Telefonica and Telenor made an announcement that they will be cooperating on APIs. Here’s my initial take given the information available: As normal the press have confused apps and APIs. This has nothing to do with app distribution, its about about APIs. Think of an API as a service available from the operator, so TEF […]
Given all the activity in the technology industry: Sun disappearing into Oracle (aka The Borg); HP’s ex-CEO’s escapades with an actress (normally in the joke its a bishop) and then joining The Borg; Microsoft finally getting its PC OS right and making Office 2010 a pleasure to use; Twitter, Facebook and other’s crazy valuations; Wikileaks; […]
The missed opportunity of the ODP (On Device Portal) has been discussed on this weblog several times. The fact it took Apple to show the industry how to get it right is an embarrassment. Apple’s iPhone has redefined the relationships in the mobile ecosystem. Essentially they have become the service provider and the operator a […]
I show below a sample of a taxonomy of the operators’ developer communities across consumer applications (e.g. widgets), consumer content (music, ring-tones, caller ring back tones, wallpaper), enterprise applications (e.g. field force automation tools) and enterprise IT (that is having enterprise IT departments build apps for their employees only). As discussed in the “Emerging App […]
Nokia recently announced its to ditch Symbian software for its high-end smartphones, instead using MeeGo that was announced at Mobile World Congress this year. The N-series has been Nokia’s crown jewel for years and dominated the smartphone space before the arrival of Apple’s iPhone (be-careful how you hold it) and HTC’s Android-based devices. “Going forward, […]
The 4th annual SDP Asia Conference took place in Singapore from 27-28 October 2009. It was as well attended as ever, with over 70 attendees from around the region. Some of the operators presenting at the conference included: Krishna N Basudevan, GM, Information Technology, Aircel Ltd, India; Clark Lam, Director of Service Platforms in Consumer […]
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; […]
The Cable Labs Summer Conference was held at Keystone Colorado. Its a gathering of the North Amercia cable industry, its similar to the Mobile World Congress for meeting with many of the industry’s execs as you walk between meetings. Given most MSOs do not directly compete, there’s lots of friendly and open discussions on technical […]
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 […]
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 […]