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Telecom's Competitive Solution: Outsourcing?

Harvard Business Review

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. The telecom industry has changed, and the industry dynamics will continue to shift under the pressure from social media and the power of the consumer. Bharti looks nothing like other telecoms.

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Understanding the New Battle Over Net Neutrality

Harvard Business Review

The problem, the court said, was that the FCC’s bans on blocking or discriminating against certain Internet traffic sounded like the kind of rules that would apply to a “telecommunications service,” yet the FCC has classified broadband internet as an “information service.” It’s been a great decade to be a telecommunications lawyer.

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Think Global, Not Emerging Markets, Century

Harvard Business Review

Without operating in the former, they won't be able to attain economies of scale; sans the latter, they're unlikely to continue developing state-of-the-art technologies. Moreover, it forgot that it will continue to do well in China and India not just by keeping costs low but also by developing new technologies.

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How eBay and Facebook are Cleaning Up Data Centers

Harvard Business Review

The cloud containing most of this data is vast and abstract; the technology that keeps it running takes up real space — a lot of it. According to a report put out by Greenpeace in April , the electricity demand of data centers and the telecommunications network is rivaling that of most nations. The problem. The solutions.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business Review

For instance, the cost of building and equipping a leading-edge semiconductor fab has climbed to $7 billion, as the technology required to make more advanced chips is getting more complex. This is the virtual network operator (VNO) model used by the telecommunications sector. Model 6: Cofunding of a third-party asset.

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Artisans Must Balance the Books

Harvard Business Review

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Artisans Must Balance the Books 8:12 AM Tuesday November 23, 2010 by Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print The boy was 11 years old when his father took him to live with a kinsman, a businessman with many shops in Lagos, Nigeria.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

The theme of the big event was "Technology-led Transition and Innovation-driven Development," which sounds broad. The Ministry of Commerce was showing how some companies "have made use of technology to.promote a low-carbon economy and environmental protection." He advises some of the world’s biggest companies on environmental strategy.

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