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TELCO’S AS A GROWTH

ACCELERATOR
Stuart Carlaw
Chief Research Officer
Table of Contents

• The Pre COVID-19 Telco Conundrum


• The Telco Enabled New Normal
• Telco as a GDP Growth Engine
The Pre COVID-19 TELCO Conundrum
A Level Playing Field?
Spectrum Licensing 1-1.4x Return on Spectrum
investment per annum….But it
takes 10 years to Build

Legislation and Policy Geopolitical Tension


EU Roaming $bn’s to replace network assets
Revenues Drop 50% and slow 5G deployment due to
as Traffic Spikes Gov Policy changes

OTT Share of Consumer


Traffic in some
segments 30x Revenue Erosion
The Telco Enabled New Normal
Technology and Connectivity Driving Evolution

Supply Chain Manufacturing


 Automated and contactless last mile delivery -  Flexible Production Lines, rapid retooling,
$13.4bn in AAS revenues from Robotic rapid reconfiguration - $1trn in Digital Factory
Delivery to 2030 Revenues by 2030. Circa $2.5tn in GDP impact.
 Asset integrity and tracking - $230bn in Direct  Generative design and integrated materials
Revenues to 2026. Circa $0.7trn GDP impact sourcing – 16mn licenses in 2030
 Decentralized and intelligent warehousing.  Automated goods handling and machine
150k, 3x traditional warehousing in 2027 tending - $250bn in direct revenues. Circa
Telco Enabled $0.75tn in GDP impact.
New Normal
Critical Infrastructure Government
 Remote monitoring via IoT – 181 million  Smart cities for managing spaces, traffic and
connected assets by 2026. population movement –$14trn in Direct
 AI enabled predictive & prescriptive Investment to 2030.
maintenance - $113bn Investment in condition  Urban Resilience - $1.2trn direct investment
based monitoring by 2026 to 2030.
 AR enabled remote technical support – 28.3mn  Digital Twins for modelling urban response
active remote expertise users by 2024 and planning – 521 Major Cities using digital
twins by 2030
Telco’s as a GDP Growth Engine
Why Should Governments Look Differently at Telco’s Post COVID-19?

Direct

$2tn
Productivity
contributions
$3tn 2Q COVID-19 Virus Debt
Indirect
$600bn
$5tn

5G in 2030

Equivalent to the GDP of 14 Countries Ranked 17-30 Globally


Telco’s as a GDP Growth Engine
Options For Regulators and Governments

Spectrum • Free more spectrum and reduce stipulations


Tax on licenses for Telco’s. USA, Ireland, Jordan,
Reform Saudi Arabia, Panama, Brazil all taken
Contribution Spectrum OTT measures during COVID-19.
Reform Regulation
• Reduce license burdens for cell sites and
times to secure e.g. 36% of costs are site
National Society
related and 4 months to process paperwork for
Ownership Contribution cell sites.
Subsidy Critical Ent
Repurposing Investment • Allow for more flexible management and
OTT
treatment for OTT data. Precedent set in UK,
Regulation Germany & Switzerland in COVID-19.

Subsidy • Move funds such as rural coverage subsidies


CAUTIONARY POSITIVE
CONSIDERATIONS MEASURES to rural 5G roll out to support rural enterprise
Repurposing e.g. 16% of GDP in UK. $20bn US Rural
Digital Opportunity Fund.
• Move away from spectrum license taxation e.g.
5G Licenses in New Zealand.
Without a Healthy Telco Community,
ALL of a Countries Critical Infrastructure, Services and • Provide for local spectrum access for critical
Economy Will Be Lesser Critical Ent infrastructure and enterprise segments.
Investment Germany, USA, SK, UK plus others in
consultation or operation.
THANK YOU !

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