At-a-glance summary of the Telco 2.0 Transformation Research Stream

To find out more about the Telco 2.0 Transformation Stream agenda please email  / call +44 (0) 207 247 5003.

We'll also be exploring the issues and findings at Digital Asia (2-4 December, Bali). 

What is the need driving the Telco 2.0 Transformation Stream?

There is a digital ‘hunger gap’ resulting from increasing competition and substitution from adjacent products in traditional telecoms markets. To replacing the $Bns of value lost / destroyed requires significant strategic transformation by telcos.

The Telco 2.0 Transformation stream will cover the latest theories, leading practice, market analysis and case studies at the leading edge of telcos’ business model transformation using STL Partners’ core business model framework, e.g.:

• Strategy: STL Partners' updated 'Telco 2.0' Vision - what does a transformed CSP do and look like?
• Marketplace: the impact of technical, regulatory and industry competition on the need for transformation
• Service offering: best practice service strategies and innovations from CSPs
• Value network: organisation structures and processes, the role of technology partners in supporting transformation
• Technology: new requirements placed on telecoms infrastructure, e.g. the need for greater flexibility and speed
• Finance: the economics and metrics of transformation

Who is it for?

The Telco 2.0 Transformation stream is designed to help all those effecting change with the telecoms industry:

• Chief strategy officers and strategists at CSPs and technology vendors
• CEOs, CTOs, CFOs, CIOs and CMOs at CSPs and technology vendors
• Leaders of innovation, digital product management, marketing and business development teams at CSPs and technology vendors
• Business development, sales and marketing at vendors selling to CSPs

Why is the Telco 2.0 Transformation Stream of Value?

STL Partners believes that transformation of the telecoms industry is required to grow $350+Bn of new revenue by 2020.

Without transformation, the telecoms industry (and your company) will decline. With it, there remain opportunities for growth.

Success in transformation is hard, and depends on navigating a complex range of competing demands and dynamic forces, such as:

• preparing for the future while delivering on the current business model;
• prioritising opportunities;
• implementing fast and effectively;
• delivering the right organisation structure and processes to support existing and new business models;
• and measuring and managing change effectively

While telcos face tough choices, to choose not to change is to choose to be at best commoditised, and at worst to go bust.

The Telco 2.0 Transformation stream helps executives identify opportunities, counter threats and manage change.

What makes the Transformation Stream Unique?

• It draws on almost a decade of experience studying and implementing new business models in TMT
• Harnesses insights from Telco 2.0’s frequent contact with leading strategists from across the TMT industry, and a systematic and proven research methodologies that consider the key internal and external factors impacting business performance
• Led by Chris Barraclough, Chief Strategist STL Partners / Telco 2.0

To find out more about the detailed agenda, objectives and planned reports, and for all other enquiries, please email  / call +44 (0) 207 247 5003.

Relevant industry terms referenced include: business model, Telco 2.0, telecoms, CSP, network, operator, strategies, strategy, innovation, transformation, disruption, digital.