STEM
Applications and examples
Accelerated, verifiable financial modelling
Most individuals or households have considered whether to leave old-fashioned light bulbs in operation or replace them with energy-saving LED lights.
Evaluating the cost of deploying VDSL connectivity with feeder fibre or a complete GPON solution for FTTH
Capital investment in local transmission infrastructure may help a cable-network operator to secure future Internet revenues
Comparing the benefits of being the first mover in a market to adopt VoLTE with the disadvantages of being the last mover
Depreciation which considers the economic value of assets is widely used in cost models supporting the regulation of markets for telecommunications
In today’s constantly changing technology environment, there is a real business imperative to perform rapid and reliable evaluations
of new service concepts, and to be able to readily adapt such business cases to changing market conditions and emerging vendor solutions.
Leading vendors are using models created with STEM (Strategic Telecoms Evaluation Model) to communicate the economic value
of their solutions.
Technology does not stand still, and nor can service-provider business models. Services may evolve through network cannibalisation
in the short term, but leaps in functionality and core replacement make wide-ranging network transformation projects inevitable.
Every responsible carrier business must measure the unit costs of the services it provides as a critical benchmark for determining a
pricing strategy for long-term survival.
