The Adan Pope Blog

Convergence Smergence

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:27:00 GMT

I know this is a serious blog dedicated to telecom B/OSS, but after having spent the weekend with my new iPad in my grasp at all time, I just had to say, “Wow.”

This Unlimited Usage Crisis Will Pass

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT

After a period of denial wondering why service providers can’t just upgrade networks without returns for their investment, customers will adjust to a world of bandwidth management.

The Service Provider Imperative

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:10:00 GMT

Unfortunately, the prevailing industry view that a CSP only has one card to play – bandwidth- and connectivity-oriented services – has lead to a market conversation about commodities, utilities and dumb pipes.

A Higher Calling

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT

When we use the phrase “communications service provider” today, we often string the words together without much thought, or we just hide them in the acronym CSP.

The Dreaded U-word: Unlimited

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:03:00 GMT

Consumers want access to be free. But maybe, just maybe, we’ve led them there with unlimited, all-you-can-eat access plans.

Wireline Evolution: Barriers Begin to Crumble

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:56:00 GMT

While the debate still rages in the wired industry over so-called dumb pipes and smart pipes, I think the use of the term “pipes” focuses our attention away from the real battleground in the competition for consumers.

Watch Out for Leaky Pipes

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:18:00 GMT

Eighty-two percent of respondents reported that an SMS or MMS message that they sent in the last 12 months did not reach an intended recipient.

Looking Forward to Management World

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:55:17 GMT

I am really looking forward to the TM Forum’s Management World conference in Nice next week. I will have the pleasure of both speaking and chairing a session this year on “Success Business Transformation.”In particular, I will be

Smart Grid Requires Some Telecom Smarts

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:50:16 GMT

Telcordia will be attending the Next Generation Utilities summit for North America this week. It’s always exciting to be in a room where adjacent markets collide. I will be particularly interested to work through the critical challenge for

Mobile Advertising: Ignorance Isn’t Bliss

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:11:02 GMT

Mobile advertising is a trend that’s hard to ignore. But ignoring the opportunity is what many in the game seem to be doing. Advertising agencies and mobile operators are talking past each other, delaying the revenue streams and leaving new business

Whose Sandbox Is It Anyway?

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:35:59 GMT

“Over the Top” may be a misnomer. It makes it sound like 2.0 competition is going around the big service provider in an attempt to steal some of the pie. But in reality, it’s more like the competition is walking right through you as if you weren’t

Can Policy Bridge the Gaps in the Mobile Value Chain?

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:43:55 GMT

What if we were to turn the mobile ecosystem on its side? What if policy was the basis for adding value in the supply chain?

The Sub-$150 Smartphone

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:00:37 GMT

If you weren’t buying the points in my last post about solving the bandwidth management issues in mobile, here’s another data point that will stoke up the fire burning under your desk chair. Recent announcements that chipset

Exponential Growth? Sorry To Hear That

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:21:27 GMT

Many mobile service providers find themselves in the unenviable position of having to manage rapid growth. Exponential growth, in fact. Not in revenues. In capacity. Unenviable? Maybe so, when the demand for your service is driven less by your

Free Is Fun, But Paid Needs a Reliable Platform

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:15:18 GMT

A lot of press is generated when a popular application goes rogue. A social networking site gets blocked or a free email service gets hit by an outage. It makes for great blog fodder, but consumers aren’t compelled to churn off of a free app

Stability Is Built on a Strong Foundation

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:52:15 GMT

I’ve had this slow-burning concern of late that all the competition in our industry, all the moving pieces, could be serving to undermine the very foundation on which robust, scalable communications services have been built for decades.

Good Enough Is No Longer Good Enough

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:52:34 GMT

4G World in Chicago was an interesting juxtaposition of pragmatism and market overhang. While the exuberance over 4G is now being stripped away by today’s reality, the commoditization of equipment was in full view and appears to be hastening.

Betting on Bundles

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:36:44 GMT

I’ve taken notice of recent surveys regarding offer bundles. Consumers generally like them as long as they get what they want. Bundles are convenient, and that convenience is reinforcing triple/quad play investments and business models. These

Offer Experimentation: BSS/OSS Needs to Step Up

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:38:26 GMT

In order to maintain their leadership position in the value chain, many service providers are shining a spotlight on offer experimentation. This is particularly true in the converged space, with more personalized, interactive services. That’s

Life on the Ledge

Chief Strategy Officer, Telcordia — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:08:17 GMT

The Sears Tower in Chicago recently added a tourist attraction appropriately called “The Ledge” to its Skydeck observation area. (No offense to the Willis Group, but like many Chicagoans, I haven’t embraced the tower’s name