"Like software, another industry that is crying for (a similar) consolidation is telecom. There have been few deals such as Ericsson’s $2 billion purchase of Redback Networks, or Nokia teaming up with Siemens to form Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN), but those are not enough.
While the number of carriers, a.k.a. customers, has gone down drastically, the number of hardware vendors hasn’t changed much. The power is now in the hands of incumbent carriers, who can afford to play off increasingly desperate telecom equipment makers. A few senior executives have acknowledged this in private conversations."
"Maybe telecom needs its own Larry Ellison! Anyone?"
Very interesting topic, specially for people involved (somehow) in the telecom world. Based on this I jumped into Larry Ellison bio in wikipedia together with the history of Oracle.
Keep in mind, if we can see what is coming, then we can react on time... specially if a future lay off is on its way ;-)
What does the end of the mid sized tech company mean for telecoms
Thanks for reading.
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