The number of Humans served by Communication Service Providers (CSP) is more than any other industry on this planet; on the other hand, the telecom networks are providing connectivity to Devices more than the Human population on this planet. By virtue of these two unique and significant operations, the Communication Service providers have got access to the treasure of data. The CSPs should lead the endeavor to embrace Big Data and strive to bring it to masses. The mass reach of Big Data will not only bring additional revenue for Telcos butalso will benefit the society in bringing down crime, making this planet green, control the spread of diseases etc.
In this paper we present the unique data points available to Telcos and their usage beyond Telcos internal operations. Of course, the customer privacy is utmost important and every care should be taken to protect it and no Big Data strategy is complete without handling this aspect. As the focus is on mass appeal of data, only Aggregated Data is of significance. A new revenue stream in the form of Information as a Service (INaaS) is the next frontier for CSPs.
