Technology & Telecom

Working with telecoms, software companies, and platform businesses on the economics of networks, the design of monetization, and the regulatory frame around both.

Tech and telecom sit on a strange seam. The tech side is loose, fast, and oriented to product. The telecom side is regulated, capital-heavy, and oriented to networks. Increasingly they do the same work — and the operating-model conversations they need are recognisably the same.

Challenges We Address

Three recurring themes in tech & telecom work

Networks

Network economics

5G rollout, fixed-wireless trade-offs, fibre densification, and the capex discipline behind networks that have to earn their cost back over multi-decade horizons.

Monetization

Monetization & pricing

Tariff redesign, B2B/B2C portfolio, and the analytics that move ARPU rather than just rearrange it.

Regulation

Regulatory engagement

Spectrum policy, data-protection, AI governance, and platform competition — the regulatory work that increasingly determines the shape of the business.

By the numbers · World Bank Open Data API

Fixed broadband subscriptions, Türkiye

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Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, Türkiye
Time series, 2010–2023
Source: World Bank Open Data API
Expert Inside Playbook

Three principles for tech & telecom work

01

Capex realism

Every network investment is tested against a real demand curve and a real cost-of-capital number — not a vendor's projection.

02

Pricing as a system

Tariff is not a marketing exercise. Design pricing as part of the operating system that connects acquisition, churn, and lifetime value.

03

Regulatory as input

Treat the regulator's likely position as a design constraint from the start, not a last-minute review at the gate.

Expert Inside Playbook

Fixed-mobile portfolio redesign for a regional telecom

A consultant-facing guide to test portfolio logic, SME bundle pricing, churn signals, and regulatory constraints before reshaping a fixed-mobile growth strategy.

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Segments we cover

Sub-sectors

Segment

Telecom operators

Network strategy, cost-to-serve, and the post-5G operating model.

Segment

Software & platforms

Go-to-market design, pricing strategy, and platform economics.

Segment

Semiconductors

Capacity strategy, customer concentration, and geopolitical exposure.

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Media & entertainment

Content strategy, monetisation, and the shift from broadcast to streaming.

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Cloud & infrastructure

Hyperscaler partnerships, sovereign cloud, and enterprise migration.

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Cybersecurity

Operating-model design, AI in defence, and regulatory readiness.

Capability fit

How our capabilities apply

We serve this industry through five connected capabilities. The work begins when the sector challenge matches one of these capability areas.

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Tools & guidance

Tools, diagnostics, and guidance

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