Tag: Business and Economy

  • An Economist’s perspective on the future of telecoms

    Getting external perspectives always adds to the richness of the Great Telco Debate.  Mark Gregory, Chief Economist at EY in London and I discussed the economic realities of telecoms and the digital economy going forward. Here are the key themes that emerged: Measuring productivity in traditional economic terms has been challenged by the Gig economy…

  • Plotting the telecoms future

    We are entering a major annual planning cycle for many players in the ICT industry. The challenge for the telecoms sector is that there are so many moving parts, some positive, some negative and all interacting with each other. And with the increasing digitisation of everything, factors from outside the telecoms market will seriously impact…