jason Hoffman, Chair, MobiledgeX
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For more on edge, visit our edge hub
In this webinar we looked at the opportunities in distributed cloud for telcos and how they could be realised.
Applications developers need to engage to get the most out of the possibilities. We showed a new edge use case related to augmented reality (chosen by user vote ahead of the session). And we looked at the effective business models.
Our guest speaker from MobiledgeX, a leading mobile edge innovator, talked about what they’re achieving and where they see telcos can monetise existing infrastructure investments. Including SDN/NFV transformations and more future-facing investments like MEC.
Presenters:
Dalia Adib, Senior Consultant, STL Partners
Jason Hoffman, Chair, MobiledgeX
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For more on edge, visit our edge hub
Broadcast: 8 August 2018
This webinar covered our predictions for 5G.
We shared our assessment of the opportunities and barriers - including how and when it will impact different markets. How 5G will change the shape of the industry may not be what you expect, especially how it combines with other technologies and industry trends.
Topics include:
* Realistic deployment and uptake timelines
* Verticals and use-cases
* Role of enterprise / private networks
* Fit with NFV, WiFi, edge computing and AI
* Impact of geopolitics, spectrum regulation and lobbying
Presenters:
Andrew Collinson, Research Director, STL Partners
Dean Bubley, Associate Analyst, STL Partners
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This webinar covered our predictions for 5G.
We shared our assessment of the opportunities and barriers - including how and when it will impact different markets. How 5G will change the shape of the industry may not be what you expect, especially how it combines with other technologies and industry trends.
Topics include:
* Realistic deployment and uptake timelines
* Verticals and use-cases
* Role of enterprise / private networks
* Fit with NFV, WiFi, edge computing and AI
* Impact of geopolitics, spectrum regulation and lobbying
Presenters:
Andrew Collinson, Research Director, STL Partners
Dean Bubley, Associate Analyst, STL Partners
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Broadcast: 12 December 2017
In this webinar, we discussed the extent of live NFV deployments by operators in Europe and North America.
We assessed the various strategic and tactical plays available to those looking to keep on track with their virtualisation programme. There were also insights from our work with operators worldwide and our growing NFV deployment tracker research stream.
Presenters:
Matt Pooley, Consultant, STL Partners
David Martin, Associate Analyst, STL Partners
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In this webinar, we discussed the extent of live NFV deployments by operators in Europe and North America.
We assessed the various strategic and tactical plays available to those looking to keep on track with their virtualisation programme. There were also insights from our work with operators worldwide and our growing NFV deployment tracker research stream.
Presenters:
Matt Pooley, Consultant, STL Partners
David Martin, Associate Analyst, STL Partners
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