Predictions for 2012?

Happy new year and I hope everyone has had an enjoyable holiday period.  Now that noses are truly back to grindstones I am keen to canvas opinion, whether it be tongue in cheek or more serious, as to what will happen this year in the TMT sector.

My view is that within the media world there will be continued cost pressures and perhaps a heightened level of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity.  The push to digital will continue at an increased pace.

Within the telco world I see that the Middle and Far East will have more activity, particularly around launching new services to existing and new markets.  Infrastructure vendors will continue to feel the squeeze but the savvy mobile operators will see increased revenues from a diversified portfolio.  Perhaps the trend I saw in Q4 for MVNA/E/O start ups will continue.

And within technology I see several household names disappearing, M&A continuing for the big players and hopefully an iPad3!

I welcome your thoughts and wish you all a healthy and prosperous year.

Steve Blake is Head of TMT for Interim Partners.

One Response to “Predictions for 2012?”

1. Kiran Bhagotra Says:
   January 9th, 2012 at 3:46 pm

   A Happy New Year to all! Some insights from my most recent assignment in a consultancy whose clients included global TMT companies:

   Governments, UK and US in particular, to increase their engagement with TMT entrepreneurs/innovators to provide low capitalised growth & jobs through the use of existing platforms

   Private sector will take the lead on setting open standards for the internet. The ‘Global South’ (the South Americas, Australia and New Zealand) to spearhead these efforts

   Cross-border cybersecurity solutions and ICTs will be some of the other tech buzz words for 2012.

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