Comments on: Clash of the Titans in the Mobile Ecosystem

By: The Google Phone Won’t Open Up the Wireless Industry – GigaOM

The Google Phone Won’t Open Up the Wireless Industry – GigaOM — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:12:57 +0000

[...] with the iPhone, and its decisions to open up geolocation information and create an app store hurt the business model the carriers rely on even more than the incredible data use it ushered [...]

By: Always On Real-Time Access » Chetan Sharma Consulting in the news in 2009

Always On Real-Time Access » Chetan Sharma Consulting in the news in 2009 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:52:32 +0000

[...] GigaOM - Clash of the titans in the mobile ecosystem [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:36:06 +0000

Market structures are changing, new players like device manufacturers or startups and Inet Companies are entering the service layer. In an all All-IP world they are able to provide nearly all kind of services, from voice to messaging up to navigation and all other kind of value added services. These Over-the-top players have global scale and they are highly agile. They don't not have to think about network invest, traffic volume, complex tariff schemes...

I think the challenge for carriers is, to define their new position in this game. As stated above, many assets (e.g. billing relationsship, location) are rendered obsolute already. I think they still have some valuable assets and experience but they need to move fast.

By: Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:18:08 +0000

Stacey, thanks for moderating the panel. BW.