Communication & Technology
Thought Leadership
The following articles were written by Booz & Company partners and other senior professionals on key topics in the communications & technology sector.
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Building the Digital Middle East: 2011 ICT Leaders' Event A recent ICT industry roundtable identified three imperatives for the sector’s continued advancement in the Middle East: next-generation policies, sector governance that accommodates multiple stakeholders, and regional collaboration. |
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Connecting Africa: The Next 10 Years of Mobile Growth Mobile communications in Africa is one of the continent’s most powerful success stories. Telecommunications projects received over $58 billion in private investment between 2000 and 2008; more than 500 million people are now active users... |
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Designing the Transcendent Web: The Power of Web 3.0 Web 3.0, or what we call the Transcendent Web, will bring profound changes to people and businesses alike. The benefits it will provide users include the creation of a much more personalized Web experience and the automation of many... |
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Avoiding the Slippery Slope: How GCC Telecom Operators Can Improve Profitability Even though the worst of the global economic slowdown has passed, telecom operators worldwide face a raft of challenges...
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Cashing In on Business: The Enterprise Opportunity for MENA Telecom Operators The enterprise, or business, segment presents MENA telecom operators with a significant potential growth opportunity... |
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Further Articles
| July 2011 | ||
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MVNOs at the Gate: The Rise of Service-based Competition in the MENA Region |
The Middle East telecom market is likely to see a rise in the number of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), which typically address... read more> | |
| June 2011 | ||
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Winning in the Next Wave of Telecom M&A: The Way Forward for GCC Operators |
The GCC telecom operators that are best positioned to succeed as M&A activity resumes will have both ample financial firepower... read more> | |
| April 2011 | ||
| Booz & Company Annual Communications' Leaders Summit 2011 |
Booz & Company's fourth annual CEO Communications Summit in Dubai brought together representatives from the foremost telecom organizations in the Middle East... read more> |
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| Nationwide high-speed broadband networks, or digital highways, can significantly boost a country's socioeconomic growth... read more> | ||
| January 2011 | ||
| The trends most likely to reshape the GCC region's telecommunications landscape in 2011 break down into three broad categories: expansion, new revenue opportunities, and lean operations... read more> | ||
| December 2010 | ||
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Opportunities Lie Ahead: MENA Telecom Operators Reinvest in Growth |
This Conference Insights paper provides an overview of the 2010 TMT Finance & Investment Middle East Conference in Doha... read more> | |
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The Value of Being Global: Finding Synergies within GCC Telecom Operators |
As the transformation of the telecom sector has created several operators with footprints in multiple markets, investors have rewarded these global players... read more> | |
| September 2010 | ||
| The Future of Telecom Operators: Capabilities for Rapid Change | Three major trends—demand for ubiquitous connectivity, the rise of modular technologies, and increasing competition from outside the industry—are transforming the game... read more> | |
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Rethinking Wholesale: Five Key Strategies for MENA Telecom Operators |
For years, telecom wholesalers in the MENA region have mainly engaged in lucrative facility leasing. However, a spate of new services, competitors, and regulations is rapidly transforming... read more > | |
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Innovation Goes Home: A Growth Avenue for MENA Telecom Operators |
Traditional voice and Internet access services, which for years constituted the telecom industry’s foundation...read more > | |
| June 2010 | ||
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Bringing Mass Broadband to India: Roles for Government and Industry |
For broadband to become a mass medium in India, cable and telecom companies must work to ensure ubiquitous supply... read more > | |
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Enabling Sustainable Digital Highways: Strategies for Next-Generation Broadband |
The creation of national broadband networks is crucial to sustainable economic development and social progress. read more > |
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| From the Middle East to the World: Building a Global Telecom Operator | GCC telecom operators have launched unprecedented international expansion programs since 2004, but to become truly global, they must address organizational challenges... read more > | |
| March 2010 | ||
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Telecom in the Middle East: The Competitive Mandate After the Downturn |
Telecom operators in the Middle East will have to respond to four strategic imperatives as the downturn abates... read more> |
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| December 2009 | ||
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The Era of Next-Generation Access: Building Networks to Meet New Demand |
The coming era of next-generation broadband networks is forcing telecommunications operators to adjust their... read more> |
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| September 2009 | ||
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Digital Highways:The Role of Government In 21st-Century Infrastructure |
Next-generation broadband networks promise much faster transfer of information, services, and benefits throughout a national economy... read more > | |
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After the Downturn: Four Trends That Are Shaping Telecom's Future |
As the global downturn begins to show signs of abating, forward-looking players... read more > |
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| July 2009 | ||
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Optimism reigned supreme—despite the broader market gloom—as more than 200... read more > |
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The CFO as Strategist: Leading Value Creation in the MENA Region |
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as elsewhere, the economic crisis... read more > |
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| June 2009 | ||
| The Power of Telecom: A Catalytic Force in the Economic Downturn |
The telecom sector has traditionally been a stronghold of financial resilience. However, its value... read more > |
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| May 2009 | ||
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The Big Picture: IPTV's Value & Challenges for MENA Telecom Operators |
Despite numerous innovations in television service delivery technologies over the years, and high household penetration of... read more > |
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| March 2009 | ||
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Booz & Company Annual Telecommunications Leaders’ Summit 2009 |
In early 2009, Booz & Company invited 13 leaders from the foremost...read more > |
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| February 2009 | ||
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The Globalisation of GCC Telecom Operators: How to Address the Next Challenge |
The rapid expansion of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) telecom operators... read more > |
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| February 2009 | ||
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During the recession in 2001, global telecom revenues not only held their own, they... read more > |
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| December 2008 | ||
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Telecom in the Downturn: What Will Happen and Who Will Benefit |
At a time when other industries are reeling, telecom operators have been holding up... read more > |
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| November 2008 | ||
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The economic storm will not spare telecommunications operators... read more > |
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| October 2008 | ||
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How MENA Telecom Operators Will Weather the Global Financial Crisis |
Following several years of high premiums and leveraged acquisitions, Middle East... read more > |
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| Towards More Effective Regulation |
A causal relationship has been shown to exist between economic growth and the... read more > |
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| April 2008 | ||
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In the past decade, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have... read more > |
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| Deregulation 2.0 |
How Service-Based Competition Can Drive Growth in the MENA Telecom Industry... read more > |
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| February 2008 | ||
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Despite numerous innovations in television service delivery technologies over the years,... read more > |
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| January 2008 | ||
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There are significant opportunities for telecommunications operators in the... read more > |
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As the wave of sector liberalization continues, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) telecom... read more > |
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| November 2007 | ||
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The liberalization of a country’s telecom industry can enable economic growth across... read more > |
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| May 2007 | ||
| Beyond License Acquisitions | The scarcity of telecom license issuances and privatization opportunities in the... read more > | |
| April 2007 | ||
| The Urgent Need For Companies to Adapt to Web 2.0 | Web 2.0 activity—that is, Internet usage that involves online collaboration, networking... read more > |
