| Keynotes IThursday January 27, 2011 9:00 am - 10:30 am | |
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Exploiting new business models and technologies - Growing The Bottom Line While The Top Line FlattensMany markets in Asia have seen tremendous growth of mobile in the past few years. But around the world, we are seeing average revenue per user decline. Mature markets are now saturated and this trend will impact the high growth markets in Asia before long. What can be done to ensure that the bottom line continues to grow even as the top line from voice and messaging falters? As Chairman of the TM Forum, Keith Willetts is in a privileged position to look at trends around the world and discuss different ideas and strategies. Maximizing revenue and market share on existing services while cutting the cost of delivering them is important but so is developing new sources of revenue. Where are those revenues likely to come from and what steps do service providers need to take to develop them? | Speakers: |  | Keith Willetts TM Forum, Chairman, TM Forum | |  Keith Willetts is recognised as one of the world’s leading authorities on communications management. As co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TeleManagement Forum, he has been the driving force behind its continuous evolution and.
Currently Managing Partner at Mandarin Associates Ltd. in the UK, he consults with companies on a wide variety of business development issues. He previously held executive positions at BT and TCSI.
A regular presenter and writer, he co-authored the highly influential book, “The Lean Communications Provider”. His achievements have been internationally recognised, being honoured twice in the Communications Week “Top 25” awards for industry visionaries, the British Computer Society award and the BT Gold Medal.
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| Next Generation Carrier Collaboration - Business Models for the future In this presentation Don Price discusses Axiata’s regional approach, results achieved to date and the way forward with respect to carrier collaboration and developing new business models. Through practical case studies, the presentation demonstrates how to enable market leadership through relentless cost optimization, innovative business models and enhanced service quality. Key focus areas include: - Addressing market dynamics that challenge the traditional MNO business model (meeting cost and revenue needs concurrently)
- Achieving cost efficiency through carrier collaboration – Infrastructure sharing
- Leveraging the shared services opportunity
- Improving Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) – Examining the key elements of the journey for business model transformation
| Speakers: | | Don Price, CTO, Axiata Group Berhad | | not available | |
Exploiting new business models and technologies - what are the opportunities and challenges of Mobile Banking and Payments? Drawing together experts from the communications, banking and technology industries, the aim of the panel will be to examine the current state of play in mobile payments in Asia. What does the future look like? Will the emergence of high speed networks and the likely explosion of content and services have any impact on the mobile payments landscape? And what about regulatory and security considerations; how are these issues affecting players in this space? | Speakers: | | Napoleon Nazareno, President & CEO, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) | | not available | | Nick Ogden, CEO and Founder, CashFlows, Voice Commerce | |  Nick has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in technology since 1985, bringing the Internet to the Channel Islands and developing Europe's first on-line store and first bank-endorsed e-commerce initiatives. In 1997 Nick founded WorldPay, which guarantees internet transactions and in 2003 Nick went on to form the Voice Commerce Group to develop systems which allow individuals to identify themselves using a voice signature. | |