Will App Stores castrate the Mobile Operators?
Everyone wants an App Store. For the Operators, is it just an attempt to bolt the stable door after the handset vendor has galloped off with the customer?
Everyone wants an App Store. For the Operators, is it just an attempt to bolt the stable door after the handset vendor has galloped off with the customer?
The GSM Association has just announced that the world has 4 billion mobile subscribers, and predict that rising to 6 billion in 2013. Have they forgotten the contribution of M2M?
Last year saw consolidation in cellular chip suppliers. This year it’s the turn of the short range wireless industry.
At least one network operator is looking at miniature Wi-Fi access points linked with HomePlug networks as an alternative to Femtocells. Itβs a much cheaper approach; do the Femtocell cheerleaders need to start worrying?
Bluetooth low energy has the potential to transform product design. 2009 is when it will arrive.
Creative Connectivity is Nick Hunn's blog on aspects and applications of wireless connectivity. Having worked with wireless for over twenty years I've seen the best and worst of it and despair at how little of its potential is exploited.
I hope that's about to change, as the demands of healthcare and transport apply pressure to use wireless more intelligently for consumer health devices and telematics. These are my views on the subject - please let me know yours.