Mobile Internet Chaos
If anyone is paying attention to what’s going on in mobile its obvious that we are headed toward some serious transformation and the media and communications industries are in chaos. Traditional operators are fighting disintermediation with convergence, while traditional media companies search for profitable and relevant business models in this new, mobile medium. Meanwhile a completely new generation of services and end-user applications are emerging.
Network operators and service providers of all kinds are competing to serve the next major frontier in computing — the Mobile Internet user. The Mobile Internet user will have ubiquitous access to computing and the Internet. 
Wireless technologies such as 3G, WiMAX and LTE have emerged as alternatives to support the Mobile Internet with ubiquitous connectivity. In addition, IP architectures are becoming critical elements in the delivery of ubiquitous mobile broadband services. As these technologies migrate toward the 4G vision, mobile Internet services will be delivered with increased performance capabilities, improved economics, high levels of security and accurate way of measuring end-user activity. Continue reading »
