Technology and Communications
Global Pelican's Technology and Communications practice supports companies in the telecommunications, IT, and electronics industries as they strive to achieve competitive advantage in an environment of rapid change and uncertainty. We work closely with clients to recognize the forces transforming their markets, define business models suited to their competitive situations, and implement these models in ways that deliver impact rapidly and effectively.

Many of our clients have recently experienced a period of unprecedented change-a remarkable boom followed by an equally dramatic bust. They now face uncertainties as new products, new business models, or new competitors threaten their core businesses. Some of the latest challenges come from technologies such as voice over IP and WLAN, and from emerging competitors from countries such as China. China's reliance on low-cost manufacturing dwindles as they focus on a more intellectual property-based model. Senior vice president, David Dean highlights the challenges the country faces in his Wall Street Journal opinion piece titled "China's IP Standoff."

We also help clients better manage their cost and asset base, and we help them determine how to drive profitable growth and emerge from this difficult period stronger than their competition.

We're currently working with leading global players in the areas of shaping the industry landscape, broadband technologies and services, digital media and devices, wireless and fixed-line telephony, software, the innovation process, branding, and sales channel and pricing strategies. We collaborate closely with our clients to define their goals, to develop strategies to achieve these goals, and to overcome the challenges of implementation in achieving these goals.

We also focus on a broad range of issues including organization, operations, pricing, and value-chain design.