The subtitle for the DSP Leaders World Forum was Accelerating Telecoms Innovation, yet the topic of innovation yielded the least convincing answers of the two-day event. It was co-host Guy Daniels who brought up the rise of “FAST” – Free, Ad-Supported Television channels – a $6bn industry now made possible by the combination of broadband, cloud and massive-scale personalization. Another ship that telecom looks set to watch sail away over the horizon. It was about the most innovative thing mentioned. TelecomTV was also innovating with a revised format that gave CSPs – sorry: DSPs – a co-host role on panels, and a 5-minute opening micro-keynote. This gave senior telco execs from Vodafone, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, BT and Orange a chance to frame the discussion of each panel. Mood music was similar to Futurenet World and RCR Wireless’ Telco Reinvention: an industry still trying to map out its future role, and still grappling with the enormity of the change – but also opportunities – resulting from technologies such as cloud and AI. The good news is that the case for fundamental change is being added to day-by-day, and telcos know it. The bad news is that that such change remains immensely […]