After a period in which European Telco’s set up numerous equity alliances, they have begun to sell their minority stakes in companies and joint ventures. They are now looking at more modern types of alliances with lower risk, higher revenue, related to new technology, new services and public private partnerships. The trends in European telecom alliances are: Sale of equity alliances, coinciding with a diminished focus on obtaining market power and scale; More flexible alliance forms are getting popular, aimed at innovation and delivering content around mobile services; Public private partnerships for the development of new services increase.
