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In the ever-evolving landscape of Telecoms & Media, the advent of 5G technology has been introduced in a new era of connectivity and content consumption. This dynamic intersection of telecommunications and media has created unprecedented opportunities and challenges for businesses. From delivering high-speed, low-latency services to meeting the demands of an increasingly data-hungry world, companies must navigate a complex terrain to remain competitive and relevant in this fast-paced industry.
Operator strategies for fibre and 5G investments
In order to achieve their substantial investment goals in fibre and 5G infrastructure, operators are streamlining their business models, with a primary emphasis on spectrum allocation and service offerings. They are employing strategies like infrastructure outsourcing, which encourages the rise of TowerCo industry leaders, and reinforces their nearshore-offshore policies.
Elevating telecommunications through ALTEN’s expertise
ALTEN holds a significant position in the telecommunications sector as an engineering and consulting services provider. The company has established itself as a key player in this field by offering a wide range of services, strong technical expertise and a global presence. Our engineers carry out complex and highly technical projects throughout the value chain of the most prestigious companies.
ALTEN in the telecommunications industry
219M€
2023 turnover
4,200
consultants
23
countries
2
domains of expertise in telecoms: Networks and Services
What are the market trends in the Telecoms industry?
The proliferation of connected things, the generalisation of 4K television, the surge in mobile video consumption, and the ongoing digital transformation across all industries, including cloud computing and e-health applications make deployment of the very high-speed infrastructure (FTTH, 5G, etc.) essential in order to support the development of the digital economy.
Mobile network traffic has almost doubled in just 2 years, from 66 EB per month in Q1 2021 to 126 EB in Q1 2023. Traffic growth is driven by both the rising number of smartphone subscriptions and an increasing average data volume per subscription, fuelled primarily by increased viewing of video content.
Challenges:
- Meeting deadline requirements set by the authorities and pool investments in networks
- Improving the quality of services
- Preparing new economic models
Operators want to capture part of the value of the content and services delivered on their networks. This strategic diversification aims to generate new revenues and improve the customer experience.
Within 6 years, more than 5 million homes have subscribed to the British Telecom operator’s BT Sport channel. At the same time, Orange Money, a money transfer solution, now has more than 80 million customers.
Challenges:
- Enhancing infrastructure
- Repositioning oneself in the value chain against GAFAs
- Diversifying business lines (e.g. content production, banking, etc.)
Thanks to connected things (IoT – Internet of Things), the Telecoms industry is given the opportunity to deploy services and applications in new sectors (transport, energy, production, etc.): data monetisation, industry 4.0, connected vehicle and autonomous driving, etc.
Challenges:
- Developing new uses for IoT
- Valuing the data collected
- Guaranteeing the protection of data from IoT
ALTEN VALUE PROPOSITION
ALTEN’s functional sectors
- Telecommunications Network Equipment
- Operator Network Engineering
- Network Deployment
- OSS/BSS supervision, operation and maintenance
- SAGEMCOM
- End-to-end support for B2B services
- Innovation in digital services
- Support and optimisation of IS systems
- Digital Transformation
OUR SUCCESS STORIES
To assist the R&D activities of an international telecommunications group, ALTEN set up an engineering service centre for the integration of new equipment of the existing network, and the microwave study on millimetre waves for the deployment of the future 5G network.
In view of the multiplication of TV platforms (connected TV, video game console, etc.), a French telecommunications operator wants to replace the traditional TV decoder, which is expensive to develop and maintain, with a unique application for broadcasting more than 70 TV channels to its subscribers.
In a hyper-competitive context in the telecoms market, retaining subscribers becomes a crucial issue for operators. In this context, LINCOLN (specialist subsidiary of the ALTEN group) has rolled out a Data Science service centre with a telecoms operator to develop a “Client Scoring” tool used to predict churn rate risks and implement customized marketing actions.
A European telecommunications operator, with more than 3 million homes subscribed to its fixed internet offer, has entrusted ALTEN with the level 2 and 3 (network access and services) customer technical support for an end-to-end incident ticket process.
OUR CLIENTS
Network operator
- Telefónica
- Vodafone Group
- Orange Group
- Bouygues Group
- Groupe Altice (SFR)
Network equipment supplier
- Ericsson Group
- Qualcomm
- Nokia Corporation
- Huawei
- CISCO
- Radware
Media
- Canal + Group
- Québecor
