Stakeholders across the information and communications and technology (ICT) world envision a connected future where zero-touch automation is accessible to manage and control highly integrated services, devices, and networks dynamically. The trend toward zero-touch has advanced in consumer markets throughout the initial wave of digital-first innovation because of a desire to meet connected consumers’ rising expectations for rich customer experiences and deep self-service capabilities. But making what happens on a B2C screen happen in the B2B and the B2B2X world is a much more sophisticated proposition.
English, Chinese, or Spanish, the inhabitants of the earth use thousands of different languages to communicate. On the other side, the communicative language in the world of machines consists of only two numbers: 0 and 1. So, how can we bring these unrelated languages together in a way that will benefit everyone? If you’re wondering about it, let's make an informative introduction to natural language processing.
One of the most notable films of 2021 and perhaps the last 2.5 years of the pandemic, the Matrix 4 met with the audience at the end of December. It is one of the most important examples of the “struggle” between humans and machines in the history of cinema, but it is not the only one. The efforts of intelligent machines, including Terminator, created by humans, to destruct humanity on their own have been a subject that has not aged for decades.
Although Hollywood has focused on the dark side of the machine and human relationship in movies that have been watched billions of times when Alan Turing developed the machine that decoded the Enigma in World War II and prevented nearly a million people from dying, peace was at the heart of the machine and human relationship.
Thanks to increased smartphones and social media penetration, a data-driven transformation has become possible in the retail sector for the last decade. Recent research shows that more than 75% of retail customers shop from multiple retail channels. As expected, digital channels are coming to the fore with the effect of the pandemic.
With the effect of this, retail companies have increased their focus on digital channels and increased digital advertisements. With a similar transformation on the customer side, nearly 80% of customers search for products on mobile devices.
Today, the terms omnichannel and multichannel are often confused. So, first of all, let's start with the answer to the question: what is omnichannel retailing.
If we analyze Google trends, there is almost no search data for "what is digital transformation" until 2014. However, the "popularity" of the concept, which started to rise afterward, seems to have reached the highest level, especially after 2019.
Of course, our aim is not to evaluate the importance of digital transformation according to its popularity in Google searches. Since the beginning of the 2000s, companies have been working to position the transformation strategically. Although the concept is unique, we observe extensive application practices.
The pandemic affected the telco industry just like all the industries and accelerated the plans for the adoption of digital technologies.
Watch Mark Newman, TM Forum’s Chief Analyst, and Etiya’s Chief Commercial Officer Apostolos Kallis as they discuss the impact of the pandemic, key challenges faced, and telco priorities for investment in future technologies.