IDC Asia/Pacific Telecom Summit 2011 will focus on emerging telco-enabled ICT services for businesses and consumers that will both shape and redefine the industry in the years ahead. It will highlight the strategies and effective business models that need to be quickly put into place for telcos to capitalize the rise of Asia in the next decade. The next decade will witness a "hyper growth chase" for telcos in the region with the focus on markets beyond their traditional core business. This will result in transformation of a magnitude not seen before coupled with the unprecedented growth expected in the region will make it an exciting and thrilling decade for telcos in Asia.

Some of the key highlights of the events include a chance for operators to understand what are the ICT technologies that are dominating conversations and boardrooms across the region? Is cloud services the truly the "once in a generation" technology that will allow telcos to dominate the ICT industry and how are telcos across the region sharpening their customer service experience? The telcos of this decade will be dramatically different from the one of the last decade as their traditional business continues to face strong headwinds. However, these challenges have given it a new life as telcos are reinventing themselves in the marketplace and finding niche in this converged ICT world.

This summit will explore some of the winning strategies that telcos have put into place in this converged ICT world and the best practices that can be replicated across the region. What are the lessons learnt and the challenges that they are still facing and the possible obstacles ahead? Who are the new partners that telcos need to work with and what kind of partner ecosystem is needed to thrive in this new era? These are some of the additional questions that will be answered at this summit.