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  • November 2003 (Revised June 2004)
  • Background Note

China's Telecommunications Sector

By: Richard L. Nolan and Stephen P. Bradley
In mid-2003, China was the fastest-growing telecom market. Telecom subscribers are estimated at 472 million. With the size and growth of telecom, China is a hot spot for new telecom and IT technologies. Furthermore, China's sheer market power provides a strong position... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Technological Innovation; Policy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competition; Telecommunications Industry; China
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Nolan, Richard L., and Stephen P. Bradley. "China's Telecommunications Sector." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-416, November 2003. (Revised June 2004.)
  • January 2013 (Revised July 2014)
  • Case

Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (A)

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2011, Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley sat down with the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, Wayne Boyd. Telecom, a publicly listed company and the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies, Chorus, a telecom... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Women's Empowerment; Governance; Leadership; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Human Resources; Diversity; Telecommunications Industry; New Zealand
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Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (A)." Harvard Business School Case 413-030, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
  • October 2014 (Revised July 2015)
  • Case

Indus Towers: From Infancy to Maturity

By: Ranjay Gulati, Maxim Sytch and Rachna Tahilyani
Indus Towers, the world's largest telecom tower company, is a joint venture between three telecom rivals in India. These rivals—Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular—combined their telecom towers to provide "shared telecom infrastructure" to wireless telecom... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Judgments; Customer Focus and Relationships; Management; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Telecommunications Industry; India
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Gulati, Ranjay, Maxim Sytch, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indus Towers: From Infancy to Maturity." Harvard Business School Case 415-005, October 2014. (Revised July 2015.)
  • June 2014 (Revised March 2017)
  • Teaching Note

Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2011, Telecom, the largest telecom provider in New Zealand, was being divided into two publicly traded companies. In connection with this split, Sarah Naudé and Matt Stanley worked with the chairman of Telecom New Zealand, Wayne Boyd, to create two new boards of... View Details
Keywords: Board Of Directors; Women's Empowerment; Governance; Leadership; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Human Resources; Diversity; Telecommunications Industry; New Zealand
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Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 414-025, June 2014. (Revised March 2017.)
  • February 2010 (Revised November 2012)
  • Case

Indus Towers: Collaborating with Competitors on Infrastructure

By: Ranjay Gulati, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Rachna Tahilyani
The case describes the formation of Indus Towers, the largest telecom tower company in the world that has a joint venture created to build and manage the passive infrastructure of wireless telecom operators by bringing together three competitors in India's tough... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Alliances; Competition; Cooperation; Telecommunications Industry; India
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Gulati, Ranjay, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Indus Towers: Collaborating with Competitors on Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 110-057, February 2010. (Revised November 2012.)
  • July 2006 (Revised December 2007)
  • Case

Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, V.G. Narayanan and Michele Jurgens
Faced with exponential growth and a competitive telecom environment, Bharti looks for ways to better manage its capital expenditures for telecommunications and information technology. One option is to hand over management of its telecom and IT networks to its vendors.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competitive Advantage; Technology Networks; Telecommunications Industry; India
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Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, V.G. Narayanan, and Michele Jurgens. "Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited." Harvard Business School Case 107-003, July 2006. (Revised December 2007.)
  • May 2015 (Revised January 2017)
  • Case

Bharti Infratel: Unlocking Value in Mobile Infrastructure

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Prashant Salwan, Tanya Bijlani and Rachna Tahilyani
Bharti Infratel, a telecom tower company, provides shared telecom infrastructure to mobile operators in India. It is a spin off from Bharti Airtel, India's largest leading mobile services operator. Bharti Infratel partnered with its rivals, Vodafone and Idea Cellular,... View Details
Keywords: Collaboration; Strategic Alliances (Business); Mobile Phone Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; Asia; India
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Prashant Salwan, Tanya Bijlani, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Bharti Infratel: Unlocking Value in Mobile Infrastructure." Harvard Business School Case 715-459, May 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
  • May 2008
  • Case

Sensors Unlimited: Bringing InGaAs Technology to the Market

By: Willy C. Shih
Sensors Unlimited was a small start-up in short-wavelength infrared imaging. Its learning base came out of Bell Labs, RCA's Sarnoff Lab, and the Rockwell Science Center, and as it built its capabilities and ventured into new application areas, it discovered a “killer... View Details
Keywords: Applied Optics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Aerospace Industry; Technology Industry
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Shih, Willy C. "Sensors Unlimited: Bringing InGaAs Technology to the Market." Harvard Business School Case 608-138, May 2008.
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Naguib Sawiris

Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, describes a high-stakes acquisition in Europe as he transformed the third-largest telecom operator in Italy, replacing public-sector management with private-sector efficiency. View Details
  • January 2013 (Revised July 2014)
  • Supplement

Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (B)

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
This follow up to Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards provides a one-page description of the new boards that were created at Telecom and Chorus. View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
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Groysberg, Boris, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Chorus and Telecom: Building the Boards (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 413-081, January 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
  • 25 Oct 2018
  • Cold Call Podcast

Vodafone’s Innovative Approach to Advanced Technologies

Keywords: Telecommunications
  • 01 Nov 2019
  • Video

Mo Ibrahim

Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, discusses the challenges of innovation in the telecoms industry caused by poor power and other infrastructure.

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  • June 2001
  • Case

GetConnected

By: Jay O. Light and Daniel J. Green
An embryonic Internet-based telecom marketing firm considers its first (seed) round of funding. They are choosing between a fixed price round and a discounted convertible round. View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Financing and Loans; Business Startups; Telecommunications Industry
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Light, Jay O., and Daniel J. Green. "GetConnected." Harvard Business School Case 201-010, June 2001.
  • March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
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Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa

By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; Kuwait
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Khanna, Tarun, and Ayesha Khan. "Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa." Harvard Business School Case 708-477, March 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
  • December 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Supplement

Vodafone in Japan (B)

By: Juan Alcacer, Mary Furey and Mayuka Yamazaki
By 2005, Vodafone Group was losing its footing in the sophisticated Japanese telecom market. What were they doing wrong? Should they cut their losses and leave Japan, or could they learn from mistakes and turn things around? View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Profit; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Knowledge Acquisition; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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Alcacer, Juan, Mary Furey, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Vodafone in Japan (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-469, December 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
  • December 2010 (Revised February 2012)
  • Case

Vodafone in Japan (A)

By: Juan Alcacer, Mary Furey and Mayuka Yamazaki
Despite a rough start in the Japanese telecom market, by late 2003, Vodafone seemed to have weathered the storm, largely based on the strength of their mobile phone unit. But was it simply the calm before the storm? View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Global Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Adaptation; Diversification; Expansion; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
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Alcacer, Juan, Mary Furey, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Vodafone in Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 711-464, December 2010. (Revised February 2012.)
  • 04 Feb 2020
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Murat Vargı

Murat Vargı, founder of MV Holding and the mobile phone provider Turkcell, describes the challenges he faced in Turkey of growing his telecom business in an industry where there was a state monopoly at the time. View Details
  • September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Turkcell

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Charles C.Y. Wang and Esel Cekin
This case centers around the shareholder dispute between three major shareholders of Turkcell, and how its management vied against increasing regulatory intervention and market competition in the absence of a fully-functioning board. The battle for control of the... View Details
Keywords: Financial Performance; Regulatory Environment; Telecommunications; Marketing; Value Added; Pricing; Shareholder; Boards Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Shareholder Relations; Telecommunications Industry; Turkey
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Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Esel Cekin. "Turkcell." Harvard Business School Case 715-009, September 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
  • 15 Dec 2015
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Don’t Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy

  • August 2012 (Revised December 2012)
  • Case

Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania

By: Arthur Daemmrich, Alex Radu and Ana Sarbu
Leaders of the Romanian telecommunications agency must decide about a proposed international merger and how to structure bandwidth auctions critical to the telecoms market. The case is designed to teach about regulatory choices from the perspective of a regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Auction Policy; European Union; Government Policy; Cell Phone Industry; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications Industry; Romania
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Daemmrich, Arthur, Alex Radu, and Ana Sarbu. "Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania." Harvard Business School Case 713-016, August 2012. (Revised December 2012.)
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