Most of these new entrants will deploy technologies different from those associated with traditional telecommunications companies. In this environment, technology choices are hard. No one company is likely to possess equal capabilities in terms of network reach, technologies and application expertise. Global reach and network inter-operability represent minimum requirements. Different participants face different regulations and restrictions on the type of services offered, prices charged and the customers serviced.
Innovation comes from every corner and innovation is key to competing successfully.
It is obvious that customers won't wait. They purchase communications capabilities based on price, application availability and company capability. What companies deliver to customers is key - rather than the ownership of process or technologies underlying it. Economies of scale and scope still count. Size and international reach provide key access to markets, facilitate purchasing power and brand identification as well as access to markets.