For cable providers, aka MSOs, the terrestrial hemispheres in which they operate are tangential at best to their strategies. Their opportunities and challenges are similar the world over. They must leverage multiple modes of access to transform from providers of entertainment and broadband into full-service multimedia players capable of playing rival to the biggest telecom or Internet players today and in the future.
However, succeeding in that mission does require some new mapping in their cerebral hemispheres. On one side, they must hone new skills in wireless and enterprise networking. And on the other, they must develop a new appreciation for how the back office can be used to blend their new and existing talents to make them more competitive.
From the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario to the birthplace of Tango music in Buenos Aires, cable companies are making aggressive moves into the enterprise, into wireless and into the world of e-commerce.
Tom Vari, chief information officer and senior vice president of application delivery at Rogers Communications in Canada; Rodrigo Duclos, chief technology officer of Net Servicos in Brazil; and Roberto Nobile, chief operating officer at CableVision in Argentina, came together in December at Management World Americas in Orlando to discuss their forward strategies. B/OSS also caught up with Philip Meeks, vice president of Cox Business in Atlanta about his company’s push into the enterprise.
