Telco 2.0™ Research

The Future Of Telecoms And How To Get There

The Telco 2.0™ Initiative

Telco 2.0™ is a collection of research, brainstorming and consulting services designed to catalyse change in the Telecoms-Media-Technology sector.

The Initiative stimulates new ways of thinking about Business Models, Service Portfolios and Technical Architectures.

Created by specialist analyst and consulting company, STL Partners, the Telco 2.0™ Initiative was launched in May 2006 and is supported by the GSM Association, among other organizations around the world. It runs one of the most widely read blogs in the sector.

Why does it exist?

IP has changed the game and many growth markets are maturing rapidly. The lines between industries are blurring and everyone is after the same consumers. This is causing disruption in the telco industry, for operators and their partners. Greater levels of creativity are needed to address the following issues:

  • The vertically integrated business model is under attack from all sides: tougher regulation, new technology (most notably VoIP and open spectrum), disintermediatory new entrants, and advancing customer expectations.
  • P/E ratios suggest little investor belief in this improving. They have low confidence in "converged" or triple/quadruple-play bundles providing high returns.
  • Operators are making investment decisions in Network & IT, Products & Services, and Mergers & Acquisitions without a clear view of the future.
  • 92% of respondents to an STL online survey replied that 're-thinking the strategic role of the operator' is a key priority.
  • The majority of senior executives polled in 2007 lack confidence in the industry's ability to create sustainable growth.
  • There is an urgent need for all players in the telecoms value chain to review and renew their business models.

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Please also see the full Telco 2.0™ Manifesto and the Telco 2.0™ Blog for ongoing analysis.

New Content (Use "Search" or "more articles" to find more)

  APAC Nov/Dec 2011 Brainstorm - Telco 2.0 Strategy
Telco 2.0 Strategies. Presentations including an overview of Telco 2.0 concepts by Simon Torrance, CEO, STL Partners/Telco 2.0, Investors' views of telcos and technology markets by Richard Kramer, CEO Arete Research, the real world progress of Telco 2.0 strategies by Chris Barraclough, Chief Strategist, STL Partners/Telco 2.0 and an Innovators Showcase on 'Everything in real-time all the time?' by Hassan Iftikhar, VP Wholesale Business Management, CSG at the New Digital Economics & CSG APAC Executive Forum in November / December 2011.

Telco 2.0 Strategies
  Telco 2.0: Report and analysis of the event
Telco 2.0: Event Summary Analysis. A summary of the findings of the Telco 2.0 Executive Brainstorm, 9th November 2011, held in the Guoman Tower Hotel, London. The Brainstorm explored telcos’ strategic options to grow in the fast changing digital economy. It also considered how telcos can defend their core voice and messaging business, while also examining the steps they can take to improve the customer experience.

Telco 2.0: Event Summary Analysis Presentation
  Telco 2.0: New Roles, Relevance and Revenues (STL Partners/Telco 2.0 Initiative Presentation)
Telco 2.0: New Roles, Relevance and Revenues. Presentation by Simon Torrance, CEO, STL Partners/Telco 2.0 Initiative, summarising the impact of Internet Players, new growth opportunity areas, and best use of current assets. Presented at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm, November 2011.

Telco 2.0 Nov 2011 New Roles, Relevance and Revenues
  Telco 2.0: Understanding Telco 2.0 opportunities and how to realise them (STL Presentation)
Telco 2.0: Understanding Telco 2.0 opportunities and how to realise them.  Presentation by Chris Barraclough, STL Partners/Telco 2.0 Initiative at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm (November 2011, Executive Briefing Service, Transformation Stream.)

Telco 2.0 Nov 2011 Understanding Telco 2.0 opportunities and how to realise them
  Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: The Value of Smart Networks and Services to Mobile Operators (Tellabs Presentation)
Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: The Value of Smart Networks and Services to Mobile Operators  Presentation by Pankaj Shroff, Director of Strategy, Tellabs Office of CTO, at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm in November 2011.

Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: The Value of Smart Networks and Services to Mobile Operators
  Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: RCS-e as Telco’s own OTT Platform Mobile CRM Case Study (Solaiemes)
Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: RCS-e as Telco’s own OTT Platform Mobile CRM Case Study Presentation by Jose M Recio, Solaiemes, at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm in November 2011.

Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: RCS-e as Telco’s own OTT Platform Mobile CRM Case Study
  Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: BlueVia Update (BlueVia Presentation)
Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: BlueVia Update. Presentation by James Parton, Head of BlueVia Marketing, Telefonica, at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm in November 2011.

Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: RCS-e as Telco’s own OTT Platform Mobile CRM Case Study
  Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: Macheen Presentation
Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: Macheen Presentation Presentation by Richard Schwartz, CEO of Macheen, at the EMEA Executive Brainstorm in November 2011.

Telco 2.0: Innovators Showcase: Macheen Presentation