Convergence Conversation

I am leaving for the Hague in a few hours where Telecompaper holds its annual Broadband Netherlands conference. The conference addresses a major dilemma of the Dutch market, and that is ‘what’s next?’. How can a market as developed as the Netherlands can take the broadband market to the next level. I will be speaking in the morning session and explaining how the Government of Australia dealt with similar dilemmas and what were the main strategic decisions that led to the formation of the Australian NBN  as we know it today.

See you in den Haag. More...

Our August Conversation was held on: 

• Thursday 25 August 2011
  18:00 - 20:00, registration from 17:30, Cheese and Wine
  At Intellect, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EE
  

#socialtvrevolution 

As the claims strengthen that Social TV will dramatically change the industry landscape, the next convergence conversation will delve into the real world strategies behind this opportunity.  

In its purest sense Social TV is the term for social interaction around the television. More...

• Understanding the connected consumer
• Thursday 28 July 2011
• 18:00 - 20:00, registration from 17:30
• At Intellect, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EE
• Cheese and wine

July's convergence conversation attempted to decipher the connected consumer by addressing changing behaviour patterns, contracting concepts of privacy, and the opportunities presented by data.

We sought to provide clarity on the differences between connected consumers and their analogue predecessors, and outline how the industry can influence an increasingly networked and engaged audience. More...

Convergence Conversation on 07 June

• Access vs Control: Media 2.0
• Tuesday 07 June 2011
• 18:00 - 20:00
  Registration from 17:30
  
• At Intellect, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EE
• Cheese and wine will be available before and during this meeting

As content providers continue to grapple with making media 2.0 pay, will the successful strategies of the future be the ones providing access or maintaining control? Whether it's Paywalls, freemiumum, or open access business models, content providers across publishing, video, and music are all attempting to get to grips with a new disrupted ecosystem, and to varying degrees of success! Is it a one size fits all approach to access or control, or will bespoke approaches combining both methods work?

One things for sure, taking tired old world business models into the brave new digitised world will only serve to eat away at content providers bottom lines, as 'born digital' competitors step in More...

See future topics for Convergence Conversation meetings below -  please do let us know if you are interested in speaking or participating at any of these sessions?

• Tuesday 07 June: 
  Access vs Control: Media 2.0
• Thursday 30 June: 
  3D, evolution or revolution?
• Thursday 28 July: 
  Advertising 2.0
• Thursday 25 August: 
  4G
• Thursday 29 September:
  mPayment and location based services
• Thursday 27 October: 
  Gaming
• Thursday 24 November: 
  Selling convergence

The ConvergenceConversation is on 'Linked In'  .  We invite you to join - to network with your peers and continue the discussions started at our monthly meetings. More...

Senior industry executives in Palo Alto at the 12th Telco 2.0 Executive Brainstorm agreed that half of the telco growth available in the next 3 years would come from the new business model opportunities identified in the 'Roadmap to new Telco 2.0 Business Models' report. The other half would come from improvements to the current business model. Headline findings in brief here on our research portal.

NB We'll also be discussing all of the issues outlined here and more in the 13th Executive Brainstorm in London, 11-13 May 2011. Please see here for more details, email contact@telco2.net, or call +44 (0) 207 247 5003. More...

• Data - transparency, obesity, and opportunity! 
• Thursday 05 May 2011
• 18:00 - 20:00
  Registration from 17:30
  
• At Intellect, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EE
• Cheese and wine will be available before and during this meeting

'”The sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians” Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google (2009)

Some astonishing figures: " In 2010 the human race created 800 exabytes (800 billion gigabytes) of information. To put that into context between the dawn of civilisation and 2003 we only created 5 exabytes, now we're creating that amount every 2 days. More...

Here is a list of the conversations that we are planning for 2011.

The invitation for 05 May, including all details, will soon be circulated, but meanwhile please do let us know if you are interested in speaking at any of these sessions?

• Thursday 05 May:
  Data - transparency, obesity, and opportunity!
• Thursday 26 May: 
  Access not control.  Music, video and publishing 2.0
• Thursday 30 June: 
  3D, evolution or revolution?
• Thursday 28 July: 
  Advertising 2.0
• Thursday 25 August: 
  4G
• Thursday 29 September:
  mPayment and location based services
• Thursday 27 October: