Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Skype: dealing with the disruptors

We are now in the final stages of production of a new 300 page strategy report on this topic. Here is an extract of the analysis, which we will also be discussing in depth at the EMEA and APAC events. (More)

Voice & Messaging 2.0: Voda and DT to discuss RCSe 'OTT defence play'

Senior executives from Vodafone Group and Deutsche Telekom will discuss different aspects and applications of the new RCSe voice/messaging 'platform' - in part, a big industry play to defend against 'OTT' players - at our event in London on 9-10 November. They’ll be joined on a panel by the EVP of Telenor and CEO of Rebtel to discuss a new strategic framework from the Telco 2.0 team... (More)

M-Commerce 2.0: a $1Trillion efficiency opportunity?

At our recent M-Commerce 2.0 event in New York an eminent professor from MIT suggested that within five years most small purchases will be conducted using mobile phones. He also estimated that 50-60% of the U.S. economy could be made more efficient using the data captured by mobiles, potentially saving a trillion dollars. How can we prepare for the extraordinary opportunities created by the combination of m-commerce, personal data and analytics? (More)

Senior execs from Vodafone, Orange, Telenor, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat gather...

Over 60 industry leaders and subject matter experts from BT, Orange, Telefonica O2, Telenor, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, Everything Everywhere, MasterCard, Visa, and other leading companies, are gathering to discuss the following topics over 5 events... (more).

• Telco 2.0: Defending Voice and Messaging; New 3rd party services; Customer experience
• M-Commerce 2.0: Payments & NFC 2.0; Advertising & LBS 2.0; Personal Data 2.0
• Cloud 2.0: Olympics 2012; Role for telcos; CDNs (mobile and federated);
  Facebook vs Apple vs Google vs Amazon vs Telco: Understanding the ‘great game’
• M2M 2.0: Rethinking M2M economics - Service Enablers for the Connected Home
• Digital Entertainment 2.0: New business models for home Video - lessons from Netflix and OTT TV trends
  
  

  Full agenda here.

Stimulus speakers include:

Albert Hitchcock CIO Vodafone Group		Morten Sorby EVP Corporate Development Telenor Group		Yves Maitre SVP Mobile Multimedia and Devices Orange		Jorn Lambert Group Head, Emerging Payments, Europe Master Card Europe
Dr Rainer Deutschmann SVP Mobile Products Deutsche Telekom		Tim Sefton Director New Business Telefonica O2 UK		Stuart Hill VP London Olympics 2012 Programme BT Group		more >

Accelerating New Growth Opportunities in Telecoms, Media and Tech

We're running our first APAC brainstorm 30 November - 1 December, at the Capella Resort, Singapore. This invitation only two day event focuses on strategies that accelerate new growth opportunities and business model innovation with a focus on the APAC region. (More)

Engage with senior CSP executives

The Telco 2.0 strategic marketing partners program helps solution vendors engage in the right conversations, with the right people, within telcos and CSPs across the globe. For details of how the program could help support your strategic marketing and business development objectives, please contact tim.cook@stlpartners.com

CDNs 2.0: should telcos compete with Akamai?

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) such as Akamai's are used to improve the quality and reduce costs of delivering digital content at volume. What role should telcos now play in CDNs? (More)

iPhone 4S: a winner, if not a game-changer

Apple's much awaited announcement of the Apple iPhone 4S last week was accompanied by some disappointment in the media and analyst communities. Telco 2.0 thinks it will be a success, if not a game changer, and embodies some important strategic moves for Apple. (More)

Handset IPR: a new 'Cold War' begins

The recent spate of deals (Google/Motorola, Nortel, Microsoft/Nokia) are the start of a long 'Cold War', where all parties are heavily armed, and risk destroying each other (and themselves) with overly aggressive legal actions. Telco 2.0 partners Arete Research analyse implications for the mobile device space and clarify some misunderstood issues. (More)

Cloud 2.0: don't blow it, telcos

Enterprise cloud computing services need great connectivity to work, but there are opportunities for telcos to participate beyond the connectivity. What are the opportunities, how are telcos approaching them, and what are the key strategies? (More)

Apps & Telco APIs 2.0: their role vs. Facebook, Skype and iMessage

Smartphone apps, and in future HTML5 web apps, present new distribution opportunities for telco services including voice, messaging, and payments, as long as developers are motivated to use telco APIs. How should telcos approach the 'App Economy' to best defend existing revenues and develop new opportunities? (More)

Connected TV: Forecast and Winners

Our in-depth look at one of Europe's most competitive digital TV markets which reflects many global trends, such as competition between different types of content distributor (loveFilm, YouTube, Virgin Media, BBC, BSkyB, BT, etc.), channel proliferation, new devices used for viewing, and the increasing prevalence of connected TVs. What are the key trends and who will be the winners and losers? (More)

Mobile CDNs and video distribution

Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are becoming familiar in the fixed broadband world as a means to improve the experience and costs of delivering bulky data like online video to end-users. Is there now a compelling need for their mobile equivalents, and if so, should operators partner with existing players or build / buy their own? (more)

Strategy 2.0: The Six Key Telco 2.0 Opportunities

A summary of the six Telco 2.0 opportunities to transform telco's business models for success in an IP-based, post PSTN world: Core Services, Vertical Solutions, Infrastructure Services, Embedded Communications, 3rd Party Enablers, and Own Brand OTT Services. It includes an extract from the Roadmap to New Telco 2.0 Business Models, updates on latest developments, and feedback from over 500 senior TMT industry execs. (more)

M2M 2.0: the Money's in 'Enablers'

Our latest report on M2M 2.0 covers: M2M market growth, structure and dynamics; business models; the best role(s) for telcos; and leading thinking from Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telenor, KPN and Swisscom. It describes how 'Service Enablers' are key to the telco opportunity in M2M in addition to connectivity. (more)

Apple iCloud/iOS: Killing SMS Softly?

Our analysis of how Apple's iCloud, iOS5, and MacOS developments build value and control for Apple's digital platform, and their consequences on other parts of the digital ecosystem, including the impact of iMessage on text messaging. (more)

Strategy 2.0: What Skype + Microsoft Means for Telcos

In theory, Microsoft and Skype together have the resources, the brands, the customer base and the know-how to shape the future of telecoms and become a strategic counterweight to Apple and Google. Can they do it - and what should telcos' strategies be? (more)

Cloud 2.0: Telcos to grow Revenues 900% by 2014

Telcos should grow Cloud Services revenues nine-fold and triple their overall market share in the next three years according to delegates at the May 2011 EMEA Executive Brainstorm. But which are the best opportunities and strategies? (more)

BlackBerryFail explained + how iOS/OSX updates melted networks - Telco 2.0 News Review

• Technology Disruption: The week the BlackBerrys died
  
• Broadband Connectivity: iOS, OSX, Ubuntu, Steam updates melt your network
  
• Online Video: Akamai preps TV, mobility, cloud upgrades
  
• Voice 2.0: O2 UK embraces alt.voice
  
• Legends of Technology: RIP, C and UNIX inventor Dennis "dmr" Ritchie

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