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www.bharatbook.com : The social telco
[November 24, 2009]

www.bharatbook.com : The social telco


Fixed telcos are failing to capture young people as customers. Teenagers communicate through a variety of means which bypass the fixed telco altogether and take these behaviours with them when they go on to university and/or working life.

Key Chapters : In a nutshell Ovum (News - Alert) view Introduction Defining the social telco Drivers for social telco activities Two major reasons why telcos need to become social Users migrating to other platforms Lack of effective innovation on the part of telcos Solving the two major challenges Two primary aims of social telco activities Creating alternative channels and business models for telco services Enabling true innovation that leverages telco functionality Social telco activities Engaging customers through Web 2.0 sites is just the beginning The focus should be on service exposure with effective controls Part and parcel of telco transformation efforts A difficult balance between openness and control BT (News - Alert)’s acquisition of Ribbit provides an interesting case study Two new service models Enabling new business models Not all services will be developed in this way Not just a fixed or consumer strategy Social telco is for mobile operators and enterprises too Third-party tools often part of the solution IBM, Oracle (News - Alert) and Alcatel-Lucent among the vendors Examples and case studies Most telcos’ strategies are in the early stages Vodafone Connect to Friends Chunghwa Telecom mash-up competition Telecom Italia (News - Alert) To know more and to buy a copy of your report feel free to visit : http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=126567&rt=The-social-telco.html   Or Contact us at :   Bharat Book Bureau Tel: +91 22 27578668 Fax: +91 22 27579131 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bharatbook.com Blog: http://bharatbookresearch.blogspot.com Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/3bbharatbook

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