Comments on: Nokia indicates shift to service market http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/telecom/nokia-shifts-to-service-market/ A SearchTelecom.com blog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TomNolle http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/telecom/nokia-shifts-to-service-market/#comment-8 TomNolle Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:40:47 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/telecom/nokia-shifts-to-service-market/#comment-8 It's my view that mobile operators have come to accept that a total walled-garden model is simply not going to work. Given that, they have two priorities--first, to move customers to some data-driven service model, and second to expose new infrastructure features (at a fee) that can exploit that new model. That means that things like open handsets and even some over-the-top processes will have to be tolerated in the near term to achieve "step 1". The key to your question of peaceful coexistence in the longer term will be the ability of operators to create a new set of features and expose them through third-party APIs to developers, and so to build revenue for themselves. Right now, "third-party access" is a major priority with operators, but whether they can get it right fast enough is still a question. It’s my view that mobile operators have come to accept that a total walled-garden model is simply not going to work. Given that, they have two priorities–first, to move customers to some data-driven service model, and second to expose new infrastructure features (at a fee) that can exploit that new model. That means that things like open handsets and even some over-the-top processes will have to be tolerated in the near term to achieve “step 1″. The key to your question of peaceful coexistence in the longer term will be the ability of operators to create a new set of features and expose them through third-party APIs to developers, and so to build revenue for themselves. Right now, “third-party access” is a major priority with operators, but whether they can get it right fast enough is still a question.

]]> By: 1avalon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/telecom/nokia-shifts-to-service-market/#comment-7 1avalon Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:36:18 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/telecom/nokia-shifts-to-service-market/#comment-7 Tom, move to a service platform such as NOKIA's OVI is not without peril - see articles on "Comes with Music" music download application in UK. Heavy lifting in this NOKIA application is carried by mobile operators (increased data net usage) with nominal benefit to carrier. This issue touches the future role of carriers and likely evolution of open platform models. Tom - can there ever be co-existence in this area between NOKIA and its mobile operator customers? Tom, move to a service platform such as NOKIA’s OVI is not without peril - see articles on “Comes with Music” music download application in UK. Heavy lifting in this NOKIA application is carried by mobile operators (increased data net usage) with nominal benefit to carrier. This issue touches the future role of carriers and likely evolution of open platform models.

Tom - can there ever be co-existence in this area between NOKIA and its mobile operator customers?

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