I came across this old presentation today on the business case for operators to open their network, shown below, some of the material is over 4 years old, especially on developer needs. Yet operators continue to ask developers what they need and developers provide the same answers, perhaps operators continue to ask in hope of […]
This article reviews some upcoming themes and the passed year’s themes. Looking Forward: MWC 2010 and some themes for the coming decade What will probably be the main themes of MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2010? Unfortunately, LTE (Long Term Evolution) will be a key focus of the show. I’ve discussed previously why most operators do […]
There’s a great saying from Benjamin D’Israeli, ‘There’s lies, damned lies and statistics.’ To read the press, you’d think the trillion dollar telecommunications industry has been shaken to its core by Apple, a $33B consumer electronics company. In April 2009 the Apple app store achieved 1B ‘application’ downloads in 9 months, estimates vary on the […]