Comments on: iPhone: Friend or Foe? Can Mobile Operators avoid turning into pipes? http://disruptionmatters.com/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/ Technology & Ideas that Change our World Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Operators vs. Media companies http://disruptionmatters.com/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-73 tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Operators vs. Media companies Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:17:34 +0000 http://tech-talk.biz/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/#comment-73 [...] articles in tech-talk.biz: http://tech-talk.biz/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/ http://tech-talk.biz/2008/01/02/will-2008-be-the-year-of-mobile-advertisement/ [...] [...] articles in tech-talk.biz: http://tech-talk.biz/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/ http://tech-talk.biz/2008/01/02/will-2008-be-the-year-of-mobile-advertisement/ [...]

]]> By: Jose Miguel Cansado http://disruptionmatters.com/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Jose Miguel Cansado Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:27:46 +0000 http://tech-talk.biz/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/#comment-67 Mobile operators have controlled data services and charged based on usage, until now. SMS is a data service operators have successfully monetized. Ringtones and games downloads as well. With Android and other smartphones, operators will not be in a position to control all applications that can run on a handset. Android and other smartphones are down-scale PCs. All of them have web browsers, and SW applications can be installed, independently of the mobile service provider. An example today is Gmail Mobile client or Googel Maps or even Skype. You can install these apps in your phone and it is transparent to the operator, that only provides IP connectivity to the apps. In other words, with more intelligent handsets, mobile operators are likely to become pipes, unless they invest in technologies as IMS that enable them to control Services. Like in broadband today, wireless operators will only provide connectivity and will not own terminals or applications support. There is no reason why terminals and applications can not be free and independent of the operator. Mobile operators have controlled data services and charged based on usage, until now.
SMS is a data service operators have successfully monetized. Ringtones and games downloads as well.

With Android and other smartphones, operators will not be in a position to control all applications that can run on a handset.

Android and other smartphones are down-scale PCs. All of them have web browsers, and SW applications can be installed, independently of the mobile service provider.
An example today is Gmail Mobile client or Googel Maps or even Skype. You can install these apps in your phone and it is transparent to the operator, that only provides IP connectivity to the apps.

In other words, with more intelligent handsets, mobile operators are likely to become pipes, unless they invest in technologies as IMS that enable them to control Services.

Like in broadband today, wireless operators will only provide connectivity and will not own terminals or applications support. There is no reason why terminals and applications can not be free and independent of the operator.

]]> By: tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Telecom, Internet and Media in 2008 http://disruptionmatters.com/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-46 tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Telecom, Internet and Media in 2008 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:28:28 +0000 http://tech-talk.biz/2007/12/15/iphone-friend-or-foe-can-mobile-operators-avoid-turning-into-pipes/#comment-46 [...] IMS enables rich services like Presence, Instant Messaging or intelligent call routing, under the Operator control. With IMS as the obvious choice for Wimax network, 2008 might see initial IMS commercial offerings. [...] [...] IMS enables rich services like Presence, Instant Messaging or intelligent call routing, under the Operator control. With IMS as the obvious choice for Wimax network, 2008 might see initial IMS commercial offerings. [...]

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