“Embrace the future”, the 2019 edition of Arthur D. Little’s annual study on the telecom industry, is based upon more than 100 interviews drawing from senior industry executives, investors / shareholders, 4,300 deals in relevant sectors, and an analysis of operator strategies across the globe.
To secure future growth, telcos will have to take advantage of the possibility of mutualizing assets and creating focused platforms for growth, transformation and value creation, which is facilitated by the disaggregation of the telecom value chain. To do this, telcos need to continue to invest in a balanced way between organic and inorganic options
- Innovate the core, driven by local competition
- Build capabilities to prepare for the future, in particular for digital transformation
- Secure reasons to be part of sustainable economics or drive the in-market consolidation to reach sustainable economics
- Accelerate M&A in resultant focus areas beyond core – i.e. in B2C as well as in ICT, B2B2X and wholesale to prepare for the future (to compensate for the stagnating / declining core business)
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Source: Arthur D. Little Press Release