France Telecom's NExT: The Blueprint for the Next Generation Telco?
France Telecom is integrating its businesses to become an end-to-end service provider. While costly at first, integrated operations promise both greater efficiencies and share of the customer's wallet. We think they will also result in increased horizontal consolidation.
MVNOs: To Host or Not to Host, That is the (MNO) Question
A few operators around the world have emerged more MVNO-friendly than others. MVNOs help network operators to improve the return on the capital invested in the network. However, for market leaders, we argue that MVNOs are more of a competition than a compliment.
Designing the Next-Generation Mobile Device
Improvements in battery life and display technologies and seamless handoffs between different technologies will come together in the next generation mobile device. Such devices will spur further creation and adoption of next generation services.
Digital Rights Management (DRM): Full Track Downloads Call for Further Experimentation with Distribution Models
Digital piracy is a concern for content providers. In its nascent stage, distribution of digital content has been rather conservative. For further customer engagement however the industry has to consider a variety of different distribution options.
