Public Wifi: Destroying LTE/Mobile Value?

By building or acquiring Public Wifi networks for tens of $Ms, highly innovative fixed players in the UK are stealthily removing $Bns of value from 3G and 4G mobile spectrum as smartphone and other data devices become increasingly carrier agnostic. What are the lessons globally? (more)

Voice & Messaging 2.0: Fonolo - start-up watch

Fonolo, a Canadian company that essentially provides a search engine for IVR menus, has recently showcased an interesting new market application. We think it's a good example of innovation in 'Voice 2.0'. (more)

New Digital Economics Executive Brainstorms - EMEA Update

Registration is now open for our EMEA (11-13 May) event.

New Digital Economics is a new series of brainstorm events and developer forums run for senior strategy execs from across the communications, entertainment and technology sectors, looking at new growth opportunities and business models. Join over 500 senior execs from across the globe in London (11-13 May).

Employing STL’s unique ‘Mindshare’ interactive format each event incorporates 4 interwoven events: Telco 2.0, Digital Entertainment 2.0, Mobile Apps 2.0 and Personal Data 2.0 as well as a 200 person evening developer forum and showcase, run in partnership with AppCircus.

In addition to Telco 2.0 analysts, stimulus speakers include:

• Simon Hutson, SVP Home Entertainment & Global Brand, BBC Worldwide
• Sean Williams, Group Strategy Director, BT
• Simon Miller, CEO, Betfair TV
• Sarah Milton, Head of Video on Demand, Channel 4
• Jürgen Hase, Vice President M2M, Deutsche Telekom
• Rainer Deutschmann, SVP Mobile Products, Deutsche Telekom
• Christian Hernandez, Director, International Business Development, Facebook
• Olaf Swantee, EVP, France Telecom – Orange Group  
• Ilja Laurs, CEO, Getjar
• Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, Co-Founder, Layar
• Tim Wright, CTO Europe, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Carlos Domingo, CEO, R&D, Telefonica
• Rob Salter, Category Director, Entertainment, Tesco
• Alex Green, Executive Director TV and Online, Virgin Media
• Cenk Serdar, Director, Consumer Data & Comms Svcs, Vodafone Group
• Anthony Rose, ex CTO, YouView

For more information and to register click here: EMEA.

Strategy 2.0: The Roadmap to Telco 2.0

Now in the final stages of editing, our latest strategy report describes the new Telco 2.0 Strategic Business Model Framework, identifies 5 new categories of Operators, and benchmarks the primary strategies needed by each to evolve and thrive in the new industry environment. Preview contents and pre-order here. (more)

Augmented Reality: Is there a Valuable Role for Telcos?

An introduction to Augmented Reality (AR) including: key industry players; latest developments; and the AR ecosystem. The key strategic question is what role should telcos play? Three possible roles are outlined. (more)

M2M 2.0: New Approaches Needed

The M2M market structure is evolving rapidly and new roles and requirements are emerging that are unaligned with much current telco practice. What must telcos do to avoid missing out and potentially inhibiting the market overall? (More)

Facebook: Facing up to a big new competitor

Despite a >500 million user base and global media hype, Facebook needs more revenues than advertising can bring, and sees communications as a key area to target as its deal with Skype has shown. Telco 2.0's detailed analysis of Facebook's business model and strategy. (More)

Telcos vs. Internet Players: Act before it's too late

There's less than 3 years for telcos to take advantage of key strategic 'control points' in their battle for sustainable growth in the communications and e-commerce markets, concluded delegates at the Telco 2.0 EMEA Brainstorm in November. How should they think differently about their value and where do they need to (re)focus their attention? (More)