Facebook + WhatsApp + Voice: so what?

So Facebook is buying the mobile IM app WhatsApp for $19bn including $4bn in cash, and WhatsApp is launching a voice service. Why, and what are the consequences and lessons for telcos and others? (More)

Growing the Digital Economy: Lessons from Brazil, Mexico, and Iran

The success of digital economies is underpinned by the growth of the Internet. Our analysis of a number of economies shows that enlightened policy is more important than the wealth of the populace or any other measure. What are the key lessons? (More)

Join us for the next instalment in our innovation forum and executive brainstorm series for EMEA, 10-11 June, The Four Seasons Hotel - London. Focused on New Ways to Grow and Innovate in the Mobile and Digital World utilising each region’s core industry drivers and future deliverables. At EMEA this year we address:

Innovating in the Mobile Economy

• The most effective innovations across your industry with business strategy impacts
• New mobile world metrics: How to manage and implement innovation
• Gaining a competitive advantage: Emerging trends, partnerships and collaboration opportunities.

Big Data, Personal Data, Customer Data

• Leveraging the value of data and sustaining competitive advantage
• What are the true sources of value?
• Deepening customer relationships and driving true value from data
• What are the enablers across technical, commercial and legal data factors

Mobile Marketing and Innovations throughout the Customer Journey

• Live demos of the latest mobile marketing innovations - what’s emerging, where is the industry heading and what could you deliver in your own organisation?
• Your company's place in the mobile revolution
• Assessing fast paced converging innovation and its impact on your business
• Building a three to five year roadmap, integrating mobile related services.

If you experience difficulties using these links please reply to this email contact@stlpartners.com to register your interest

Cisco, Microsoft, Google, AT&T, Telefonica: the disruptive battle in communications

As well as telcos, established vendors and technology standards are being disrupted in communications. Our latest report analyses the market performance and challenges of key vendors and technologies in the voice and messaging markets. Including; LTE, RCSe, and WebRTC, and looks at platforms and services from Vodafone, Telefonica and AT&T. (More)

Self-Disruption: How Sprint Blew It

How Sprint's necessary shutdown of Nextel turned into a commercial disaster, losing valuable customers, reputation, and market share. Our analysis shows that amidst the drama of the Softbank deal and the complexity of a major network upgrade, SMB customer needs were neglected, and its competitors (VZW, AT&T and T-Mobile) stepped smartly in. (More)

Mobile Marketing and Commerce: NFC v BLE v SIM v Cloud

This new report will help digital commerce players assess some tough technology and strategy choices in the on-going mobile marketing and commerce battle. E.g Will bricks and mortar merchants embrace NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), or cloud-based solutions? (More)

Telco 2.0 Transformation Index: Singtel, Telefonica lead AT&T, VZW and Ooredoo (all need more)...

…each are still at a relatively early stage of maturity and have much still to do, this new research provides an overall comparative benchmark and in-depth analysis of each against transforming their operations and building new 'Telco 2.0' business models. (More)

Threat to $172bn Telecoms revenues: Defence strategies & growth opportunities

Telcos' can fight back with opportunities worth as much as $80bn. The Future of Voice and Messaging, will aid better decisions on investments, external benchmarking, and competitor analysis including strategies for defending your business against disruptive competitors. (More)

Digital Commerce 2.0: How telcos can add c.$50bn to total revenues

If telcos fully commit to taking new roles as 'intermediaries' and 'enablers' in Mobile Commerce (advertising, marketing, payments, loyalty) and Personal Cloud, they could grow new revenues amounting to 5% of today's core revenues in 5 years. (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)