Tag: telco

  • A taste of the Great Telco Debate 2018

    The dust has finally settled on the Great Telco Debate 2018. The months of planning for the interaction-packed debates and panels left us all reeling from the wealth of inputs, cross-questioning and new ideas on the future of the telecoms industry. This was our fifth event and feedback is that it was the best yet…

  • The global telco dream is over: Mark Gregory, Chief Economist EY gives me his perspective.

    The Great Telco Debate is all about putting the industry trends into context. Mark Gregory of EY can’t join us this time around but he sent the following in reply to my questions about the telecoms industry, its dynamics, broader economics and future industry structures. It is great food for thought ahead of November 29th when…

  • A ‘brand’ view of the telecoms industry

    Tim Pritchard, Kantar TNS at the Great Telco Debate In the spirit of getting outside perspectives on the evolving telecoms market, Tim Pritchard from Kantar TNS, the WPP company which is the largest custom research business in the world, joined the Great Telco Debate on the role of telecoms in the digital economy. The brand…

  • 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…

  • The future Telco CIO: Serving whom & delivering what?

    Whenever discussing telco CIOs I set the following challenge: “Think of a chart with Stalin to the Dali Lama on the X axis; and a Server and a business suit on the Y axis. Where do you plot yourself or your CIO client?” After the initial groans of recognition of the problem, the concensus tends…