Comments on: App Stores, Mobile Data & the Dumb Pipe Threat http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carriers: Bring on the Mobile OS Wars: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-294385 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:31:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-294385 [...] apps and valuable services are one way for the operators to avoid being dumb pipes, something they worry about a lot. It also allows them to further assert their branding on phones and keep people from thinking of [...]

]]> By: Will the Smart Grid Really Be Made of Dumb Pipes? http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-222732 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:18:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-222732 [...] » When it comes to the smart grid, utility executives seem willing to embrace the dumb pipe status that their cousins in the telecommunications world are so leery of. That’s because the [...]

]]> By: Will the Smart Grid Be Made of Dumb Pipes? http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-222731 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:17:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-222731 [...] it comes to the smart grid, utility executives seem willing to embrace the dumb pipe status that their cousins in the telecommunications world are so leery of. That’s because the [...]

]]> By: Sam Gronner http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-222730 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:17:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-222730 Before offloading the growing data traffic onto new networks, incumbent mobile operators have a number of options that help them avoid being relegated to a role of “dumb pipe” providers. Comverse provides technology for creating a range of service tiers, optimizing bandwidth in real time to the requirements of specific devices and applications, and applying differentiated charging schemes to price market price data services. GigaOM PRO readers attending the upcoming Mobile Internet World @ 4G World (Chicago) would do well to check out the session titled “Mobile Internet – Developing Smart Pipe Strategies”, presented Thursday, Sept. 17 @ 3 p.m.

]]> By: Dominic Endicott http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-222729 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:20:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-222729 The industry is missing out on a massive wave of innovation that requires relatively modest capital expenditure. Just like the emergence of the Internet drove a vast amount of innovation as corporations sought to re-define themselves through this new channel, we now have the preconditions for the same to happen via the mobile Internet. Although this is a much more complex environment, the advantage today is that most companies are well positioned with web-services to make a leap. So my point is that the “hardware” (the network, handsets, etc) is already in place, the only challenge is to use it, and this will drive an explosion of innovation. The operators are in a prime position to take advantage for their own processes and to enable their corporate clients.

]]> By: vinnie mirchandani http://gigaom.com/2009/08/29/app-stores-mobile-data-the-dumb-pipe-threat/#comment-222728 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:23:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=66308#comment-222728 It is ironic that you quote a services exec to talk about lack of innovation in telcos. I help CIOs negotiate technology – by far the lowest innovation areas and the biggest in spend are outsourcing/systems integration and telecom. They both reluctantly pass along economies of scale or repetition and basically leach off software, hardware, device and start up innovation vendors. Look at their income statements and less than 1-2% of revenues go towards R&D, and in services if you scratch that often it is more of a marketing lab than once with real innovation or research.

I have a presentation on empty calories in IT budgets. Both services and telecom are mostly carbs, little protein.. no wonder payback from IT is often poor.

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