Mobile Vertical Applications - Driving Enterprise Mobility

Mobile applications are having an increasing and significant impact in the workplace. More and more organisations clearly see the value they can bring - whether increasing sales, improving productivity or delivering customer and employee satisfaction - and use is increasing. [...]

Disruptive Threat or Innovative Opportunity?

Scenarios for Mobile Voice OTT

Many traditional Telcos are complacent that voice OTT is either a niche technology championed by cash strapped challengers unlikely to cause major upset or an opportunity of modest proportion hampered by poor monetization, inferior QoS and challenged business models. Pending choices both in terms of operator responses, regulatory action and monetization efforts among the OTT players themselves, OTT could remain as it has in the past - an innovative breeze only - or develop into a disruptive force. The mobile voice OTT development scenarios under which these options may result in are outlined in this viewpoint. Whichever the scenario, operators must adjust their strategies to a world of OTT presence. [...]

The Future of Urban Mobility

Towards networked, multimodal cities of 2050

Management consultancy Arthur D. Little’s new global study of urban mobility assesses the mobility maturity and performance of 66 cities worldwide and finds most not just falling well short of best practice but in a state of crisis. Indeed it is not putting it too strongly to say that many cities’ mobility systems are standing on a burning platform and if action is not taken in the very near future they will play a major role in slowing the growth and development of their host nations. [...]

Arthur D. Little - Exane BNP Paribas report 2011

Super fast broadband: catch up if you can

@Banks: Stay Tuned With Your Customers

How Smart Financial Institutions Exploit the Communication Advantage

Considering the turmoil that has hit financial institutions' profitability and reputation in the last years, and combining this with the global attention on strengthening regulations and more severe capital requirements, banks need to capture new competitive advantages. [...]

Executives must Rethink

Manage IT as a competitive weapon

Many companies and institutions focus on the investment side of the business case as they assess their information technology (IT) investments. In some cases, IT investments are even treated as costs. The return, i.e. IT enabling business benefits in line with the strategic agenda, is seldom understood as well as the correlating IT expenditures. Nor is it assessed to a similar level of detail. Hence, significant imbalances between IT spend and return are built into the business case. [...]

FTTH: Double Squeeze of Incumbents - Forced to Partner?

High-Speed Cable and FTTB/H Networks Deployed by Alt-nets and Utilities Put EU Incumbents Into a Double Squeeze

This paper should be a wakeup call to EU governments and regulators. For ten years, discussions about how to regulate NGA (next generation access) have been ongoing. Meanwhile, the current regulatory policy is failing. Governments and regulators need to support FTTB/H investments now. Otherwise, the fibre gap between Europe and the United States, Asia and now the Middle East will further widen further. [...]

Finding the Right Track

Strategic challenges for Nordic Public Transport Operators

Public transport in Northern Europe is changing rapidly with increased outsourcing, shifts in the public’s travelling needs and significant regulatory changes. These trends put pressure on traffic operators to not only improve operations but also to rethink their strategic and tactical agenda. [...]

The German Internet Industry 2009–2012

Review, Trends, and Drivers

The joint study carried out by the eco - the association of the German internet industry - and Arthur D. Little is the first systematic analysis of the German internet industry. It sheds light on the complexity as well as the size of the industry and covers important indicators pertaining to the future development of market segments. [...]

Nuclear New Build Unveiled

Is Nuclear New Build more a Management than a Technology Challenge?

The new build of nuclear power plants is one of the present day’s most complex technical undertakings. Inaccurate understanding of projects risks and inaccurate prioritisation of critical activities often lead to significant delays and budget overruns. The study "Nuclear New Build Unveiled" analyses the current status, trends and challenges within the nuclear industry. [...]