| NOTAS: | "In 2009, Ovum predicted that the telecommunications landscape would undergo dramatic changes in the years leading up to 2020, and that the role played by telcos would be significantly altered. In addition to the entry of a number of new competitors, we predicted that the way consumers purchase and consume media and entertainment would change, and that the way they access these services would profoundly affect how telcos operate their businesses. Three years after our report on the state of the telecoms industry in 2020 was published, our expectations are beginning to take shape largely as we envisioned. This report examines our SMART and LEAN scenarios for telcos in 2020 to assess how our predictions stand up three years later, and how telcos have progressed. We also discuss the key trends outlined in the other reports in the Telecoms in 2020 series, and investigate how they are developing and impacting telcos as they move towards 2020." |
