Monthly Archives: February 2009

The Long Slow March towards a Utility Business Model: Mobile World Congress Summary 2009

Overall view of the show: Better than ever to do business. The number of meetings, their quality, and the decisiveness of the people involved was up.  MWC (Mobile World Congress) has returned to the days where the focus is business not hype.  I hope they can keep this quality and focus in the years to […]

When everybody wants to be your Friend: What’s an Application Developer to do?

Only a few years ago application developers were spurned by VCs as not being able to generate the returns they seek: ‘only platforms could do that.’  Now there’s a $100M fund for just iPhone apps.  Application developers were also subject the vagaries of operators’ new product development teams, who are expert on what will not […]

Enabling the Multi-Screen Experience: Case Studies in Third Party Multi-Screen Services

Yesterday (3rd Feb) I gave a presentation at the SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers) Canadian Summit in Toronto on “Enabling the Multi-Screen Experience: Case Studies in Third Party Multi-Screen Services.” In it I reviewed the need for change in how operators create new services, explained the role of Open Innovation, and used a simple […]