The document discusses the transition of telecommunications carriers from "Carrier Is King" to a new role as an "Enabler" in the age of smartphones and internet-based services. It provides statistics on the growth of mobile internet and VoIP users globally as text messaging revenue declines. The emergence of over-the-top services is challenging traditional telecom business models, but carriers can reinvent themselves by leveraging their networks and becoming enablers for new ecosystems of internet-based services through approaches like Telco 2.0.