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New technologies bring new opportunities
As digital giants and startups change business models in the Middle East and around the world, telecommunications companies must develop strategies that focus on lasting growth. At the same time, policymakers and regulators must devise ways to evolve the telecom market and ensure its sustainability. Emerging technologies are creating opportunities for a wide variety of players to reach more people, and the thirst to consume content via the internet is greater than ever before. Telecom operators are investing more than 50% of their M&A budget outside of core competencies.
At Strategy&, the longest-serving consulting firm in the Middle East, we bring unparalleled regional expertise in sector policy and regulations, growth strategies, digital transformation, financial planning and management, B2C commercial strategies, B2B/B2G commercial strategies, wholesale commercial strategies, technology and operations, and operating models. By uniting strategy, design, and execution, we deliver immediate impact and lasting value for policymakers, regulators, and corporate clients in the Middle East. We advise government entities, companies and leadership teams of all sizes on business decisions related to cutting-edge trends and ongoing issues such as:
- Policy and regulation
- New growth areas
- Media and entertainment adjacency
- B2B and IT adjacency
- Next-generation networks
- Cost transformation
- Digital customer experience
- Data monetization
- Operating model and people
Differentiating capabilities
Smart diversification
We support telecom operators in pursuing value-creating diversification to new cores. We extract lessons learnt from FAANGs and lay out the principles and framework for “smart” diversification, including comprehensive understanding of FinTech, InsurTech, Telemedicine, and ICT.
Digital telco transformation
We support telecom operators in retaining relevance to customers, reducing cost to serve, and increasing revenues with digital transformation. We provide a framework for anchoring the telecom way to play and designing holistic digital transformation through mobile-first, omni-channel customer journeys, product simplification, and big-data-enabled personalization.
Fit For Growth* in a digital world
We demonstrate how digitization of channels and technology promises to transform cost structure. We provide a detailed assessment of impact of new digital levers, the target-state business model for cost leadership in the digital age, and a tool set enabling deep cost diagnostics and rapid identification of cost efficiencies.
*Fit for Growth is a registered service mark of PwC Strategy& LLC in the United States.
The path toward 5G
We conduct an economic analysis to determine how 5G spectrum options, use cases, and business models impact the viable 5G coverage, and what is the macroeconomic impact of wide 5G roll-outs to derive implications for telecom operators and regulators.
Media and entertainment – A growth path for telecom operators
We identify attractive media opportunities for telecom operators (e.g., digital advertising, OTT), the conditions under which telcos invest in them, the ways to play that can be adopted in each, and the key factors for successful execution.
ICT service providers transformation for the digital age
We support telecom operators with mature B2B as they make the leap to become digital services and solution innovators that enable the digital transformation of verticals, elaborating on key success factors.
How we can help
Our telecom expertise covers the entire business construct.
- Sector development
- Strategic direction
- Financial planning and management
- Commercial – B2C
- Commercial – B2B/B2G
- Wholesale
- Technology and operations
- Operating models
Sector development
- Sector governance
- ICT sector strategy
- National digitization
- National broadband
Strategic direction
- Corporate strategy
- Market entry strategy
- Growth strategy/adjacencies
- Investment strategy
- Digital transformation
- Performance turnaround
- Regulatory strategy/lobbying plan
- Post-merger integration
Financial planning and management
- Cost optimization
- Performance management
- Capital planning
- Working capital management
- Balance sheet optimization
- Regulatory strategy/lobbying plan
- Post-merger integration
Commercial – B2C
- Marketing strategy
- Customer segmentation
- Product design and pricing
- Data monetization
- Devices strategy
- Content strategy
- Customer value management
- Loyalty management
- Channels strategy
- Retail footprint optimization
- Distribution model
- Supply chain management
- Incentive scheme
- Customer experience
- Contact center optimization
Commercial – B2B/B2G
- ICT growth strategy and go-to-market
- Telecom product design and launch
- Digital solutions
- Design and business development
- SME sales strategy
- Customer experience
- Managed accts. sales strategy
- Account planning and profiling
- Customer segmentation
- Marketing communications strategy
- Customer operations
Wholesale
- Product development
- Sales plan
- Pricing
- International expansion
- Infrastructure sharing
- National roaming
- MVNO hosting
Technology and operations
- Technology strategy and plan
- Vendor strategy and management
- Digital technology architecture design
- IT transformations
- Asset life-cycle management and governance
- Spectrum management
- Field service optimization
- Agile operating model
Operating models
- Organization restructuring
- Workforce planning
- Capability-led transformation
- Governance alignment
- Group-opco interplays
- Culture and change management
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