Demystifying the delayering of telecoms operator businesses: outcomes and prospects

More and more telecoms operators are delayering their operations, but the rationale is a mixture of financial engineering and operational advantage. This report provides a taxonomy of delayering, a quantitative assessment of its impact and a view as to how the delayered model might evolve.

Information included in this report

• Definition of delayering and historical examples of the process and rationales outside of the perimeter of telecoms
• Taxonomy of delayering among telecoms operators
• Financial and operational rationales for delayering
• Major hurdles to delayering
• Quantitative evidence from delayered businesses about the effectiveness of delayering and whether the process has delivered on the original operational rationales
• How delayered businesses might evolve, and whether the delayered market structure will be a permanent feature of the telecoms industry