Alcatel-Lucent Chief Executive Officer Ben Verwaayen said Europe’s phone companies risk turning the region into a “digital desert” by shying away from investing in networks.
Verwaayen says a combination of regulatory barriers and economic crisis are contributing to the problem.
In an interesting twist, given the "warnings" about the United States "falling behind" in some key communications capabilities, be that broadband access, the speed of broadband access, smart phone ownership, messaging or other advanced applications and services.
But innovation and technology leadership changes over time, whether the issue is consumer behavior, supplier prowess or advanced technology adoption.
Telecommunications companies in the U.K., Germany, Italy and France have been reluctant to invest as much as their counterparts in the U.S. and Asia in faster mobile-phone and fixed-line networks because of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and regulatory decisions deemed unfavorable by Verwaayen. As a result, Europe is falling behind, he argues.
“Five years ago in the U.S., you knew that leaving L.A. meant going into the desert, meanwhile Europe was ahead,” Verwaayen said. “Five years later that has reversed. The creation of value has come back to the U.S.”
Five years ago, U.S. firms had five percent share of the smart phone operating system market. Today, U.S. firms have 64 percent share.
Verwaayen says a combination of regulatory barriers and economic crisis are contributing to the problem.
In an interesting twist, given the "warnings" about the United States "falling behind" in some key communications capabilities, be that broadband access, the speed of broadband access, smart phone ownership, messaging or other advanced applications and services.
But innovation and technology leadership changes over time, whether the issue is consumer behavior, supplier prowess or advanced technology adoption.
Telecommunications companies in the U.K., Germany, Italy and France have been reluctant to invest as much as their counterparts in the U.S. and Asia in faster mobile-phone and fixed-line networks because of Europe’s sovereign debt crisis and regulatory decisions deemed unfavorable by Verwaayen. As a result, Europe is falling behind, he argues.
“Five years ago in the U.S., you knew that leaving L.A. meant going into the desert, meanwhile Europe was ahead,” Verwaayen said. “Five years later that has reversed. The creation of value has come back to the U.S.”
Five years ago, U.S. firms had five percent share of the smart phone operating system market. Today, U.S. firms have 64 percent share.
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