Telco 2.0 6th Executive Brainstorm May 5, 2009

A New Role for Telcos in the Digital Economy

Introduction

The 6th Telco 2.0™ Executive Brainstorm, co-located with the TM Forum's Management World 2009 will be held at the Acropolis Convention Centre in Nice, South of France, on 6-7 May 2009. It is based on the output from the 5th Telco 2.0™ Executive Brainstorm held in London in November 2008, and new market research and analysis from the Telco 2.0™ Initiative.

"85% of senior execs said the current telco business model will no longer deliver sufficient growth." Telco 2.0™ Participant Survey, November 2008

The Telco 2.0™ Initiative focuses on Business Model Innovation for the Digital Economy. See Manifesto and Blog for more.

May Event Focus

Reducing Friction in the Digital Economy: Exploiting latent telco capabilities. Industry next steps towards realizing the $350bn 'two-sided' telecoms market opportunity (Part 2).

Event Themes

New Industry 'Platform' Strategies; Business Model for 'Network-as-a-Service'; Retail Services for 'Digital Natives'; New Wholesale and Enterprise Services; Telco 2.0 Technical Architectures; Winning with Edge Devices; Commercial Model for Open APIs and 'Smart Pipes'.

Official Website: http://www.telco2.net/event/may2009/