I hope you managed to have an enjoyable summer break. With the end of the summer holidays comes conference season… At the 4G Wireless Evolution conference next week in LA I’ll be moderating the session “The Ecosystem of Application Developers” (4G1-04), on Tuesday 1st Sept, 2:00-3:15pm. On the panel will be: Shai Berger, CEO Fonolo; […]
In the article Reinventing the On Device Portal – The App Store, I reviewed how Apple’s implementation of its App Store on the iPhone provides a template for operators and how the struggling ODP (On Device Portal) can come into its own. I’ve reviewed the ODP landscape, its struggles and evolution in previous weblog articles. […]
There are 4 main application store provider categories: Operating System: Google Android, Microsoft Mobile Consumer Electronics: Apple, Nokia (Ovi), RIM, Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft Xbox Mobile Storefronts: Getjar, Handango, and in the future Amazon (they’ve already started with Kindle) Operator: Vodafone (Live), OrangeWorld, O2 Active Though the term app store is not entirely correct, as some […]
Opening Points: A smart pipe strategy is now critical to an operator’s service innovation plans as we saw with Vodafone, Joint Innovation Labs, Orange Partner, Telenor CPA; plus there are many more operators making money today in working with third parties, e.g. Globe, Telus, etc. However, all is not well in this ecosystem. Yesterday we […]
Operators are stranded by a 25 year old operating system, their IN platform. Imagine a web application developer trying to compete in today’s market using Windows 1 as its operating system! Being stranded in the mid 1980s creates a surreal situation. Unfortunately for operators their customers are living in 2009, and their expectations of service […]