Comments on: As Mobile Data Grows, People Want Wireless Carriers To Buzz Off

By: Techno Information » Blog Archive » With Maps Navigation, Google Fires Another Shot at Carriers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:54 +0000

[...] carriers can’t be happy about the new service, though. While most operator-branded data offerings have fallen flat, carriers have found success with navigation offerings that generally sell for about $10 a month or [...]

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With Maps Navigation, Google Fires Another Shot at Carriers – gigaom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:25:21 +0000

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Google Fires Another Shot at Carriers With Google Maps Navigation — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:01:23 +0000

By: Amazon Kindles Good For Telcos, Bad for ARPU

Amazon Kindles Good For Telcos, Bad for ARPU — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:16:30 +0000

[...] focusing on the profitability per gigabyte of data transferred instead of ARPU. Once the carrier becomes a dumb pipe, that’s going to be the only metric that matters. [...]

By: Carriers Should Accept That Openness Can Be Good for Them

Carriers Should Accept That Openness Can Be Good for Them — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:17:25 +0000

[...] shoot the golden goose of fat wireless data margins, but they don’t seem to realize that the golden goose is already sick. The web and the ability to deliver a multitude of competing IP-based services over a pipe is [...]

By: McGuire’s Law » Blog Archive » Observations: Carriers - March 26, 2009

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:19:32 +0000

[...] As Mobile Data Grows, People Want Wireless Carriers To Buzz Off [...]

By: Mohit Agrawal

Mohit Agrawal — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:21:18 +0000

I fully agree with the comment that the consumers no longer want the carriers to provide the applications and want a free ecosystem just like the PC. This makes us ponder on another important issue – Marginalization of carriers http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/01/marginalization-%e2%80%93-the-biggest-threat-to-carriers/

By: Mohit Agrawal

Mohit Agrawal — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:44:19 +0000

Traditionally, the carriers have controlled the entire value chain using their walled garden approach. However, now they are in real danger of getting reduced to a dumb pipe as new business models emerge. Though it is difficult to say which business model would finally emerge, one thing is clear that carrier’s role is going to dimnish going forward. If anybody is interested in finding out about the business models in the wireless space, please click on the link ( http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/03/business-models-in-the-wireless-industry/ )

By: Gianostore Drop Shipping Service » Blog Archive » On mobile freedom

Gianostore Drop Shipping Service » Blog Archive » On mobile freedom — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:59:28 +0000

[...] also to Om, Phil and Jason Kincaid for their coverage of the research – Jason has embedded the US and [...]

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» Skype y el gusto de los consumidores - AlgoEstaPasando.com — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:12:34 +0000

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By: joeworker

joeworker — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:45:12 +0000

The only reason any sane person would want to be in the walled garden is because they were unable to break out or climb over the walls. Let’s face it, nobody wants to see tv shows made by comcast and nobody wants to see content from sprint. The model that has worked for ISPs, where the carrier provides the pipe and people who are good at content provide the content will hopefully prevail in the mobile space as well, although there are chill winds blowing in terms of bandwidth caps in the US. I suspect we will see more of this crap and that it will be largely associated with futile attempts to avoid becoming the bitpipe at the expense of the subscriber.

By: virtual web symphony

virtual web symphony — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:37:36 +0000

Mobile devices will never be able to compete with desktops/notebooks. Mobile devices should be used only for the purpose they are there. Downloading and running apps is always going to be too much for a device. Let’s live offline as well for sometime everyday.

By: Shreyas

Shreyas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:30:59 +0000

The carriers have consistently tried to impose some contrived self attested technology over free markets. This whole thing has repeated before, look at IMPS (Instant Messaging and Presence Service) as an example, they tried to squash existing im services by publishing their own.

This was a colossal failure, because people don’t want their mobile services to be stand alone, they want it to work with what they use on their desktops and laptops. This logic holds good for voip too and for any service which has succeeded. If only they understood that. The biggest apps in the iphone marketplace are apps like Pandora, Facebook, Fring which connect cellphones to existing services. They are not dumb per-se, they just should stop re-inventing the wheel.

They are waking up though, Vodaphone acquired ZYB for instance. Clear case of acquiring a service which works across mediums.

By: Kady Dundas

Kady Dundas — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:48:08 +0000

I’m intrigued by the new carrier, Zer01 Mobile, that got some buzz last week. $69/month unlimited voice/data with no contract and they encourage people to bring their own WinMo phones. This seems like a step in the right direction, providing a service with fewer strings attached.

By: Smartphone Application Marketing Still Needs a Huge Push | Voice on the Web

Smartphone Application Marketing Still Needs a Huge Push | Voice on the Web — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:41:15 +0000

[...] Om Malik says “As Mobile Data Grows, People Want Wireless Carriers To Buzz Off”. [...]

By: Survey finds everyday cellphone users want control without being nickel-and-dimed : TechVi

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:21:05 +0000

[...] respondents from the US, UK, Japan and Spain replied to a Zogby survey about mobile usage, and 67% of respondents said they want control over which applications are installed on their [...]