Wealth in Singapore: Sizing the Market Opportunity: Ken Research

Singapore is one of the world’s pre-eminent offshore investment centers, with 81% of the wealth invested in funds sourced from non-residents. However, the onshore market is a major source of assets under management (AUM) in its own right, with 1.0 million affluent individuals despite the city state’s small population. As a regional trading hub Singapore’s…

Telco digital transformation: Lessons from the worlds most powerful digital companies: Ken Research

Telco Digital Transformation: Lessons from the world’s most powerful digital companies”, a thematic research report, examines effective strategies for telcos to capitalize on the explosive growth in the consumption of digital services. The report identifies key lessons in digital prowess from major brands including Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon that have led the value shift…

IoT Healthcare Opportunities for MNOs: Market Forecasts and MNO Approaches: Ken Research

Healthcare expenditures are under increasing pressure, particularly in developed markets, because of increasing demands from an aging population, the growing incidence of chronic diseases, continuing healthcare advances, and supply side pressures, notably governments needing to lower their overall expenditure. We are seeing healthcare moving away from acute centres of care (e.g., hospitals) to home care…

Wearables-Fitness & Style Now, Mainstream Smart Watches Later: Ken Research

Wearables are a bridge between mobile computers and emerging embedded IoT solutions, and are at a tipping point largely due to relentless technical innovation in smartphones and its impact on the supply chain. Smart watches and fitness devices are among the highest profile wearables, with an immediate impact on traditional watch vendors and technology OEMs…

Mobile Data and Wifi Monetization: Convergent and User-Centric Offers Take Center Stage: Ken Research

The insatiable demand for continuous broadband connectivity has turned mobile data into a revenue growth engine for mobile network operators (MNO). Operators are exploring diverse approaches to attract users and grow mobile data revenue, including network-centric, user-centric and WiFi-centric strategies. Some leading operators are building scale and revenue share through technological and performance leadership. Other…

Big Data and Analytics: Telco Strategies, Investments and Use Cases: Ken Research

Big Data’ has become a buzz phrase for companies in all sectors in recent years, and telcos are at the forefront of trying to utilize data in a bid to achieve their stated business objectives.This report examines the current situation with regard to big data analytics among communication service providers, for which use cases these…

Over-The-Top Communications Services: Emerging Monetization Paths: Ken Research

Over the top (OTT) messaging leaders are rapidly evolving their key mobile messaging application interfaces to new voice and video communications, with revenue dilution implications for carriers worldwide. The progress made in mobile IP voice and video in the past year alone from key OTT players such as Facebook and Google is a clear indication…

SDN/NFV Technologies: Innovative Use Cases and Operator Strategies: Ken Research

The hype cycle for software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) has been long and steady. SDN separates control plane (network management) from data plane (traffic handling), allowing dynamic bandwidth, provisioned with quality of service levels. NFV replaces hardware with software apps able to operate in a compute environment, eliminating specialty WAN equipment…

HNWI Asset Allocation 2020: Ken Research

This report looks at a detailed breakdown from WealthInsight’s proprietary country report model of HNWI population and wealth. It provides an analysis of HNWI demographics based on a unique analysis of HNWI dossier database. It analyses trends in HNWIs investment by asset class and looks at a breakdown of foreign and alternative investments. It provides…

The Impact of Money Laundering on Customer Due Diligence: Ken Research

The report focuses on recent developments as a result of AML regulation, and its effect on global regulation. It provides an overview of key drivers and vendors operating in financial risk management. It provides detailed analysis of the key operational and technological trends and challenges that institutions face due to the rapid rise in money…