LTE
LTE is all-IP…. dont forget that!!!!!!!
Since WiMax is all-IP too (dunno abt UMB), what does that mean for future devices?
Will traditionally all-cellular, always connected on devices like the Blackberry become WiMax-ed or LTE-d?
Consumer-ism… coming from that background has its perks… I recently went to an event where there was freeflow food, freeflow alcohol and then the big head of APAC goes up on the stage, by the pool to talk to nearly a hundred tipsy people. Its idea of fun was giving people a chance to dunk some poor guy in the pool and having a bunch of drunk mat sallehs put on grass skirts and do the hula. Ok i admit, that was the most entertaining highlight of the evening. But at some point, you tend to wonder…where it is leading to. What is a popular mobile phone brand going with all this? Consumerism. Ah, but i digress.
The next night, was a similar event which meant to relax people more instead of hype-up things. After being well-fed and during the process of being well-watered, things got more cerebral - the realities of geographies, weather and politics ALSO that equipment vendors have to consider when building for clients. Bla bla bla bla…
Third night was interesting because a recently awarded local telco operator wanted to party. And this they could do at an app provider’s party as they had gotten chummy-chummy via content collaboration.
Now. (deep breath)
central office, radio network controllers - backhaul-base stations-radio access (owe that bit to an impromptu lecture on a bus!) - data connectivity - FIXED WEB or MOBILE WEB - devices - content and experiences to the user.
What happens when content/app provider meets network provider? Absolutely nothing.
Now, I marvel cos web apps are ONE OF the main reasons network vendors can even suggest business transformations. Web apps dont even have a prayer of getting to the people they are building their apps for WITHOUT operators and the network people who are behind them.
What does all this mean?
Are both ends of the proposition busy pushing their products and services, that they’ve forgotten to look f u r t h e r back (or forward) to see if they will b supported?
