Finding the Next 'Golden Egg': Sourcing Great Telecoms Innovations

A step-by-step guide for telecoms executives seeking to innovate and develop compelling new services to compete in the 'services layer', and develop a new telecoms business models to replace the contracting voice and messaging revenue streams with new revenues from new products and services and customers. (More)

Telco Opportunities in the "New Mobile Web"

The "New Mobile Web", the enhanced experience brought about by a range of new technologies (e.g. Cloud, HTML5, 4G), is a new arena in which operators seeking to (re)build their role in the digital marketplace are potentially well-placed. This report examines the findings of interviews and a survey conducted amongst key industry players, supplemented by STL Partners' research and analysis, with the objective of determining the opportunities for operators and strategies for success. (More)

Digital Arabia is a highly productive cross-industry business catalyst for new growth opportunities, new business models, and innovation in the Middle East and North Africa (see testimonials).

Based on detailed input from senior execs in the region, and insights from our new and proprietary research, it combines invitation only C-level roundtables, uniquely interactive senior exec brainstorms, deep-dive workshops on key topics and a highly curated innovation showcase - the Innovation Souq! (More)

It will be attended by 200 senior executives from across the communications, media, retail, banking and technology sectors. This year’s agenda covers:

• Executive Brainstorm: Digital Transformation in MENA - new growth from ICT

• Innovation Souq! - Demos and 1-to-1 meetings with proven, selected innovators in:  

• Mobile Marketing, Commerce and Content
• Enterprise Productivity and Mobility

• Deep-Dive Workshops:

• Digital Entertainment: Creating a profitable gaming ecosystem in the MENA region
• Digital Commerce: Disruptive innovation in retailing, marketing and distribution
• Digital Things: M2M and the ‘Internet of Things’
  

• Invitation-only Round-Tables:

• Telco CEOs: Beyond the core - new strategic growth opportunities and execution models for the region's telecoms industry
• CIO Roundtable: New sources of value from Cloud, latest developments and best practices from IaaS, SaaS and PaaS
• Mobile Financial Services 2.0: Clarifying, Refining and Enabling the Ecosystem

MEF Awards in Silicon Valley: Deadline 23rd Sept

MEF, the Global Community for Mobile Content and Commerce, have launched their 10th annual Meffy's awards in San Francisco. There are 14 award categories recognizing the best in mobile content & commerce with four Innovation categories that focus on the innovation of the product or service, rather than proven success in the market. 23rd Sept is the deadline for submissions - and the 'early bird' rate. (More)

Telco 2.0 Transformation Index: The first benchmark of future telco business models

The Telco 2.0 Transformation Index provides a fast, comprehensive, and high impact strategic reality-check and forward outlook to help telcos, their partners and investors improve returns on strategic investments and activities. It assesses current market performance and positioning, new services, transformative strategies, and future competitive and collaborative abilities of key telcos/CSPs against their potential and 'best-in-class' peers (including 'OTT' Players) in an industry facing a $400Bn 'digital hunger gap' and with core revenues declining by 20-30%. The first tranche of analysis addresses Telefonica, Vodafone, AT&T, Verizon, Axiata, SingTel, Etisalat and Ooredoo (formerly Qtel). Each company is analysed and scored in detail and direct comparisons can be made via the overall summary analysis. The approach is based on seven years of proprietary and market-leading research by the Telco 2.0 Initiative. (More)

Verizon vs. Vodafone: who's best off after the $130bn 'amicable' VZW split?

Breaking up is always hard to do, but there are some things that make it easier. In this case, the partners' interests have drifted apart, there are no kids, and the financial settlement looks like a reasonably good deal for everyone. Vodafone wants the funds for transformation and diversification in Europe and other markets; Verizon wants to consolidate using the control and cash flow of Verizon Wireless (VZW), and is betting big on the continued growth of mobile in the US market. But will they both be better off after the split? (More)

Location: There's still $11bn in it for telcos

Our new free research report shows how Location Insight Services (LIS) could be worth $11bn by 2016, in addition to the existing $10bn market for real-time Location Based Services (LBS). LIS identify valuable consumer location patterns over time using aggregated and anonymised data assets derived from connected consumers' mobile location data, and allow a deeper understanding of consumer behaviours. The report also contains an analysis by market sectors, includes use cases in retailing, transport and advertising, and strategies for Telcos to capture a large share of this new opportunity. (More)

Telco 2.0: Understanding Telefonica's Markets and Market Position

This extract from the Telco 2.0 Transformation Index shows our analysis of Telefonica's markets and market position, including economic and digital market maturity, regulation, customers, competition and pricing. It is one part of our overall analysis of Telefonica's progress towards transformation to the Telco 2.0 business model. The other parts of the Telefonica analysis are: Service Proposition, Finances, Technology, Value Network, and an overall summary. Telefonica is one of the companies covered and compared in the first tranche of analysis that also addresses Vodafone, AT&T, Verizon, Axiata, SingTel, Etisalat and Ooredoo (formerly Qtel). (More)

$10Bn Loyalty Market: Top Strategies and Apps for Telcos, Retailers, Online Players

The advent of smartphones and tablets is disrupting the $10Bn+ loyalty market by opening up new ways for brands and retailers to engage with their customers in a highly interactive fashion. This briefing analyses that market, why mobile is a compelling medium in it, key mobile app types, and leading edge strategies used by online players and traditional retailers. It concludes by outlining the strategies telcos need to employ to add value and exploit their assets and capabilities to play a major role in the value chain. (More)

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)

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)

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)

Cloud 2.0: NEW Rapid Impact Programmes to Fast-track your Cloud Strategy

With the right strategy, telcos can take a larger share of the $40bn + and growing Cloud market. We now offer tailored programmes for clients looking to save time and improve market performance by fast-tracking their Cloud Strategy, helping to size market potential, benchmarking against external best practice, securing internal alignment of objectives and plans, prioritising key activities, and selecting candidate vendor partners as required. The programmes are based on our proprietary Cloud 2.0 Research and run by our experienced senior analysts who have hands-on experience of delivering cloud services in the real world. (More)