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31 March 2011
Upgrading the sourcing function to a strategy facilitator
The fast paced change in telecoms requires sourcing to be at the intersection of strategy and execution.
In telecoms, Sourcing as a process and organizational role is often highly focused on price of equipment and services. Habitually, success is measured by the obtained price per unit or system. In light of this, the sourcing process tends to be designed to primarily be an instrument to achieve such price/cost targets. For certain commodities such approach is adequate and in some cases even to prefer, but for much of the core assets of a telco operator it does not serve very well. At all. Sourcing-strategy-article-PS.pdf (pdf, 413 kB) |
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14 June 2010
LTE - The bigger picture
Is LTE delivering on its promises? With data speeds of 80 Mbit/s and above, LTE is much awaited by the industry. As the first commercial services are launched in Stockholm and Oslo there are user and operator experiences to assess. Meanwhile, operators ponder how and when LTE fits into their roadmap. Northstream provides an update about LTE from operator and end user perspectives, highlights priorities for mobile broadband build-out and outlines how we see LTE as part of a strategic context. LTE-The-Bigger-Picture.pdf (pdf, 252 kB) |
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12 February 2010
The revenue opportunity for mobile connected devices in saturated markets
At the end of 2009 there were approximately 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions in the world, of which the vast majority were mobile phones and mobile broadband modems. With current growth rates there will be more mobile subscriptions than people on earth well before the end of the decade. The rise of various mobile connected devices (other than phones and broadband modems) can boost the total numbers by a ten-fold if the industry finds a way to harness the potential. The-revenue-opportunity-for-mobile-connected-devices-in-saturated-markets.pdf (pdf, 894 kB) |
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