By: Manoranjan ‘Mao’ Mohapatra, CEO, Comviva The telecom industry has been facing strong headwinds as competition from digital players and challengers is eroding the traditional business model. This is forcing communication service providers (CSPs) to accelerate time to market and deepen customer engagement by creating new business models, products and services. As growth becomes the prime focus for CSPs, they …
By: Angus Ward, CEO, Beyond Now In his book ‘Platform Revolution,’ which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, Professor Geoff Parker describes the revolution of platform business models that has swept through as the “inverted firm”. Where powerful network effects and use of partner ecosystems has shifted the focus of value creation from purely within to outside the organization – driving economies of scale …