Telecom moving beyond connectivity, nearly 25% revenues to come from new biz models in coming years

As May 17 is observed as World Telecommunications Day, it would not be incorrect to say that telecommunications and Information technology has been one pillar on which the world has been able to sail through the Covid pandemic.

In the last few years, telecommunications has clearly moved beyond providing people-to-people connectivity besides successfully adding layers around it to contribute more meaningfully.

Public health companies today are leveraging emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, geographic information system to help the government and healthcare agencies manage and monitor the virus spread .

Gaurav Vasu, Founder & CEO, UnearthInsights, an advisory firm for companies on technology and people issues says “Telecom industry’s contribution in the pandemic