Managing Director | Chief Product & Innovation | Digital Transformation | Marketing | Strategy | MBA Lecturer | Keynote Speaker
“Who is Having your lunch for breakfast ?” was the topic of my keynote yesterday at the Telecom Society Nederland annual gala dinner. The Telecommunication industry had always demonstrated a great level of innovation which led the world to a mass market adoption of fixed telephony, multi-channel TV, broadband Internet, mobile phones and many more products and services. And then, an implosion happened. Everything collapsed into one service – Broadband Internet, so that many other innovative companies could offer multi-channel TV, on-demand streaming, telephony voice-services, and millions of other creative products. And so, while perfecting the delivery of broadband from the outside, making it better and better, the real economic celebration happened on the “inside” and the telecom industry was kind of left looking at the party from the sidelines. The interesting question now is - can it use the exact playbook that was used by others to disrupt different industries and services, utilizing the amazing growth engines it poses (one of which, great mass market customer relationship and household presence) ? Can it challenge healthcare, education, smart-cities, safety and security ? Time will tell. Yvonne Schers, Celine van Leeuwen, Niels Hoffmann, Elsemieke Vermijs, Arjen Mossinkoff, Eric Luteijn, Omar Benameur #telecom #innovation #disruption #keynote #keynotespeaker
Kais Djelassi
9mo
Happy New year Doron Hacmon Great approach! This has been a key question in Telco for past 2 decades. My opinion is that innovation cycles within the industry were long & costly, while regulations put limits to expected return (on usage, acces and price. Netneutrality!). Policy makers chose to favor innovatin via service layer & Internet native agility, instead of making sure to monetize huge network investments & keeping prices afloat. While EBITDA margins were circa 50% & penetration rate had room for expansion, the frenetic need for innovation from impatient capital & their optimism for a resilient sector despite growing number of players made some sense. But when opportunity shifted on areas that Telcos could no more control, it meant value went to Internet players. This we all know of course. But the answer could still be on the regulation & policy maker side. Remove net neutrality first, put halt on war price to ease pressure (Telco sector is the only sector with declining prices, despite its services being critical for all), and consolidate an industry which has over 1000 players for commodity-like services. When the industry will be financially stronger, it could challenge for innovation in all areas of the economy. Best!
Thanks for your inspiring and passionate approach and view of disruption. A lot of food for thought for breaking the “comfort” silos and mindshift change to realize outside in business
Yvonne Schers
9mo
It was great to have you! You disrupted us. Time (again) to start swimming outside your own swim lane. Also to bring true value and have influence.
adopshub.
4mo
Thank you for sharing your insights from the keynote. It's fascinating to see the parallels between the telecom industry's past innovations and the potential for future disruptions in other sectors. How do you envision the telecom industry leveraging its existing strengths to make impactful advancements in areas like healthcare and smart cities?
Damn Doron, didn't know you were the speaker yesterday otherwise I would have definitely joined. I am a big fan and I am sure you amazed the audience as always:-)
Thanks for inspiring us on how to disrupt the industry!
David Duncan
9mo
I love the title. Always thought provoking Doron Hacmon
Dank voor de heerlijk kritische keynote. Ik heb er enorm van genoten. Er is duidelijk werk aan de winkel.
Arjen Mossinkoff
9mo
Zeer inspirerend! Dank voor je ideeën en inzichten. 👍
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9moThey indeed have the opportunity but they still have a hard time executing beyond their traditional business model.