A Word About "Cable" and “Communications Services”

That competition is going to get even stiffer as the various telcos a word just as outdated as quotcablequot but that39s another story are poised to jump into the 5G business sometime across the next decade amp160This means more internet choice for everyone amp8230 even in some rural areas density will still rule economic decisionsamp160 The advent of 5G services essentially cellular and fixed wireless on steroids will set us up for some very interesting battles between the wired sort of and the unwired also sort ofOf course with kudos to all the relevant execs cable has been changing and changing fast to keep up with the timesamp160 Cable technicians now show up on timeamp160 They39re actually pretty nice to deal with tooamp160 But really both the big players and the folks represented by the American Cable Association ACA and the National Cable Television Cooperative NCTC you know the socalled smallsystem universe of players who havenamp8217t yet sold out have added a plethora of services and savvy to their business plans amp160This has been a very good thing for many bottom lines not to mention happy customersamp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160amp160Meanwhile the whole ecosystem which increasingly includes both infrastructure and content has to contend with the FAANGs amp160Theyamp160pretty much just ride over everyone elseamp8217s infrastructure assetsamp160amp160This has not gone unnoticed on the Streetamp160 Thus MSCI and Standard ampamp Pooramp8217s Dow Jones Indices the companies that make these esoteric category determinations decided to actamp160 How amp160Well just for starters they39re reclassifying everyoneamp160 As of September 28 the sectors formerly known as the Telecoms the Consumer Discretionary Sector the Media the Internet and Direct Marketing Retail subindustry and the Information Technology will disappear amp160In their stead will be the brand new amp8220Communication Servicesamp8221 sector which will pretty much rule the market accounting for about 10 percent of its value amp8230 not to mention about half of this year39s NASDAQ gain amp160Thank or fear the FAANGs for thatamp160 You can see how SampampP Dow Jones puts it hereamp160 And hereamp8217s how Business Insider described the changesThe rationale for all this is obvious Alphabet ATampampT Comcast Facebook Netflix and Verizon belong under the same umbrella today amp8230 and they ainamp8217t the only onesamp160 Still I gotta admit that I find amp8220Communications Servicesamp8221 one lame name for such a vibrant and important sectorNot that anyone on the Street will listen but my vote would go to quotMediaNexusquot because the ISPs real service and main business is connecting a consumer to the internet via broadbandamp160 Exclusive content will become the competitive weapon of choice and belongs in that category tooToday almost all media is digital amp8230 or soon will beamp160 And media isnamp8217t just a newspaper or a movie or a TV show or a Facebook pageamp160 amp8220Mediaamp8221 is an allencompassing wordamp160amp160 Which brings us to the question of the dayamp160 When will the various sectors grow up and admit that it39s all coming together and if we want to make the most of that we39d better start acting like itUmm I wonamp8217t be holding my breathClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writersamp160

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