Telcos are at an inflection point. For years, they’ve faced mounting pressure from better-funded, more innovative tech competitors, and seen a return on investment, profits and market share slowly dwindle.
When the pandemic hit, that pressure increased again. Suddenly, telcos were at the center of our lives; for many, the only means to connect with the outside world. And while leading operators handled that admirably, the crisis threw the reality of changed customer expectations – and the need to accelerate digital transformation to address them – into stark relief.
In such a volatile economic environment, it’s time to think critically about how telcos re-engage customers and reclaim the market. McKinsey lists ‘approach to customer engagement’ and ‘ability to leverage data’ as 2 of its 5 focus areas for telcos. Building strong personalization strategies satisfies both.
What to expect from this eBook:
Customers want true personalization when they interact with brands. That’s a fact backed up by a lot of research and real-world experience. But there’s a fine line between giving people what they need and overreaching to the point where your efforts become invasive or creepy.
Many customer actions leave a digital imprint — a sort of data exhaust. Content consumption produces weblogs, purchases make transaction records, and smartphones generate coordinates.
The 2025 Martech & Marketing Operations Report is here. AI has crossed the tipping point. It’s not just an enhancement, it’s the foundation of a new marketing era. This fourth annual report, produced with LXA and based on insights from 201 global CMOs and senior leaders, explores how organisations are reshaping their strategies with AI agents, composable stacks, and data-led execution.
The Covid-19 pandemic was a driving force for businesses to innovate and pivot strategies. Telco and other service providers have long been viewed as utility companies by today’s consumers – customers might not necessarily love their service providers, but they do love the things they make possible. At the start of the global quarantine, service providers around the world were under immense pressure to deliver their services effectively to consumers.