Technology adoptions in telecom industry over the years
1. Technology Adoptions in Telecom Industry Over the Years
Commercial VoIP
services started
AT&T Labs developed
IVR System
First mobile wallet
platform introduced
in Emerging Markets
1991 2001 2013
GSM mobile phone
network is started in
Finland
Data and SMS services
launched commercially
1994
First Mobile Marketing
Campaign launched by
Txtbomb
1998 2004
OTT messaging
services launched
20112008
Mobility-as-a-Service
started with growth of
mobile devices
Quick Response (QR)
codes developed for
Mobile phones
2002
Introduction
• Technological advances have given rise to new digital
devices such as smartphones creating a new market
segment
• In 2013, 1.2 billion smartphones and tablets were sold
worldwide compared to 821 million smart devices in 2012
• Growth in internet enables devices have led to higher
average data usage per customer while voice based
revenues are trending downwards
• Telecom operators are looking for emerging technologies
to have a 360 view of the customer and increase loyalty
1693
1748
1803
1860
1913
1550
1600
1650
1700
1750
1800
1850
1900
1950
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
IT spending in Telecom services (in $billion)
Worldwide Mobile
subscribers cross 5
billion
World’s first LTE-
Advanced network
launched
2010