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Transforming Telcos with Triple Play
Key Lessons and Best Practices For Winning RGU Strategies

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Overview

The triple play model has gained in popularity over the past few years as cable companies and telcos seek to further monetize existing customer relationships and diversify revenue streams. As more players roll out their triple play offers, we believe the model warrants further introspection. In this report, we analyze the value of the multi-play proposition, with an emphasis on a number of key questions, most notably, is triple play indispensable?

The answer is not as straightforward as it may seem. Through analytical case studies of existing triple play bundles, we examine the key ingredients in creating successful triple play models. We focus on pricing, content, the strategic approach to triple play, as well as key performance indicators and bottom line impact. We consider successful models (e.g. a French carrier with 90% of broadband subscribers opting for a triple play bundle), less successful plans (e.g. an otherwise dominant Asian carrier unsuccessfully pushing triple play packages), and more atypical strategies (voice offered for free to sell broadband and video). We analyze why cable companies have been more successful in migrating their customers to bundles, and provide an outlook for triple play offerings.

Triple Play Case Studies
Detailed Triple Play case studies of the following carriers:

  • Verizon
  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • KPN
  • Telstra
  • Comcast
  • NTL
  • VTR
  • Free Telecom
  • FastWeb
  • Telenet

Triple Play Resources
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Key Arguments

  • The concept of subscriber will increasingly become insignificant. What we see is the emergence of the "revenue generating unit" (RGU), a concept that focuses on the number of core applications sold to an individual subscriber.
  • Triple play bundles do not compensate for deficient individual packages. Triple play bundles (even when discounted) cannot hide the deficiencies of individual components in a competitive market.
  • In the triple play stakes, incumbent telcos are mistakenly focused on protecting the (wrong) core. Consequently, cable carriers (and a number of alternative telcos) have taken a strong lead in service bundling.
  • Quadruple play is a fallacy. A number of points make it unlikely that this offering will be rapidly picked up over the medium term. First, triple play is complicated enough...
  • We do not believe that discounts are a prerequisite to successful bundled triple play; just as (if not more) powerful are service differentiation and a segmented approach to pricing.


Key Questions Answered
  • Is triple play indispensable? Can a cable company or telco survive without a multi-service offering?
  • Is service bundling indispensable in a triple play strategy? Does triple play discounting work?
  • What are the key characteristics of a successful triple play offering?
  • Which category of carrier has been more successful in converting subscribers from single to multi-play?
  • What is the optimal approach to positioning triple play?
  • Can telcos push triple play without pushing VoIP?
  • Will triple play accelerate voice revenue erosion?
  • What are the keys to telco success in the TV market?
  • What are the implications of triple play for ARPU? Profitability?
  • Does triple play make a material impact for churn? Market share?
  • Author: Lead - Guy Zibi
    Co-Authors - Svetlana Issaeva, Ozgur Aytar, Nick Holland and Joel Cooper

    Publication Date: June 2006

    Price: $2,990.00   

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