M&A activity in the telecommunications industry has finally resumed after a long slump. Which valuation issues are topping the agenda for M&A and finance departments? Find out here and use our insights for your own tactical strategies.

El fin de la era del ordenador personal, la publicidad en las redes sociales y la adopción de la tecnología LTE son algunas de las tendencias que marcarán la industria de TMT en 2011. Luis Jiménez, socio responsable del área de Medios de Comunicación de Deloitte, Fernando Huerta, socio responsable del área de Telecomunicaciones y Enrique Sainz, socio responsable del área de Tecnología, analizan estas y otras de las tendencias más relevantes en el sector para los próximos meses.

There is a growing sense that Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technology now offers a significant opportunity for operators to grow revenues through service innovation and diversification. M2M has been around for some time, and some companies have been employing a form of M2M operation for over a decade. It is only now, however, that the concept is really starting to permeate the mainstream mobile operators' psyche. Key variables, such as technological advances in mobile, supply-chain maturity and the need for operators to offset declining voice revenues in the Person-to-Person (P2P) space are spurring interest. Regulation will undoubtedly play a part in defining the market too over the next five years, but the revenue-generating opportunity that M2M represents is now too great for operators to ignore. The fact that some tier one mobile operators are already cranking up their investment in this market testifies to this.

In the 100th Digital Business podcast, we talk to Lord Digby Jones about how he runs his business from a virtual office. Plus: fake websites, mobile business apps, a company chairman who tests mobile devices in a dishwasher - and using mobile phones.

This interactive case study describes the launch of Entel PCS' mobile telephony service in Chile. Both fixed and mobile telecommunications are described in detail through walk-through examples, whilst an interactive exercise allows students to analyze the industry using both the four pillars of communication model and Porter's.