Top 10 Telecom Myths Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis Comptel Nexterday North, November 2015 [email protected] @disruptivedean Images from Pixabay.com or ©Dean Bubley
Top 10 Telecom Myths
Dean Bubley, Disruptive Analysis
Comptel Nexterday North, November 2015
[email protected] @disruptivedean
Images from Pixabay.com or ©Dean Bubley
About Disruptive Analysis
Tech/telecom analyst house & strategic consulting firm
Cross-silo, contrarian, independent
Futurism, Forecasting & anti-forecasting
Focus: Voice/video, WebRTC, 4G/5G, Telco biz models & regs
Consultant & advisor to telcos, vendors, regulators & investors
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Myth: Innovation needs standards & interoperability
Standard Services Evolution
Digital Innovator
& incubator
Partners & packaged
Solns
Integration & APIs
Business & verticals
focus
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Myth: Telcos understand user needs & purpose
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Myth: Networks are pipes
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Myth: Networks are truly aware of applications
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Myth: 50bn “things” need the Internet (or mobile)
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Myth: Network services need subscriptions
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Amenity API-based Owned
outright
Peer-to-peer Sponsored Transactional
Myth: WiFi / cellular should be “seamless”
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Myth: NFV/SDN virtualisation will make telcos “agile”
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Organisation & Process
Investors & Risk Legal & Regulatory
Procurement
Collaboration &
Partnership
Example: Regulation and “agility” don’t mix
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Mentions
“Regulation” 41
“Innovation” 15
“Design” 4+1
“Software” Zero
“Developers” Zero
NFV / SDN Zero
Agile / agility Zero
Myth: Telcos vs “OTT” isn’t a level playing field
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Myth: All Voice & Video = “Calls”
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Sub-Myth: Minutes equal value/quality
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Length,
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10 Worst
Movies of
2015
10 Best
Movies of
2015
Rotten
Tomatoes
Rating
Conclusion: Engineering needs to meet Design
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