The Narrative

This is not your father’s telecom industry: The future of connecting people – Intro

Posted on by charlie

I was invited last year to give a talk at an alumni group from the Copenhagen Business School. The organizer (nice chap) had asked me to talk about the future of telecom. The alumni came from all sorts of companies, from electronics to banking to retail.

I didn’t know what I was getting into. At the time, I was just looking for something different to do. Turned out I was one of two speakers that day. The first one was Björn Wahlroos, a multimillionaire banker. Heh heh.

Nonetheless, I delivered a well-received talk (no slides!). And, based on those notes, I’ll share with you what I said there, based on my notes and maybe adjusted to my current thinking.

I’ll be publishing them in three parts, based on the three main points I brought up.

Enjoy.

Innovation/Strategy

Ovum say: Nokia continues transformation with new portal brand

Posted on by charlie

Really good analysis by Ovum regarding Ovi. As you know, I’m part of the group working on this. As Ovum says, the key for us, as for anyone integrating various disparate services, is not only making them work together, but have them make sense (and being of value) to the user.

But, we’ve done the research and bashed heads to make sure we build something valuable over the course of the next year. The difference between what Nokia would normally do and what we want to do is: get it out there and let’s work with our users in making is great.

As Ovum says, we’re shooting for going live before the end of the year, rolling out new features over the first half to build up to what Ovi promises. I want you all kicking the tires as soon as possible.

Read more at Ovum’s news site (link below).

Lunk: Ovum: Nokia continues transformation with new portal brand:

We will look at the individual service offerings behind Ovi in a moment, but first we want to reflect on the strategic significance of Ovi. Ovi is not a surprise, or at least not to us, and marks the latest step in Nokia’s transition from a device to Internet services company. But it is an extremely big step and could trip Nokia up if it fails to deliver. Nokia is positioning Ovi as a premier portal to what it promises will eventually be a very full set of Internet services. Ovi goes way beyond being an iTunes killer in Nokia’s mind.

Announcements/Strategy/The Narrative

Ovi by Nokia

Posted on by charlie

Busy right now, but wanted to let you all know that ovi.com is what’s kept me away for all this time. Oh, we’re not done yet, won’t be for a while, but we hope to start trickling out stuff by the end of the year.

Really exciting, if you want to know.

When I get back to Finland (I’m in London at a workshop) I’ll try to tell more.

For now, go read read it here:

Link: Meet Ovi, the Door to Nokia’s Internet Services:

Nokia today introduced Ovi, the company’s new Internet services brand name. With the introduction of Ovi, Nokia is expanding from a focus on mobile devices to offering a range of Internet services. Ovi, meaning ‘door’ in Finnish, enables consumers to easily access their existing social network, communities and content, as well as acting as a gateway to Nokia services.