CEO Perspectives
Moderated by McKinsey & Company

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The speed of development of digital content and services continues to pick up around the world. New platforms like the iPhone or recent Nokia offerings begin to suggest that operators must become nimble in competing with innovative business models coming from a variety of players. But the threat is also an opportunity, as some players have successfully entered new business areas adjacent to their telecoms space. Interactive advertising continues to grow, unevenly, and the rage for user-generated content shows no signs of abating, driven by new social media in many cases. Once again, we look at the tug-of-war between the different players in the telecoms and media value chains, and the changing map of digital content and services that remains a key growth area for telecoms players.

Moderator:
Andre Levisse, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Panellists:
David Ko, Managing Director & Vice President, Yahoo! Connected Life, Asia Pacific
Niren Hiro, Vice President, Business Development, Admob
Mauro Montanaro, Chief Executive Officer, Jamba
Richard Tan, Business Director, Telkomsel Indonesia
Emilio Umeoka, President, Microsoft Asia Pacific

Airtime per-minute prices are decreasing fast in most countries, and are sometimes as low as US$ 1cent/minute. Subscribers these days may own two or three SIMs, and ARPU of new mobile subscribers can be as low as 1 or 2 US$ per month. How can mobile and fixed telcos maintain their profitability in an environment like this? Can they afford to invest in the future on this kind of revenue base? This panel explores potential solutions for this dilemma, including new low-cost operating models, network sharing and outsourcing ideas, as well as means of optimizing capex. The answers to these questions impact not just operators, but all who intend to do business with them, and operate digital content and services over telco networks.

Moderator:
Andre Levisse, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Panellists:
Dr. Sadik Al-Jadir, Senior Vice President Commercial, PTCL
Nikolai Dobberstein, Chief Strategy Officer, Maxis Networks
Christian Fredrikson, Head of Asia Pacific, Nokia Siemens Networks