Towards 2020: Some revolutionary paths for Telcos

Nowadays Telcos are facing a radical change in technologies, business models and ecosystems of the communications domain. These changes can be dealt with in a traditional manner, i.e., pursuing a smooth technical evolution (e.g., moving from 3G to 4G architectures) or in a radical manner by introducing disruption at the platform level and to propose new technical and business approaches. In this talk, a user centered approach is advocated. User requirements, needs and rights could easily lead to novel technical solutions and platforms as well as to new business approaches. Examples of this new course are related to user owned identity, property of personal data, active user participation in the delivery of services and in the dynamic setting up of platforms and networks. Users and their resources and capabilities can become more and more an essential feature of any network that Telcos can leverage to create new platforms and new opportunities. The talk will provide some hints and examples of some disruptive possibilities driven by a user-centered approach.