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TMNG Cited in Total Telecom Article on Mobile Asia Congress
Nov 19, 2010
Friday Review: Part of the furniture
Total Telecom, in Hong Kong
By Mary Lennighan
Comment from top Asian telecoms executives on LTE, spectrum allocation, cloud services, and the diversification of business models.
It's not unusual to hear telecoms operators talk about diversifying their business to generate new revenue streams. But it is sometimes surprising to learn what lengths they could go to.
“Mobile operators will change the way they do business,” said Peter Chou, chief executive of handset maker HTC, at the opening session of Mobile Asia Congress in Hong Kong this week.
“They can enable new business, new income,” thanks to their “powerful” relationship with the customer, he said. “Maybe in the future they will be selling furniture... or vegetables!”
The mobile operators themselves were behind the idea of diversification, but understandably stopped short of the furniture salesman approach.
