Netflix: Threat or Opportunity?

Netflix's success in the US and in Western Europe has demonstrated that consumers are willing to change how they watch and pay for TV and movies. As a result Netflix's OTT proposition is challenging traditional pay TV models and changing how new broadband services are looking at content. For some players Netflix is a threat and for others an opportunity. So, how should content owners, channels, pay platforms and broadband providers respond? More

Telkom Indonesia, Globe, Singtel, Indosat, Axiata, Aircel, Telstra & Tata will all be converging in Bali in 3 weeks time. The regions Telco’s will also be joined by Google, Unilever, Facebook, Twitter, Bitcoin, MasterCard and the World Economic Forum at Digital Asia 2014, which is shaping up to be this year’s most ground breaking cross-industry event for the APAC region!

The highly interactive Executive Brainstorm & Innovation Forum will cover industry transformative, disruptive and influential topics, opportunities and threats across: Cloud and Enterprise Mobility, Big and Personal Data, Digital Disruption, Telecoms Transformation, Mobile Commerce, Content and Economic Development and regulation.

When: 2-4 December, 2014
Where: Ayana Resort & Spa, Bali

After stimulating the discussion and debate, you can look forward to relaxing and networking with these Senior Executives during our Gala Dinner (Day 1) Golf Tournament and Spa Day (Day 3).

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$350Bn Telco 2.0 Transformation: The Next Stage and an update...

See here for an update on the results into our Transformation survey, and here for an overview of the forward agenda of our Telco 2.0 Transformation research stream. It is designed to help executives identify opportunities, counter threats and manage changes enabling the growth of $350+Bn of new revenue in the telecoms industry by 2020. More

Google, Apple, Facebook: What's next in disruption?

Our new research service analyses how Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook & others are disrupting digital commerce, communications and content services - and how to deal with it. Plus key emerging players, how to compete / collaborate, case studies of disruptive innovation and competition, and principles and lessons for innovation and defence from all markets. See here for the agenda, and here for an overview and current content.

Cloud and Enterprise ICT: Cloud, Mobility, eHealth, +

$Multi-billion Cloud, Enterprise Mobility, eHealth and other advanced enterprise ICT markets are among the key opportunities in the Telco 2.0 business model. See here for the agenda of this new programme of research identifying threats and opportunities, leading thinking, and real world examples and models to implement and manage success in these areas, and here for a service overview.

Future of the Network: what are the key questions (e.g. on 5G, FTTx, etc.)?

We're looking at new business models and strategies for Next Generation Networks (NGNs) and how can they help deliver improved business performance. We'd like your input here on the key questions we plan to address.

Winning Strategies: Differentiated Mobile Data Services

A small and surprising set of national operators are delivering outstanding performance in the challenging European market. Our analysis shows how they're achieving differentiation with smart strategies that target the hottest customer need, and the considerable ramifications for the rest of the market. (More)

Apple Pay & Weve Fail: A Wake Up Call

The unveiling of Apple Pay and unravelling of Weve (the UK operators' payments venture) looked like bad news for telcos' ambitions in mobile payments in some markets, and highlighted challenges to Google and others' models. Yet there are already successful telco models and favourable market trends that telcos should exploit. So what are the opportunities now? (More)

Connected Car: Key Trends, Players and Battlegrounds

Connected cars are set to revolutionise the automotive industry as we know it, turning the car into the 'ultimate mobile device' and driving the growth of M2M in a big way. With Apple, Google, telcos and many others in the chase, we analyse the growth drivers, value chain, and key battles for control of this increasingly complex ecosystem, and outline a new connected car services framework. (More)

Connected Home: Telcos vs Google (Nest, Apple, Samsung, +...)

Since Google acquired Nest for $3.2bn, Apple and Samsung have also entered the complex battle for the connected home. We analyse in-depth why Google wanted Nest, the players' goals and strategies, and what should telcos and others do to stay in the game? (More)

Free-T-Mobile: Disruptive Revolution or a Bridge Too Far?

Recent twists in the USA have seen Sprint drop its bid for T-Mobile USA and Iliad, Free.fr's parent company, table a surprise bid of its own. Free's bid for T-Mobile USA will stretch its finances and management capacity to the limit, but can its package of tactics, technology, and procedures work in the US context? (More)