Demystifying the delayering of telecoms operator businesses: outcomes and prospects
More and more telecoms operators are delayering their operations, but the rationale is a mixture of financial engineering and operational advantage. This report provides a taxonomy of delayering, a quantitative assessment of its impact and a view as to how the delayered model might evolve.
Information included in this report
- Definition of delayering and historical examples of the process and rationales outside of the perimeter of telecoms
- Taxonomy of delayering among telecoms operators
- Financial and operational rationales for delayering
- Major hurdles to delayering
- Quantitative evidence from delayered businesses about the effectiveness of delayering and whether the process has delivered on the original operational rationales
- How delayered businesses might evolve, and whether the delayered market structure will be a permanent feature of the telecoms industry
Author
Rupert Wood
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