Telecoms Innovation Insight

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The telecoms market has been, and remains, one of the most dynamic and fast changing of all industries. Vendors and service providers are constantly exploring new ideas and new markets, and are endlessly seeking to test how new concepts might work.

However, there is generally little reference to how things have worked in the past. Lessons are quickly forgotten. Our analysts and partners have been tracking services and infrastructure developments in this sector for years, and so have seen ideas come, go, and come back again. We have tapped into this experience to offer free think pieces exploring areas of telecoms innovation. Rather than simply providing an interesting historical perspective, the articles specifically consider the lessons that can be learnt by other innovators. We will be publishing articles on a regular basis, and over time this section of the site will build into a free library.

In addition to these "lessons from history" pieces, we also write about other aspects of innovation in the telecoms sector, where we find examples that are widely applicable.

Ensuring telco outsourcing SLAs focus on the right things (April 2010)
The role of ICT in creating energy smart grids (March 2010)
The role of out-tasking in international mobile service provision (November 2009)
ENUM – is it being adopted by carriers and service providers, and does it mean the end of high call charges? (September 2009)
Mobile financial transactions: the importance of finance infrastructure maturity (October 2008)
Mobile music download services: how telecoms over-rates its own capabilities (August 2008)
As sea levels rise, is the tide turning on telecoms conferences? (July 2008)
Carriers' carriers: what happens when the environment changes (June 2008)
Monetising the Internet: lessons from free dial-up access providers (May 2008)