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Drivers of revenue growth in APAC

The graphic below analyses 2024 investor material from the top 11 telcos in APAC. The bars show the eleven revenue lines discussed most often – with the colour of each bar showing an estimate of the maturity of CSP activities in that area.   Some mature revenue lines, such as IoT and digital content, did […]

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AI training priorities for telcos

Research into the training priorities of telcos uncovered four areas of current focus:

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The financial value of adding A3 into the network and OSS

Bi-yearly research estimates the financial value of AI, automation and analytics (A3)  through bottom-up analysis of potential capex/opex savings or revenue uplift from integrating these technologies into 60 processes/use cases across a telco’s network and OSS. This value is measured on an annual basis in dollar terms and as a proportion of total revenue for […]

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The value of telco automation

The diagram illustrates the development of automation and intelligence in a telco and considers the financial value for a “typical” telco. The pink lines illustrate the timeline for delivery of all intelligent and automation in a particular area – most lines stretch out over multiple years as more simple automations are completed and additional intelligence […]

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Prediction 2020: Few Telcos will Keep Up with the Elite Adopters of AI

Originally posted here:  Prediction 2020: Few telcos will Keep Up with the Elite Adopters of AI – The Analyst Syndicate (thansyn.com) It’s not just AI, of course. It’s the effects of the combination of the intertwining of analytics, automation and AI (A3) and the different ways and paces various telcos experiment with and embrace the […]

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The Value of A3 In Telco Marketing

This article summarizes calculations made on the use of new A3 (Analytics, AI and Automation) capabilities within telco marketing. The y-axis of the chart below is an estimate of yearly financial upside (revenue uplift + cost decrease). The x-axis is a count of the number of uses seen for more “complex” A3 (e.g. using machine […]

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Most Popular A3 Projects in 2018/19

Most Popular A3 Projects in 2018/19

  In order to understand where vendors are gaining traction with products which included Advanced analytics, AI and Automation (A3), it is useful to look beyond the vendor powerpoint – at published case studies and press releases.  These give a picture of the depth and breadth of actual live implementations. We visited 250 websites of […]

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