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The Investment-to-ROI Value Stream

Every business runs the same spine. The return leaks between the boxes — where no one is accountable.

World-class networks, declining economics.

~19,000 jobs cut (2022–24) · capex intensity at a 14-yr low · ARPU still sliding

64%at stake
65%Run by vendors
25%Savings promised
9%Actually realized
16ptNever realized → burned

Swipe the stream sideways to explore all 8 stages →

Who owns the stream?

MD&A promisedDeliveredGap not met
The firm that diagnosesCharges heavily for the analysis. Hands over the deck. Does not own the outcome.
The vendor that operatesOwns one box — and profits from the very spend you want to reduce.
Investment
1

Spectrum, towers, fiber, 5G

Material leak

$10B+/yr capex, now at 14-yr-low intensity

'23'24'25
45% realized55% burns ROI
Provide
2

Build sites & access network

Material leak

5G largely built; returns thin

'23'24'25
45% realized55% burns ROI
Connect
3

Provision subscribers

Contained

Subs growth slowing, churn pressure

'23'24'25
72% realized28% burns ROI
Manage
4

NOC · OSS/BSS

Severe leak

Multi-year managed-services contracts

'23'24'25
25% realized75% burns ROI
Operate
5

Field force · energy

Severe leak

~19,000 jobs cut to chase cost

'23'24'25
25% realized75% burns ROI
Serve
6

Mobile, internet, TV, media

Material leak

Media/TV/retail layers lost money too

'23'24'25
45% realized55% burns ROI
Revenue
7

ARPU / $ per GB

Material leak

ARPU sliding ~1%/yr

'23'24'25
45% realized55% burns ROI
ROI
8

Margin per GB → EBITDA

Severe leak

Margin per GB compressing

'23'24'25
25% realized75% lost
BlueLayOwns the gap between the boxes: should-cost truth, lever sequencing, and accountable, gain-shared outcomes — orchestrating your existing vendors all the way to ROI.recovers every stage's burn → ROI
?Reallocate to ROI-positive assets
?Sweat existing build harder
?Cut cost-to-provision
?Autonomous ops, fewer escalations
?Energy + field-force should-cost
?Stop the cross-layer bleed
?Defend $/GB
Better ROI

Every box quietly burns ROI. The firm diagnoses one box. The vendor owns one box. BlueLay owns the gap between them — all the way to a better ROI.

Stage-by-stage burn
Recovered → Better ROI

The ROI crux · Telecom

Directional · public 2022–2025 filings
BlueLay™pasttodayfutureindexed unit value
Revenue per GB (indexed)Cost per GB (indexed)

Indexed, ISED-basket anchored · directional, not absolute $/GB

Where the return is actually decided

Cost per unit fell for years — then bent back up. Revenue per unit never stopped sliding. Where they cross is where ROI dies.

You are here, today: Past the crossing — each additional GB now erodes margin.

These curves are reconstructed from public history — a decade of filings, ISED baskets and traffic, indexed. The past is the proof. The shape is real. Only the forward path is modeled — and gated.

The trajectory is the subscribed layer
  • Wherethe quarter your cost/GB and revenue/GB curves cross next
  • Whatthe 3 levers per stage that push the crossing right — and the ROI each recovers
Unlock where it crosses & what to do

This lens uses directional figures drawn from public annual reports, MD&A and announcements (2022–2025) for Canadian operators, and illustrative industry ranges. It contains no operator-confidential data. Client-specific value-at-stake and transformation ownership terms are defined only in a paid BlueLay engagement.

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