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Will the Telecom sector conquer the digital space?

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How Can Telecommunications Conquer the Digital Renaissance? – sappience digital | Low-Code Apps Development | No-Code Applications Development
Today, the telecommunications industry connects everyone and everything around the world. It has the potential to lead to a better future and breakthrough development. The source of the power of the industry is the global role of mobile technology for and on society.

 

 

Today, the telecommunications industry has the potential to lead to a better future and breakthrough development. Digital technologies approach will shake telecommunications to its foundations. This is the challenge that enterprises will have to take up in order to conquer the Digital Renaissance.

This Week’s Must Read is an insight piece from Sappience about the current state of the Telecommunication industry.

  @Sappience

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Thought Leadership

In the next wave of telecoms, are bold decisions your safest bet?
Telecoms must transform to remain relevant to consumer and enterprise customers. Our survey findings explore priorities and next steps.

 

Today evolution of telecoms industry appears to be faster than ever before. 5G networks, automation and artificial intelligence (AI), and the rise of internet of things (IoT) applications, will lead to a transformation of the operators, but will they manage the transition successfully ?

Tom Loozen and Adrian Baschnonga @EY

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Convergence in Media and Telecom in the face of COVID-19
Streaming services are meeting the additional demand created by stay-at-home populations worldwide. Whereas television channels are enhancing their offer, combining linear programming and streaming, specialized streaming services are offering TV series, documentaries, and feature films across a wide…

 

The COVID-19 pandemic is tragically affecting telecommunications networks, communications services and the media that are moving along with the way we are living and working today.

@Fondation Robert Schuman

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Arthur D Little
Arthur D. Little is a management consultancy that links strategy, innovation and technology to ensure success for our clients.

 

Overall, the telecom, media and technology sectors have been able to absorb the first shockwaves of COVID-19 . Do you think they are better positioned to capitalize on the opportunities that times of crisis tend to present, towards preparation for the “new normal”

Dr Karim Taga, Rohit Sethi, Gregory Pankert @Arthur D. Little

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Council Post: Telecom Digital Transformation Creates Agility, Automation And An Enhanced Customer Experience
If CSPs stay focused on agile cloud adoption and CX while adapting to emerging opportunities, they can win new customers and retain existing customers and emerge as industry leaders.

 

Fiber networks, Software-defined wireless, those new network structures support the rapid adoption and delivery of new products and services. Are communication service providers, often lagging behind, up to the task of delivering a truly digital experience?​

James Messer @Gotransverse for Forbes

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sink-or-swim.pdf
It may seem as though everything is already online. But our current telecommunications infrastructure will be eclipsed by the digital innovations of the future. By 2025, zettabytes of data will interlace billions and billions of connected objects and areas — including HDTVs, refrigerators, clothing, shipping packages, industrial machines, farmers’ fields, smart homes, and connected cars — all controlled through smartphones and other portable devices.

 

The challenges that operators face today will only grow more daunting in the 5G era, unless they begin now to make bold strategic decisions that can provide a path to profitable growth in the coming decade.

Wilson WY Chow and Rolf Meakin @Pwc

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This week’s Consulting News

Trump Administration Supports Deloitte To Develop Unproven Vaccination Tracking System
The Trump administration awarded Deloitte a nearly $16 million contract to develop a tracking system for public health officials to schedule coronavirus shots and manage supplies.

| Anthony Raimondi @IBT

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Biotech firm BioNTech said on Monday it widened an ongoing pivotal global study of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate to include testing in its home country of Germany

| Edmund Tadros @The Australian Financial Review

TRUCE Software Launches Free Solution to Manage Mobile Devices Used by Field-based Workforces
/PRNewswire/ -- TRUCE Software, the global leader in contextual mobile device management technology, announces the launch of TRUCE MDM, a cloud-based platform...

| PRNewswire

What lies ahead for cloud adoption in financial services
Cloud programmes across the financial services industry have seen significant acceleration in terms of adoption over the last few years.

| Consultancy.uk

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