The OctopOSS is waiting for new business models itself, but also facilitates new business models for CSPs and their customers
“Telecom operators don’t have the DNA to develop these kinds of applications. In this new world we build the network, but the service is built by someone else. We have to share monetisation… First, [telcos] are more focused on their infrastructure business and are not as strong in applications; second, this ecosystem of applications is […]
“Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.” Ronald Reagan. Speaking with many of the large OSS vendors, it seems that the tier-one Telco and Utility market is still their prime sales and marketing focus, not to mention their product development focus. Interestingly, I wonder whether […]
“The problems you’ve got left… are probably the difficult ones. We’d all like to find discount answers to our problems. Organizations, governments and individuals prefer to find the solution that’s guaranteed to work, takes little time and even less effort. Of course, the problems that lend themselves to bargain solutions have already been solved. What […]
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein (possibly). The B/OSS suite means a lot of things to a lot of people in a CSP’s organisation. If you are an executive at a CSP or were to put yourself at the terminal of the C-suite for […]
“First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.” Napoleon Hill. Whilst doing some recent research I came across this interesting study by Frost and Sullivan. See slide 5 of this slide-pack. . Without knowing […]
“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” George Bernard Shaw. Here’s my list of reasons why to choose a career in OSS: If you have ambitions to reach a senior position in a […]
“IBM’s big January sale looks set to continue with the firm’s software-defined networking [SDN] business rumoured to be on the market for some $1 billion.” ITProPortal. This is a fascinating story if true. Given that I’m sure that network virtualisation, be it SDN or other, will become widespread in future years, it makes me ponder […]
“Watch the product life cycle but more important watch the market life cycle.” Phillip Kotler. In yesterday’s blog “What must I do today?” and an earlier post entitled “The television analogy” I spoke of the parallels between the television and the telecommunications industry. I have a few diagrams / tables to elaborate today. The standard […]
“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.” Eleanor Roosevelt. It’s a regular topic of conversation here (and elsewhere too of course), that CSP’s revenue streams are under pressure. CSPs have been in the game of selling technology-based services traditionally but just as we’ve seen in the television industry (please see earlier […]
“The race is on for the carriage standard for the IoT’s (Internet of Things). WiFi, 3G, LTE, Weightless are all candidates. Then there’s the short range stuff like Bluetooth LE, NFC, the list goes on. Interesting to see some of the alternates emerging to WiFi. A company Nuel in the UK have just released an […]
“A strategic inflection point is a time in the life of business when its fundamentals are about to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end.” Andrew S. Grove, Only the Paranoid Survive. Let me start today by asking […]
“Identifying which data is best used ‘fresh’ and which is best ‘frozen’ and retained for post analysis is a technique operators need to master. Effective exploitation of fresh and frozen data opens up opportunities for innovation and differentiation. Personalized experiences based on each individual customer’s own interests, behaviour, geography and unique circumstances should drive loyalty.” […]
“Many connection providers use outdated manual procedures for design, sizing, costing and build rather than embrace new technology. Few companies have so far adopted a GIS-driven (Geographic Information System) approach to design and build that allows more accurate designs more quickly and can inform other processes such as sizing, costing and overall customer service.” Davis […]
“We have a good shot at becoming the number one IT company in the world. That’s clearly our goal.” John Chambers, CEO of Cisco. Cisco is certainly getting word out about how an IoE (Internet of Everything) is going to change the IT / networking world with its massive growth in networked sensors. But I […]
“Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.” Jeff Bezos. In yesterday’s blog, we cited a report indicating that CSPs across the globe could lose up to $172 Billion in revenues from voice and messaging services. The implication is that OTT (Over the […]
“According to a research report published by Telco 2.0, telecom companies across the globe could lose up to $172 Billion in revenues from voice and messaging services [on a $375 billion base over the next five years].” Digital Service Cloud. In a nutshell, that’s $172B that won’t be available to be invested in big-budget transformational […]
“…When the familiar pen-and-paper methods of self-analysis are enhanced by sensors that monitor our behavior automatically, the process of self-tracking becomes both more alluring and more meaningful.” Gary Wolf. In yesterday’s blog, we presented this image, which shows the gaps in EMC’s social networks that prevent “perfect” information flow across their orgnas. The other message […]
“The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.” N. Bushnell. In yesterday’s blog, we discussed a new product to infuse innovation more deeply within a CSP via its OSS, partly based on the concept of EMC|ONE. On the back of EMC’s work, they propose “Ron Burt’s theory of structural holes […]
“There are no old roads to new directions.” The Boston Consulting Group. It seems apparent to me that the most successful companies are also the best at harnessing innovation. I guess there is no commoditisation at the bleeding edge. And by “harnessing,” I mean establishing an environment where innovation activities are not just ad-hoc or […]
“Here is a simple but powerful rule – always give people more than what they expect to get.” Nelson Boswell. In yesterday’s blog, we spoke of the imperative of providing a perception of having added more value to the CSP than the OSS has cost. If you’re an integrator, when you finish off your OSS […]
