After many years of discussing the future of the telecoms industry and of advising on telecom product development roadmaps and related industry standards I've finally decided to take the plunge and open my discussions to a wider audience. Through this blog I hope to have insightful discussions with the wider world on the future of the telecom industry. The issues I will explore have been simmering away for a number of years yet have only recently come to the front of the popular press and to the attention of major analysts as a result of some of the technologies (e.g. smartphones and mobile broadband) having finally entered the mass market. Furthermore, the last 10 years has also been characterised by the emergence of many new players such as Google, Facebook and Skype offering services over the internet that represent a new front in competition to the services offered by traditional network operators.
I'm going to explore this exciting new world. I'll ask what will these changes mean for traditional network operators, their infrastructure partners and the device manufacturers. What is the scope and size of the potential impact on traditional telcos' services businesses of users switching their voice and messaging services to new players? What technologies and standards are available and should telcos deploy them to help compete with the new players? I'm also going to evaluate how any proposed strategy could actually be deployed - what changes are needed within the industry in terms of cost structure, people/culture and organisation. It should be an interesting journey. I hope you will join me.
Chris.
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