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		<title>Network infrastructure strategy workshop ideas for CXOs</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/07/23/network-infrastructure-strategy-workshop-ideas-for-cxos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading yesterday at the National that Etisalat’s Indian subsidiary has signed a US$2.2 billion (Dh7.34bn) infrastructure outsourcing deal to launch services without the need to build its own network, I wanted to use this opportunity to share our thinking on this as we have been successfully supporting different clients in addressing the network sharing disjunctive, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=933&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to succeed in a Network O&amp;M deal to reduce costs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ebitda improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my previous post related to how to improve EBITDA through a cost reduction program, I would like to share our thoughts on what’s maybe one of the sub-topic where most of the cost reduction measures come from: Network operation and maintenance. Due to prevailing IP networking trend and urgent demand and growth in mobile [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=905&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What can Telecom operators get from Managed Services?</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/06/19/what-can-telecom-operators-get-from-managed-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing increasing competition and commoditization from traditional telecom products, service providers are either in the process of or planning for the move to next generation, converged, network infrastructures in order to offer new, revenue-generating services. Making this transformation can be complex and difficult. However, if done correctly, working with a managed services provider and outsourcing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=859&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Improving EBITDA through a cost reduction program.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benchmark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently concluded an interesting and challenging assignment: reducing costs in a mobile telecom operator to improve EBITDA levels in more than 5 percentage points in a 6 months period. As said, extremelly challenging. Why? After more than 6 months of crisis, the most obvious operational inefficiencies in telecom operators have already been wrung out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=803&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Handset subsidy &amp; replacement analysis case in telecom</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2009/03/15/handset-subsidy-replacement-analysis-case-in-telecom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Subsidy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Handset replacement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Subsidies and handset replacement strategies are a widespread practice to allow consumers to get their mobile handsets at deep discount, or even for free. Recently, with 3G/3.5G and subsequent requirements on sophisticated and costly handsets, subsidies are being reconsidered both in subsidized and non-subsidized markets. As written before in our two previous post related to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=623&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How should operators manage through an economic downturn?</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2008/11/13/how-should-telecom-operators-manage-through-an-economic-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CVM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebitda improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The financial markets took the telecom markets on a wild ride last weeks. Who knows which direction we will move this week but most believe we are headed for an extended downturn in the economy which will put companies, large and small, at risk. While no one knows how long or deep this downturn will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=322&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OPEX improvement: Making the best of a slowdown</title>
		<link>http://consultantvalueadded.com/2008/11/07/opex-improvement-making-the-best-of-a-slowdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdecantos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cost reduction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebitda improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost cutting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic downturn]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As posted in one of my previous posts, the current environment is showing a clear downturn for telecommunication service providers and operators that are currently reporting a relevant deceleration in their client’s average revenues per minute as a result of the significant decrease of the minutes of use of consumption. How are these operators handling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=consultantvalueadded.com&#038;blog=3987427&#038;post=302&#038;subd=consultantvalueadded&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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