Leveraging Strategic Collaboration to Enhance Network Operations and Service Offerings

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Leveraging Strategic Collaboration to Enhance Network Operations and Service Offerings

Given the state of the market, operators need a new strategy to differentiate and compete successfully. Reducing capital and operating expenses and generating new revenue while defining the business models that can help in meeting critical business goals is one place to begin such an endeavor.
 
In fact, according to an Alcatel Lucent whitepaper, studies show that outsourcing and infrastructure sharing can help operators increase their free operating cash flow by as much as 10 percent.
 
The latest trend is for fixed, fixed-mobile and mobile operators to work together to deliver broadband services. For example, cable television providers are offering multimedia content, high-speed Internet access and voice services. Many IP voice operators are bypassing the traditional telecommunications network entirely to deliver their services via the Web.
 
According to Alcatel-Lucent officials, operators need a new strategy in order to differentiate and compete successfully. Instead of relying completely on the deployment of new technologies and rollout of new services, operators should think in terms of adopting new strategic operations approaches and outsourcing business models, company officials said.
 
As competitive pressures continue to mount, operators can benefit from viewing their business in the context of several emerging managed network services and outsourcing business models: assistance and consolidation services; outsourcing/strategic collaborations; build/operate/manage solutions; managed capacity; and business migration with full outsourcing.
 
Ultimately, a managed services partner with a deep mix of experience and expertise can help in fully realizing the benefits that these business models enable.


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