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Becoming a Digital Services Provider: Telco Adjacent Sectors & New Revenues
Broadly, this research explores the transformation of traditional telcos into Digital Service Providers (DSPs) by leveraging the XaaS economy and expanding into telco-adjacent sectors. It highlights the key pillars of DSP strategy, including digital sales, lifestyle enablement, customer service, and partnerships, emphasizing the need for diversification to meet evolving consumer demands. It examines strategies for revenue diversification through adjacent sectors like digital advertising, gaming plans, mobile identity services, insurance, healthcare, and EdTech.
The Research Deliverables include 34+ case studies from leading telcos globally, illustrating successful digital transformations, super app strategies, app-based loyalty programs, and strategic acquisitions to build digital ecosystems and enhance customer experiences.
Leapfrog CX, DX: Becoming a Customer Obsessed, Digital first Telco
This research is a global best practices guide built on the 6P Framework for Digital-First CX Transformation, showing how leading telcos are making customer experience a true differentiator. By combining CES, NPS, and CSAT with personalized journeys, premium services, and High-Value Customer programs, operators are driving loyalty and measurable revenue growth. The 6Ps personalisation, phygital experiences, omnichannel presence, AI-driven prediction, self-service, and premiumization anchor this shift, ensuring every interaction creates customer delight. AI plays a central role, powering predictive personalization, agentic intelligence, digital avatars, and security tools that cut costs, build trust, and scale engagement. Seamless omnichannel strategies and digital-first innovations such as AI-powered onboarding, AR/VR installs, SIM kiosks, gamified apps, and AI-driven KYC simplify adoption and boost NPS. Personalization engines, design-led interfaces, and reimagined retail with spatial analytics, AI assistants, and autonomous stores further elevate experiences, positioning Tier 1 telcos for sustainable growth and competitive advantage.
Digital & App Only Telcos: Learning to Scale digital and become Agile
Leading telcos are shifting towards customer-first positioning built on simplicity, flexibility, and trust. Models such as pay only for what you consume, guarantees of no bill shocks, and straightforward pricing are reinforcing transparency. At the same time, digitization is transforming purchase and delivery experiences, making onboarding seamless and enabling timely upsell and cross-sell opportunities through self-service.
To stay relevant, operators are embedding personalization and lifestyle-driven benefits into their offerings—ranging from customizable plans, youth-focused bundles, and micro-pricing innovations to rewards like data rollover and cashbacks. Leaders stand out by creating digital sub-brands, integrating their services into everyday digital lifestyles, and using data-driven insights to anticipate customer needs, ensuring they remain both indispensable and engaging in the digital world.
App Gamification: Telco strategies to Engagement, Self-Care, Super Apps. Becoming A Lifestyle App
The driving force behind loyalty has shifted and it is now centered around ease. Today, customers value seamless purchasing, convenience and an Amazon-like experience. As they become accustomed to exceptional journeys and experiences through e-commerce and grocery apps, their expectations extend to telcos as well. Habits have changed, and customers now anticipate similar levels of excellence from their telecommunications providers.
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Becoming a Platform-Led Telco in the eSIM Era
eSIM Monetisation Playbook: A 5-Part Strategy for Telcos covering Digital-First, Roaming, Multi-Device, Home & IoT. As telcos shift from connectivity providers to digital experience platforms, eSIM emerges as the most powerful monetisation engine — with leading operators delivering 15% CAC reduction, 95% install success, 30% lower churn, and sub-3-minute onboarding.
Built on the SHIFT framework and 30+ global operator case studies, the report sets out four strategic plays to design, launch, and scale eSIM propositions from activation to market leadership — positioning eSIM as a strategic vehicle for acquisition, ARPU expansion, and B2B2X value creation, and equipping operators to counter aggregator and platform threats while unlocking multi-device, enterprise, and IoT revenue.
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