Customer Experience: Is it Time for Mobile CDNs (Content Delivery Networks)?

Changing consumer behaviours and the transition to 4G are likely to bring about a fresh surge of video traffic on many networks. Fortunately, mobile content delivery networks (CDNs), which should deliver both better customer experience and lower costs, are now potentially an option for carriers using a combination of technical advances and new strategic approaches to network design. This briefing examines why, how, and what operators should do, and includes lessons from Akamai, Level 3, Amazon, and Google. (More)

Drive Transformation and Innovation - NOW!

The New Digital Economics EMEA Executive Brainstorm is just around the corner! With just 8 seats remaining, if you have not yet secured your place, please apply to participate here.

The European Commission, Red Bull Media, Orange Digital, Telefonica Digital and Barclays will be joining senior executives from Tesco, Amazon, Everything Everywhere, Visa, Telefonica O2, BBC Worldwide, Etisalat, Virgin Media, Deutsche Telekom, Anghami, Mobily, Orange, Weve and Verizon to converge in London in June this year to review and share best practice and apply creative thinking to drive and enhance digital transformation and innovation in their industries and organisations today.

Confirmed participants include:

Sandra Alzetta SVP Visa Europe		Rainer Deutschmann SVP Core Products Deutsche Telekom		Khalifa Alshamsi Group Chief Digital Services Officer Etisalat		Gaurav Basra VP Strategy & Innovation Mobily
Pierre Briffaut CEO Orange Digital		Hyunmi Yang Chief Strategy Officer GSMA		Paolo Campoli Head of SP Architectures and CTO Cisco EMEA		Rosa Barcelo Policy Co-ordinator European Commission

Click here for more confirmed participants

This year’s invitation only Exec Brainstorm is taking place on 5-6 June at the exclusive Wyndham Grand Hotel in Chelsea Harbour. Building on the success & agenda of last year’s event, discussions will focus on:

Digital Economy: Strategic Growth Opportunities for a Hyper-Connected World
• Digital Transformation: How to build 'Industry 2.0'
• Customers: How to address new sources of value
• Infrastructure: Harnessing Cloud, SDN, and Security

Digital Commerce: Closing the Loop between Advertising & Payments
• SoMoLo: resolving merchants' pain points and delivering to customers
• Advertising and Marketing: Making Mobile Pay

Digital Things: New Opportunities from the 'Internet of Things'
• M2M & IoT: Strategies and Business Models
• Platform Requirements (infrastructure, commercials, standards)

Big Data: Exploiting the New Oil for the New Economy
• Best use cases to realise value from data
• Who will be the leading brokers of personal data?

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Software Defined Networking (SDN): A Potential 'Game-Changer'

An overview of Software Defined Networking (SDN), how it differs from traditional networking technologies, its potential benefits, use cases, strategic scenarios and key action plans for telcos, and why it is so important for both the telco and vendor communities to adopt and exploit SDN capabilities now. (More)

90% Silicon Valley Execs: Management Mindset Must Change in Telco, Media, Banking& Retail

Value is squeezed out of industries as they become increasingly digital, an effect that we've called 'The Great Compression'. But which companies will survive and prosper - and how? Execs at our Silicon Valley brainstorm identified 'management mindset' as a key factor. (More)

Mobile Wallet: Time for a rethink

The 'Mobile/Digital Wallet' needs to evolve to support authentication, search and discovery, as well as payments, vouchers, tickets and loyalty programmes. Moreover, consumers will want to be able to tailor the functionality of this "commerce assistant" or "commerce agent" to fit with their own interests and preferences. (More)

The Internet of Things: What's Hot in The IoT?

'The Internet of Things' (IoT) is one of the big ideas of the moment. But what are the areas in which value is being created now, and what is technological hype? (More)

Digital Entertainment: What Gets Measured Gets Money

The key steps for mobile entertainment services to generate revenues commensurate to the attention it receives are: to improve measurement of the success of 'discovery' tools, create more effective creative inventory, and deliver proof of its effectiveness, not just the attention. (More)

Digital Commerce: Show me the (Mobile) Money

Many companies are struggling to build a mobile commerce business case that generates significant incremental revenues in the next five years. But some will ultimately use digital wallets to create a valuable platform that bolsters customer loyalty and produces substantial revenues from location-based marketing, advertising and the management of personal data. What are the barriers, how can they be overcome, and which companies will overcome them? (More)

A Practical Guide to Implementing Telco 2.0

How can communications services providers (CSPs) transform their businesses from Telco 1.0 (infrastructure-led stasis) to Telco 2.0 (sustainable innovation-led growth)? An essential, step-by-step guide to the implementation of new Telco 2.0 business models, providing telecoms executives and their partner companies with a systematic approach to capitalise on new opportunities and neutralise potential threats. The report outlines robust frameworks and methodologies for selecting the right Telco 2.0 strategy for each organization, identifying and implementing the key opportunities, and avoiding expensive and time-consuming mistakes. (More)

Cloud 2.0: Telco Strategies in the Cloud

Telco 2.0 presents a new strategy report examining the evolution of cloud services; the current opportunities for vendors and Telcos in the Cloud market, plus a penetrating analysis on the positioning Telcos need to adapt in order to take advantage of the potential $200Bn global Cloud services market. This report offers over 140 pages of insightful commentary from those who've been working at the cutting edge, and includes an introduction to the sector's key technologies and emerging trends, as well as detailed recommendations for Telcos and vendors. (More)