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Data should improve services for ‘good’ and ‘bad’ customers
Customer data enables fairly priced services and a better experience for all – yet many firms use it to treat “good” customers better. That’s a bad idea. Read more…
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Open source solutions need finely balanced ecosystems
Open source solutions require an ecosystem that finds the right balance between being both genuinely open source and a sustainable business. Read more…
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The traditional telco business model is a burning platform
Telcos have never been more threatened in terms of their business viability. Their traditional telco business model is a burning platform. Read more…
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The smart devices market is unsustainable – here’s how to fix that
Smart devices and Silicon Valley-driven consumer electronics are not very ecological or sustainable businesses – but they could be. Read more…
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Who will be the winners and losers in the AI business?
Who can be winners in the AI business? Perhaps the answer lies in winning models in other ecosystems, such as online ads and mobile apps. Read more…
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Is it time to kill the typical OSS partnership model?
Long-term partnerships between carriers and OSS vendors are great, but only if we jettison the traditional day-rate model for such projects. Read more…
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The Metaverse is game-changing, weird and coming soon – or is it?
The Metaverse is coming sooner than we would expect. Already business models are evolving, and, more seriously, big brands are buying in. Read more…
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The next frontier – 5G and network-centric business models, Edge, IoT
The next frontier of networking is the area of 5G and network-centric business models with Edge computing, IoT devices and private networking Read more…
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Decentralized future for technology and business models
Data and computing moved to a centralized model during the last decade but we are starting to see a trend toward more decentralized models. Read more…
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Telcos are missing an obvious 5G revenue play: households
Telcos need to seriously rethink their customer segmentation as well as the bundles, pricing and offers targeted at households. Read more…
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The art of pricing – and the smartest tricks in the book
In pricing, there was a thing called a ‘simplicity curve’. When telcos were selling, well, telco stuff, the simplicity curve started by being, well, simple. Read more…
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Networks & business models reshape competitive drivers in 5G
Telcos need to rethink their legacy business models and develop new economic models and partnerships to become new digital value providers in 5G. Read more…
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Get ready, 5G brings new business models, cloud challenges and network slicing
The biggest difference between 4G and 5G networks will be the number of low-value connected machines forcing move to completely new business models. Read more…
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5G network slicing – commercialization and business models
ZTE was the first to release the 5G end-to-end network slicing solution and now it is exploring its commercialization and business models. Read more…
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Software business dead – but software has more value than ever
Although software is core to most business, it is not so easy to create a viable software business, or at least generate big profits by only selling software. Read more…
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A study throws cold water on 5G business models – again
It is becoming increasingly clear that there was no real plan for 5G success. It was, it seems, all about technology after all. Certainly based on what we believe CSPs can deliver (see any library Read more…
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The big business model debate: zero-sum game or expand the pie?
We’re seeing an increasingly polarized debate over business models: the zero-sum game vs expanding the pie. But it’s more complicated than labeling a given model one or the other. We often have a tendency to Read more…
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Jan Frykhammar on Openet, 5G and mending broken business models
Ask Jan Frykhammar, who spent many years at Ericsson (as CFO and interim CEO), why he joined the board of directors of Openet and he will smile. He has, he says “been doing telecoms for Read more…