Telco Digital Advertising Strategies: Leveraging Data, Technology And Content Assets To Generate Revenue

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"Telco Digital Advertising Strategies: Leveraging Data, Technology And Content Assets To Generate Revenue" is a thematic research report by GlobalData that examines the increased focus and participation of telecom services providers (Telcos) in the digital/mobile advertising ecosystem. Digital is the fastest growing segment in the global advertising market, and a formidable revenue engine for digital technology players. Telcos are adopting advertising business models and developing offerings to increase their participation and revenue share in this lucrative market.

The advertising ecosystem is a growth engine generating over US$200bn in revenue for multiple players. Digital advertising spending is driven by explosive growth in the consumption of online content, mobile apps and video. Telecom operators are increasing their presence in digital advertising. Telcos around the world recognize the growth opportunities presented by digital advertising. It offers the potential to diversify their revenue base and move toward high growth digital business models. Participation in the digital advertising ecosystem enables telcos to expand beyond their core services and geographical reach, driving operational scale. Some telcos are focusing on seizing technology assets to drive scale and growth in advertising. Some are building robust content arsenals to drive viewership growth and advertising inventory. Others strive to maximize revenue by building diversified ad solutions portfolios.

The report is structured as follows –
– Introduction: We start with the taxonomy utilized to frame the report objectives and focus.
– Section 1: Market context – digital services trends and ecosystem. This section provides a high-level overview of the digital advertising opportunity and the main trends driving growth in this market globally.
– Section 2: Telcos and the digital advertising opportunity. Here we examine the business drivers for Telcos’ interest in the digital advertising business and their participation in the advertising solutions value chain. We also identify the various go-to-market approaches and revenue models telcos are using to to profit from the advertising opportunity.
– Section 3: Telco advertising strategies. In this section, we conduct a more in-depth review of how leading telecom companies AT&T, Verizon, Telefónica, SFR France, Singtel and Indosat Ooredoo are building a presence and market share in digital advertising. We examine their respective objectives, organization, go-to-market strategy, value proposition and competencies in the digital advertising realm.
– Section 4: Key findings and recommendations. We conclude the report with a summary of the opportunities, challenges and success factors in digital advertising, as well as recommendations, for telecom services providers.

Scope

Open technology advertising platforms are being leveraged by telcos to create value for the business to –

– Create global scale

– Develop more reach, serve new advertising client segments

– Create additional revenue streams by licensing technology to third parties

– Compete against walled-garden systems (Google, Facebook and the like)

– Leverage and monetize data beyond their mobile geography.

Reasons to Buy

– The report provides a global view of the opportunity and growth trends in digital advertising, as well as the revenue models and go-to-market strategies of six leading telecom service providers.

– This analysis is useful for telecom executives to evaluate their position vis-à-vis the major growth opportunities in digital advertising and make informed decisions about strategic investments, value proposition and growth strategies to rapidly grow their presence in the digital advertising market.

– The report provides valuable insights about alternative revenue models and the range of product/service offerings that have helped telecom service providers to build a presence and begin profiting from the digital advertising opportunity.

– The report’s case studies provide real examples of market approaches and strategies being employed by Telcos to build revenue opportunities in digital advertising, and how these market participants are leveraging their organizations, assets, core competencies and ecosystem partnerships to drive revenue creation activities in digital advertising.

AT&T
Indosat Ooredoo
Singtel
SFR France
Telefónica and Verizon

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Table of contents 3

Table of exhibits 4

Executive summary 6

Introduction: Report scope and market taxonomy 7

Report scope

Digital advertising defined

Programmatic advertising

Section 1: Digital advertising trends and ecosystem 11

Digital takes hold of the global advertising market

Mobile is the growth engine of digital advertising

‘In-app’ mobile advertising solutions continue to expand

Strong video consumption fuels video advertising spend

Programmatic ad solutions present opportunities

Many solutions converge to create a digital advertisement

The digital advertising ecosystem is fast expanding

Google and Facebook control digital advertising revenues

Section 2: Telcos and the digital ad opportunity 19

Digital advertising offers excellent upside potential for telcos

Telcos are investing in ad platforms, media and analytics

Diverse revenue models help telcos grow in digital advertising

Technology makes digital ad viable for Singtel and Verizon

Content drives the ad business at AT&T and SFR

Diversified revenue models work for Telefónica and Indosat

Telcos use three core market approaches to advertising

Telcos can create synergies across advertising, content and data

Section 3: Telco advertising strategies 28

Verizon

Telefónica

Singtel

SFR

Indosat Ooredoo

AT&T

Section 4: Key Findings & Recommendations 53

Opportunities

Telco challenges and success factors

Recommendations

Appendices 57

Companies mentioned

Contacts

Table

List of Tables

Exhibit 1: Report scope 8

Exhibit 2: Digital advertising categories 9

Exhibit 3: Programmatic advertising methods and players 10

Exhibit 4: Global digital advertising revenue 12

Exhibit 5: Global mobile advertising revenue 13

Exhibit 6: In-app share of mobile ad spend, worldwide 14

Exhibit 7: Video share of ad budgets, 2016 15

Exhibit 8: Mobile video advertising spend growth 15

Exhibit 9: Technology solutions in digital advertising 16

Exhibit 10: Players of the digital advertising ecosystem 17

Exhibit 11: Global digital advertising revenue shares, 2016 18

Exhibit 12: Drivers for telcos’ inroads in digital advertising 20

Exhibit 13: Telcos’ presence in the digital ad solutions chain 21

Exhibit 14: Telco market approaches, digital advertising 22

Exhibit 15: Digital ad revenue models explored by telcos 23

Exhibit 16: Technology-centric revenue model 24

Exhibit 17: Content-centric revenue model 25

Exhibit 18: Diversified revenue model 26

Exhibit 19: Challenges and opportunities for telcos, digital ad 27

Exhibit 20: Verizon Wireless subscriber adds by quarter 29

Exhibit 21: Yahoo digital display and search revenue 30

Exhibit 22: AOL’s main ad platforms 31

Exhibit 23: Verizon digital advertising tool kit 32

Exhibit 24: Telefónica’s digital services lineup 33

Exhibit 25: Telefónica’s mobile advertising solutions 34

Exhibit 26: Milestones in ad tech – Telefónica/Axonix 35

Exhibit 27: Telefónica’s digital advertising toolkit 36

Exhibit 28: Singtel’s advertising subsidiary, Amobee 37

Exhibit 29: Singtel’s digital advertising acquisitions 38

Exhibit 30: Amobee client results 39

Exhibit 31: Singtel’s digital advertising toolkit 40

Exhibit 32: SFR’s business model 41

Exhibit 33 Milestones in ad tech – SFR France 42

Exhibit 34: SFR mobile advertising solutions by segment 43

Exhibit 35: SFR’s digital advertising toolkit 44

Exhibit 36: Indosat’s digital business unit 45

Exhibit 37: Indosat’s mobile advertising solutions 46

Exhibit 38: IMX’s position in the mobile ad ecosystem 47

Exhibit 39: Indosat’s digital advertising toolkit 48

Exhibit 40: AT&T’S advertising value proposition 49

Exhibit 41: Milestones in ad tech – AT&T 50

Exhibit 42: AT&T AdWorks core services 51

Exhibit 43: AT&T’s digital advertising toolkit 52

Figures

List of Figures

Exhibit 1: Report scope 8

Exhibit 2: Digital advertising categories 9

Exhibit 3: Programmatic advertising methods and players 10

Exhibit 4: Global digital advertising revenue 12

Exhibit 5: Global mobile advertising revenue 13

Exhibit 6: In-app share of mobile ad spend, worldwide 14

Exhibit 7: Video share of ad budgets, 2016 15

Exhibit 8: Mobile video advertising spend growth 15

Exhibit 9: Technology solutions in digital advertising 16

Exhibit 10: Players of the digital advertising ecosystem 17

Exhibit 11: Global digital advertising revenue shares, 2016 18

Exhibit 12: Drivers for telcos’ inroads in digital advertising 20

Exhibit 13: Telcos’ presence in the digital ad solutions chain 21

Exhibit 14: Telco market approaches, digital advertising 22

Exhibit 15: Digital ad revenue models explored by telcos 23

Exhibit 16: Technology-centric revenue model 24

Exhibit 17: Content-centric revenue model 25

Exhibit 18: Diversified revenue model 26

Exhibit 19: Challenges and opportunities for telcos, digital ad 27

Exhibit 20: Verizon Wireless subscriber adds by quarter 29

Exhibit 21: Yahoo digital display and search revenue 30

Exhibit 22: AOL’s main ad platforms 31

Exhibit 23: Verizon digital advertising tool kit 32

Exhibit 24: Telefónica’s digital services lineup 33

Exhibit 25: Telefónica’s mobile advertising solutions 34

Exhibit 26: Milestones in ad tech – Telefónica/Axonix 35

Exhibit 27: Telefónica’s digital advertising toolkit 36

Exhibit 28: Singtel’s advertising subsidiary, Amobee 37

Exhibit 29: Singtel’s digital advertising acquisitions 38

Exhibit 30: Amobee client results 39

Exhibit 31: Singtel’s digital advertising toolkit 40

Exhibit 32: SFR’s business model 41

Exhibit 33 Milestones in ad tech – SFR France 42

Exhibit 34: SFR mobile advertising solutions by segment 43

Exhibit 35: SFR’s digital advertising toolkit 44

Exhibit 36: Indosat’s digital business unit 45

Exhibit 37: Indosat’s mobile advertising solutions 46

Exhibit 38: IMX’s position in the mobile ad ecosystem 47

Exhibit 39: Indosat’s digital advertising toolkit 48

Exhibit 40: AT&T’S advertising value proposition 49

Exhibit 41: Milestones in ad tech – AT&T 50

Exhibit 42: AT&T AdWorks core services 51

Exhibit 43: AT&T’s digital advertising toolkit 52

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