Summary
Amid growing pricing pressure, cost containment, and rising competition within the telecom industry, companies are planning to increase their focus on business expansion in existing market, new product development, and improving operational efficiency. Mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase within the telecom industry with emerging markets such as China, India, and Mexico offering prominent growth opportunities. Additionally, global telecom industry business executives from large companies expect a surge in capital expenditure on IT infrastructure development and new product development over the next six months.
Key Findings
- Expand into existing markets and new product developments are major priorities for telecom industry operators and suppliers during May-October 2016
- Developed markets such as the US, the UK, and Germany are identified as important markets for growth over the next six months by telecom industry executives
- Capital expenditure on new product development and IT infrastructure development will increase over the next six months
- Internal operating cost reductions and increased use of technology are the main procurement objectives for organizations over the next six months
- Overall, 25% of executives expect a decrease in supplier prices, while 29% expect an increase, and 34% expect no change over the next six months
Synopsis
Pyramid Research's Telecom Industry Business Outlook and Procurement Report May-October 2016 examines executives' opinion on the business outlook and procurement activities over May-October 2016. Organizations can know about key business priorities, supplier price variations, changes in capital expenditure, and organizations' perspective on e-procurement. Additionally, it provides information categorized by region and company type.
What else does this report offer?
- Key business priorities: examines the telecom companies' important priorities for May-October 2016
- Emerging and developed markets: provides information about key emerging and developed markets, which will offer most growth over next six months
- Change in MandA activity: analyzes telecom industry executives' opinion on changes in merger and acquisition activity globally
- Business concerns: identifies major business concerns that are likely to impact manufacturers and suppliers
- Change in capital expenditure: tracks the expected change in capital expenditure both globally and regionally
- Change in procurement activities: evaluates how procurement activities will change in the telecom industry over the next six months
- Procurement budget outlook: projects procurement budget allocation along with changes in procurement expenditure over May-October 2016
- Supplier prices outlook: determines the expected change in supplier prices over May-October 2016
- E-procurement: identifies executive's perspective towards e-procurement within the telecom industry
Reasons To Buy
- Highlights key business priorities thus helping telecom companies to realign business strategy
- Develop or adjust business expansion plans by using significant growth offering emerging and developed markets
- Make changes in procurement budget allocations through procurement budget projections anticipated by executives for May-October 2016
- Implement effective price management by viewing supplier price variations highlighted for next six months
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Introduction
Methodology, sample size and key points
Profile of respondents
Global Business Outlook
Strategic business priorities 11 Emerging markets with significant growth potential
Growth potential for developed markets
Mergers and acquisition
Leading business concerns
Capital expenditure projections
Procurement Approaches and Strategies
Potential changes in procurement resources and objectives
Procurement activity outlook in key areas
Global procurement budget projections
Planned change in procurement expenditure
Supplier prices outlook
Organizations' viewpoints on E-procurement
Acronyms and definitions
Appendix
Exhibit 1: Distribution of survey respondents by region, 2016 7
Exhibit 2: Distribution of survey respondents by company type, 2016 7
Exhibit 3: Distribution of survey respondents by size (turnover), 2016
Exhibit 4: Distribution of survey respondents by position, 2016
Exhibit 5: Organizations Top Priorities - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 6: Organizations Top Priorities - By Region, May-October 2016
Exhibit 7: Organizations Top Priorities - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 8: Emerging Market with Significant Growth Opportunities - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 9: Top Five Emerging Market with Significant Growth Opportunities - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 10: Developing Markets with Prominent Growth Prospects - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 11: Top Five Developing Markets with Prominent Growth Prospects - By Region, May-October 2016
Exhibit 12: Change in Mergers and Acquisitions - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 13: Change in Mergers and Acquisitions - By Region, May-October 2016
Exhibit 14: Change in Mergers and Acquisitions - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 15: Major Concerns for Organizations - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 16: Major Concerns for Organizations - By Region, May-October 2016
Exhibit 17: Major Concerns for Organizations - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 18: Change in Capital Expenditure in Key Areas - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 19: Change in Capital Expenditure in Key Areas - By Region, May-October 2016
Exhibit 20: Procurement Resources and Objectives Expectations - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 21: Top Four Procurement Resources and Objectives Expectations - By Region - A, May-October 2016
Exhibit 22: Top Four Procurement Resources and Objectives Expectations - By Region - B, May-October 2016
Exhibit 23: Top Four Procurement Resources and Objectives Expectations - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 24: Change in Procurement Activities in Strategic Areas - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 25: Global Procurement Budget Outlook - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 26: Change in Procurement Expenditure - Overall and Regional, May-October 2016
Exhibit 27: Change in Procurement Expenditure - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 28: Supplier Prices Expectations - Overall, May-October 2016
Exhibit 29: Supplier Prices Expectations - By Company Types, May-October 2016
Exhibit 30: Organizational Perspective on E-Procurement - Overall
Exhibit 31: Organizational Perspective on E-Procurement - By Region
Exhibit 32: Organizational Perspective on E-Procurement - By Company Types
