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Who will innovate the next wave of AI semiconductors?
Investment in AI within the semiconductor industry is rapidly increasing, mainly driven by GPU-based AI chips. As custom AI semiconductors emerge ...
Sports Industry Outlook 2025
What’s next in sports: from private equity involvement to innovative fan experiences, PwC unpacks the hottest trends. Dive into the playbooks and articles.
Global M&A industry trends: 2025 outlook
M&A in 2025: Big deals, winning hands, and wild cards. Megadeal momentum returns to the market—but dealmakers will need to expect the unexpected.
Global M&A trends in technology, media and telecommunications: 2025 outlook
The AI boom and continued technology and business model disruption will keep technology, media and telecommunications an active area for M&A in 2025.
Reinvention on the edge of tomorrow
The findings of our 28th Annual Global CEO Survey show that CEOs are reaping early productivity gains from Generative AI and rising payoffs from investments in sustainability. The challenge is to increase scope and speed.
Next in tech 2025: Thriving amid disruption with data, AI and agility
Explore key trends in the tech sector for 2025, including AI, business model reinvention, thriving amid regulatory challenges and evolving market dynamics.
TMT insights: Financial reporting and accounting quarterly﹘Q4 2024
PwC’s TMT insights financial reporting and accounting quarterly Q4 2024 report features emerging trends affecting technology, media and telecommunications companies.
State of the semiconductor industry
AI adoption, particularly the shift from predictive to generative AI, is leading to burgeoning demand for semiconductors, specifically AI accelerators.
Maximising cloud value: The role of risk and controls
Discover our six key points supporting the need for cloud risks and controls in a framework and actions for each to enhance cloud governance.
Sports Industry: On track for growth?
Why sports organisations need to focus on understanding their fans, finding the right investments and embracing technology to deliver growth.
Global Telecom and Entertainment & Media Outlook 2024–2028
Five-year projections of consumer and advertiser spending data for both the telecom and entertainment and media (E&M) industries.
Perspectives: Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2024–2028
The latest forecasts and trends in the entertainment and media industry reveal new growth opportunities in advertising, streaming and emerging markets.
Global M&A industry trends: 2024 mid-year outlook
The M&A show must go on. Save the date! M&A activity will bounce back—it’s just a matter of when, and how dealmakers can prepare.
Global M&A trends in technology, media and telecommunications: 2024 mid-year outlook
Advances in generative AI and other technologies are creating opportunities for TMT dealmaking in the second half of 2024.
The skills-first equity opportunity for employers
A skills-first approach to talent provides a clear opportunity to democratise access to jobs and greater equity.
Why telcos must plan their cloud-native future and act now
This thought leadership examines what the journey to cloud involves for telcos, and assess the opportunities and challenges along the way.
Seven urgent innovation priorities for telecom CEOs
The telecom industry is evolving, and PwC has identified seven urgent priorities for telecom CEOs.
Telco Innovation in the Age of (Responsible) Privacy
Unlock the power of blending experience and privacy to drive competitive advantage in the telco sector
Solving the workforce paradox
Strategy& supports telecoms players in building a growth case for a future-proof workforce
Driving growth in wireless wholesale
How can companies drive growth in wireless wholesale? Wholesale wireless is growing as it expands beyond traditional offerings.
What is the future of linear TV
How legacy media and telecom companies can thrive in the new era of content consumption by reinventing their business models.
Global M&A industry trends: 2024 outlook
The M&A starting bell has rung. Are you ready? Successful dealmakers should look forward, not back, as we enter a new phase of dealmaking in 2024.
Global M&A trends in technology, media and telecommunications: 2024 outlook
Strategic M&A will dominate TMT dealmaking in 2024 with windows of opportunity in an economic environment that presents new patterns and relationships.
The key to telcos’ survival? Talent
According to PwC’s survey, telco employees are doubting their company’s future and a third are considering changing jobs. Find out more.
Entertainment and media employees are losing confidence in their industry
Discover why entertainment and media professionals plan to switch jobs, despite finding their work fulfilling. Find out more.
Next in TMT 2024: Meeting disruption with reinvention
Discover how the TMT sector is preparing for transformation in 2024. Navigate disruption and help position your business for growth and innovation.
Global M&A Trends in Technology, Media and Telecommunications: 2023 Mid-Year Update
Digitalisation and transformation will continue to drive M&A in the TMT sector in the second half of 2023 and beyond.
The next internet upgrade: How telecoms can find new value in web3
As web3 technologies evolve, how can telecom companies develop new business models and find opportunity in this next iteration of the internet?
The state of 5G: Capturing more value from telecoms’ connectivity services
5G promised a revolution in connected applications and services. The opportunity for telecoms providers remains huge, but how can they secure greater ROI?
ROI or die: The 5G imperative for telecoms
After building out next-generation infrastructure, the industry needs new revenue streams to recoup its investment.
Global M&A Trends in Technology, Media and Telecommunications: 2023 Outlook
Capital discipline as well as strategic and opportunistic M&A will be consistent themes across the TMT sector for the coming months given the current economic environment.
Why collaboration is crucial for telcos and utilities
Advances in technology, changing customer demand, and other drivers make collaboration between telcos and utilities more logical and desirable.
It’s an ad, ad, ad, ad world
Some striking data in the latest edition of PwC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook explodes the notion that the advertising business is in decline.
The same old song is becoming a new value differentiator
With the growth of digital streaming, torrid demand for the pop catalogs of yesterday is providing a new means of value creation for the entertainment and media industry.
The real value of video content
As spending on streaming content skyrockets in the media and entertainment industry, a new formula is needed to drive a sustainable return on investment.
The remarkable narrative life of The Walking Dead
In turning a product into a platform, AMC Networks also turned a show into a cultural phenomenon that invited fans to interact and co-create.
How M&A will play a pivotal role in realising data's value
The importance of being able to turn that data into business insights is rising just as fast as the volume of data that corporations can access.
Dentsu International’s pursuit of a more conscious consumerism
Global CEO Wendy Clark on the need to transform to create growth and social impact.
Meet the four forces shaping your workforce strategy
This article looks at how Specialisation, Scarcity, Humanity and Rivalry are creating workforce upheavals for businesses today that companies must factor in when creating their workforce strategy.
Global M&A Industry Trends in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
New market opportunities, tech convergence, and abundance of capital paving the way for plentiful deal-making in 2022 within the TMT sector.
Sustainability in manufacturing: Delivering net-positive returns
Sustainability should not be seen as a cost that must be offset somewhere else. Manufacturers can turn sustainability into a value differentiator by focusing on three areas.
Manufacturing COO Pulse Survey
What does the future of manufacturing look like? In PwC’s COO Pulse Survey, we reveal the plans and priorities of global manufacturing executives.
PwC China Unicorn CEO Survey 2020
Unicorns: Leading and reshaping the new economic landscape in China.
Streaming energy
After a year of explosive growth fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, streaming video companies have to embrace new strategies to create value for viewers, creators, and investors.
5 steps to remodeling services functions
Technology companies have the opportunity to drive their transformation, leading with their services capabilities.
Giving CFOs more power in the marketing ecosystem
Can chief financial officers help companies make the most of their investments in digital advertising?
Building Canada’s digital, low-carbon economy
Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Simon Kennedy on opportunities for pandemic recovery and growth.
Fender hits the right notes
CEO Andy Mooney riffs on the boom in guitar sales during COVID-19 and rethinking business models for the post-pandemic world.
Why it’s time to bring 5G centre-stage in industrial strategy
When reading our analysis of 5G’s impact on the UK and global economies – Powering Your Tomorrow – the first thing you’ll notice is some very large numbers. Like a global GDP uplift of US$1.3 trillion (£1.06 trillion) by 2030 from the adoption of 5G technology, including some £43 billion generated in the UK.
5G is here. Are you ready for take-off?
As the 5G era dawns, the future is exciting – and the possibilities virtually limitless.
The global economic impact of 5G
As 5G is rolled out we look into how will it affect your country and industry. Download our 5G Economic Impact Report and try out our data explorer tool to get up to speed on the quantifiable impact of 5G through 2030.
Get ready for the post-cookie world
Google’s decision to phase out third-party cookies will usher in a new digital economy.
Forward to normal
Entertainment and media companies are building business models that are resilient to the enduring changes in consumer behavior ushered in by COVID-19.
Why agility will be key in a 5G world
The 5G world is here, ushering in a new wave of collaborative partnerships and revenue models for operators worldwide. The stark choice facing telcos is whether to reinvent their BSS/OSS to be simpler and more flexible for 5G — or face being left out of the game.
Virtual reality creates a new environment for employee training
A new study finds that VR-led soft-skills training can be engaging, fast, and cost-effective.
How companies can transform information into insight
Focus on six organizational elements to build a world-class data and insights capability in the post–COVID-19 world.
Keeping African goods moving
Obi Ozor, the founder of Kobo360, a data-driven logistics startup based in Nigeria, explains how COVID-19 is accelerating digitization, which in turn is improving food security in Africa.
5G In Healthcare
5G networks could transform—and improve—all of the critical components of healthcare, a subject especially meaningful today as the spread of the coronavirus has put unprecedented stress on healthcare systems around the world.
Media and telecom companies must reinvent customer experience
Companies that prioritize innovation and care in redesigning customer experiences will be best positioned to stay ahead of shifting consumer preferences.
Redefining employee experience: How to create a “new normal”
As workplaces, customer behaviors, and economic conditions continue to change in response to COVID-19, companies should focus on three key actions. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
COVID-19: UK industry focus - Where next for the software industry?
Historically, the enterprise software industry has proved relatively resilient to macroeconomic shocks and cycles, and is expected to weather the COVID-19 storm better than most industries.
Reimagining Regulation for the Age of AI: New Zealand Pilot Project
The World Economic Forum’s Frameworks for Reimagining Regulation at the Age of AI seek to address the need for upgrading our existing regulatory environment to ensure the trustworthy design and deployment of AI.
The importance of peer feedback in the digital workplace
COVID-19 is accelerating companies’ shift to virtual working, but employers still need people-centric ways to assess employees’ strengths and weaknesses.
Responsible AI is even more essential during a crisis
Rolling out innovative technologies carefully and strategically can build trust.
How technology leaders are responding to the COVID-19 crisis
PwC Strategy& is tracking the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the technology agenda of companies through the COVID-19 CIO Pulse Survey.
Redefining B2B experience: COVID-19 catalyzes big changes
The pandemic is forcing companies to focus on experiences their clients expect, while mobilizing them to accelerate product and service innovation. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
Unicorns: Harnessing innovation for hypergrowth
Around the world, ‘unicorns’ — privately held start-ups valued at more than US$1bn — are now a well-established feature of both the economic landscape and innovation ecosystem, with China’s Unicorns at the forefront.
Adapting to a new world
Facing the challenges of the post-COVID-19 landscape. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
Designing an app to combat the spread of COVID-19 in Germany
In less than 48 hours, a team from PwC, Strategy&, IXDS and SIS Software developed a smartphone app to help combat the spread of COVID-19, in response to a challenge set by the German government.
Redefining customer experience: Connecting in the time of COVID-19
As the novel coronavirus forces people into a digital-only way of life, it’s important for businesses to infuse virtual experiences with a human touch.
How retail banks can tackle a rising threat from big tech
Banks need to fight for their share of wallet where the customer relationship is forged: at the point of sale.
“Telehealth for all” could be the answer to healthcare reform
As officials promote virtual doctor’s visits to curb the spread of coronavirus, this efficient form of care may lower costs.
The algorithmic trade-off between accuracy and ethics
In The Ethical Algorithm, two University of Pennsylvania professors explain how social values such as fairness and privacy can be designed into machines.
Six keys to unlocking upskilling at scale
Research suggests that with the right mind-set, technological literacy, and community engagement, you can shepherd your entire workforce into the digital future.
The long nose of augmented reality
The AR market is predicted to top more than US$1 trillion by 2030. So where’s the killer app that will win over consumers?
It’s time to stop calling every firm that uses technology a tech company
Defining a company begins by looking at what it produces and sells, not at what enables it to do so.
Sink or swim
Making strategic choices for the telecom industry of the future.
Robotic seals and bionic limbs: How Japan is creating opportunity for medtech
With the oldest population in the world and a worsening shortage of nurses, Japan has become a test market for new technologies to care for the elderly.
Why cybersecurity is key to realising the full promise of 5G networks
Keeping 5G networks secure will be key to realising its benefits for consumers, businesses and entire societies alike, and for ensuring the safety of end users.
Move beyond digital transformation — and improve your ROI
The top digital performers transcend traditional approaches to large-scale change.
Mobile World Congress 2020
PwC will be at the MWC in Barcelona, from 24-28 February, 2020 at booth #4C20.
Scaling the future
Silvio Kutić, CEO of Infobip, discusses the evolution of messaging technology and the ways in which artificial intelligence will change how we interact with the Internet.
The three Ts of handling consumer data
Customers give personal information to companies that are careful about trust, transparency, and the type of data they request.
The Impact of 5G: Creating New Value across Industries and Society
In collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF) we have published a new whitepaper outlining the ways to realize the large estimated economic output potential of 5G by taking a bottom-up approach through a use-case-driven analysis.
Using technology to rewire a food business
Roberto Martínez, CEO of PepsiCo Foods Mexico, is capitalizing on digital tools to better understand the needs of new consumers. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
Monetising esports via multiple revenue streams
Spending on esports is projected to surge at a compound annual rate of 18.3% between 2018 and 2023 to reach almost US$1.8bn.But esports’ growth, and the increasing hold it’s taking on the attention and spending of consumers, especially younger ones, means the segment presents exciting and potentially unique...
Shaping the future of tech industry regulation: Five steps to take now
Scrutiny of the tech sector continues to intensify. Policymakers are likely to address but concerns tech companies are well-positioned to propose regulation.
AI in the announcer's booth
Artificial intelligence could soon deliver sports commentary customized to a viewer’s preferences. And if robots can learn to do this sort of talking, the applications could be far-reaching.
Use technology to accelerate through uncertainty
Digital investments can help your company be resilient amid changes in the economic environment.
Making automation easy
Daniel Dines runs UiPath which helps businesses design the way they automate processes. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
Creating value beyond the deal: industry insights
Market expansion and disruption is driving M&A activity in all sectors, but not all deal activity is maximising value creation.
Making Automation Easy
Daniel Dines runs UiPath — the only unicorn to emerge from Romania and one of the world's fastest-growing software companies — which helps businesses design the way they automate processes.
Seeing is believing
Our 'Seeing is believing' report explores how virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will add value to the economy by 2030. As well as the benefits it will bring to industries such as healthcare, energy, retail and training and development.
Collision and fusion within fintech
After years of tracking the competition and collaboration between Financial Services (FS) and Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) companies, we are now seeing pockets of convergence. How can businesses navigate wider, and more crowded lanes?
Commoditization and convergence
Two trends are coming together to transform the global telecom industry over the next several years. They will radically change how telecom companies operate, and how customers consume telecom services.
Global FinTech Report 2019
In this year’s Global Fintech Survey, we polled more than 500 financial services and TMT executives worldwide and analysed their responses.
How operators can make 5G pay
Communications service providers will only gain a return on their infrastructure investments by adopting innovative business models. Visit strategy+business to find out more.
How businesses can deliver on trust in the digital age
The first step to rebuilding trust is to be aware that change and complexity are constant.
Telecoms: Creating value in a disruptive age
How to build a coherent strategy with diversification and infrastructure plays.
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