Telecoms

The UK telecoms market is one of the most dynamic and challenging in the world: 

• Forward-looking consumers, many of whom are early adopters (especially of internet services) 
  An increasingly dynamic incumbent rolling-out a next generation core network to both drive a step-change in its cost profile, and create a new platform for service innovation
• Six local loop unbundlers – providing broadband competition at 20%+ exchanges across the country 
• An integrated quad-play business emerging from the consolidation of ntl, Telewest and Virgin Mobile 
• Five mobile operators, four with similar market shares, creating one of the most competitive mobile markets in Western Europe: the only market where the giants of European telecoms compete head-to-head (Vodafone, FT, DT, Telefonica) 
• The home base of many of the largest US and European private equity investors active in the telecoms sector 
• A forward-looking regulatory environment keen on promoting investment, competition, access and consumer protection.

Operators in this market are therefore needing to address fundamental questions of competitive and technology strategy:

• Delivering financial market growth expectations against a back-drop of increasing market saturation and the consequent revenue slow-down (key topics: footprint optimisation, retention, convergence, cost reduction, growth opportunities in IT services, content and internet opportunities) 
• Understanding the (disruptive) impact of the transition to an all-IP environment, on both the retail and wholesale side of the business (key topics: innovation and product development, interconnection, the operator of the future) 
• Making the right technology bets (key topics: network and IT evolution)

How We Help Our Clients

• Booz & Company has experience of working against all areas of the three imperatives above with many of the stakeholders in the UK telecoms industry: operators, regulators, industry bodies.
• To do so, we deploy tailored teams bringing together strategists, technologists, operations and organisational experts allowing us to not only articulate the right solution for our clients but also to support them through the ensuing transformation.