Onderzoek The METISfiles: Groei Nederlandse ICT bestedingen vlakt af in 2019

In 2018 zijn de Nederlandse ICT bestedingen gestegen met 3% tot bijna € 35 miljard. De ICT-bestedingsgroei beweegt zich daarmee op hetzelfde niveau als het BNP-groeicijfer. De groei had hoger kunnen uitvallen als de telecommunicatiemarkt zich had hersteld. In 2019 ligt de groei voor de totale ICT-bestedingen op een kleine 2%. Ook de komende jaren […] Read more »

Team Telco And The Telco Transformation

Telcos should stop complaining about the playing field not being level and start create a winning team instead. Fact is, we all play in the same telecoms arena and we all play by the same rules laid down by the same referee or regulator. We all play for the same public, but while some teams […] Read more »

Cloud Changes Telecom Value Chain

This article (Dutch) appeared in the February 2013 edition of Telecommagazine. Telecom was ooit cloud avant la lettre. Het publieke telefonienetwerk (Public Switched Telephone Network of PSTN) met de central office switch was analoog aan de public cloud. De bedrijfstelefooncentrale (Private Branch Exchange of PBX) was de private cloud. Inmiddels zijn de rollen omgedraaid en […] Read more »

The Future Of Communications Is Inside The App

There is a two trillion dollar fixed and mobile communications market out there that is about to find out that both communications and connectivity could quickly become feature and function rather than product and service. Already communications is rapidly being unbundled from the underlying network. Skype, WebEx, and Lync are just a couple of examples […] Read more »