The digitization boom

by David Tusa, Bahjat el-Darwiche & Hilal Halaoui January 15, 2013

written by David Tusa, Bahjat el-Darwiche & Hilal Halaoui January 15, 2013

The telecommunications sector in the Middle East continues to experience change and the challenges of growth on levels not seen in most other industries. During 2012, consumers, businesses and governments embraced fixed data and mobile broadband in what appeared to be the unstoppable rise of digital technologies. Our term for this mass adoption, and the transformation of lives, companies and administrations, is “digitization” and this year more than ever, we have seen this term coming to the fore. It is not so much a wave of new technology as a revolutionary momentum permeating the economy; for society, digitization is changing how we connect and how we work. Providing digital and digitized services is the growth business of tomorrow. The Middle East’s telecommunications operators have two fundamental assets that put them in ideal positions to benefit from the digital boom: they have the networks and the customers. Yet, we have seen

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David Tusa

David Tusa previously served as a Partner at Strategy& specializing in telecommunications strategy, and held roles including Head of Telecommunications Advisory at Shinsei Bank and Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton. He co-founded and served as COO of Takashi Mobile. David holds a degree in English Literature & Linguistics from the University of Oxford.

Bahjat el-Darwiche

Bahjat is a Partner at Strategy& and leads the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sector for EMEA with over 22 years of consulting experience globally. He supports governments, regulatory bodies, and telecom providers in policy making, sector development, and business transformation. A thought leader in telecom and digitization, he collaborates with the World Economic Forum and other major organizations, and holds advanced degrees in engineering and telecommunications from top French institutions.

Hilal Halaoui

Hilal Halaoui is a Partner with Strategy& and a member of the firm’s Government and Public Sector practice in the Middle East. He has more than 15 years of management consulting experience in the Middle East, where he focuses on government restructuring plans, as well as turnaround strategies for public and private entities. Hilal provides valuable expertise in strategy-based transformation and strategic planning in the context of liberalized markets and competitive readiness development, government reform programs, economic and infrastructure development, corporate governance and organization, and privatization of state-owned enterprises. Hilal holds a master’s degree in engineering management and a BE in computer and communications engineering from the American University of Beirut.

The digitization boom

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