Cloud, software to further disrupt telecoms market
November 9, 2012
Grazed from ZDNet. Author: Kevin Kwang.
The telecoms industry will continue to be shaken up by cloud computing in terms of the need to offer relevant software and build up a strong independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem–both of which traditionally are not telcos’ strong suit.
In addition, these market players will have to enhance their channel partner networks to scale their operations and reach out to more customers. These were just some of the 10 predictions made by IDC Asia-Pacific for the telecoms sector between 2013 and 2016…
Speaking at the IDC Telecom Summit 2012 here Friday, Sandra Ng, general vice president of ICT practice at IDC Asia-Pacific, noted that just three years ago, few telcos would even consider working with or acquiring software developers and building out their developer ecosystems. This was not their core business and fell outside the comfort zone for many of these companies, she said. Similarly, telcos prefer to do things on their own without involving the channel community and are known to not work well with partners, Ng pointed out…
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