Neil Shah
Neil Shah is an experienced Marketing, Business and Technical Professional, Consultant, Industry Analyst and a Freelance writer. He specializes in Wireless Mobile Communications Technologies, all facets of Business Strategies, Interactive Marketing and Market Research domains. He is a Certified Wireless Professional with Masters in Telecommunications & Business Management from the reputed University of Maryland, College Park, USA and Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from University of Mumbai, India. His rich multifunctional experience covers a wide spectrum of technical and management functions from consumer electronics, high technology, education to telecommunications.
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Posts by Neil Shah
Will Facebook Challenge Android to Become the Next Big Platform?
Mar 23rd
I envision Facebook to leverage technologies such as HTML5 to build its own big platform which could be scaled across multiple devices partnering with content providers to create the next “Facebook Phone”, “Facebook Tablet” or “Facebook TV”. I put my money on Facebook as the next big platform in this connected world.
In Cloudy, Social & Streaming World, Mobile Data Still a Luxury?
Mar 10th
We consumers, are quickly getting habituated to number of “data-centric use-cases” and the “speed required” to access these apps & services on our smart devices. However, the dependence on these plethora of mobile use-cases and the “need for speed” is rising and is directly proportional to the rising “data consumption per consumer per device” (DCCD) and so the “cost per DCCD” is also on the rise not only for carriers but surprisingly for consumers.
The State of the “Connected Consumer”
Oct 29th
Lately “Connected Ecosystem” has been “the buzzword” and has quickly become “the core element” of long-term strategy for major internet, mobile and technology companies. In my previous post on these visionaries and tech giants racing it out to become the top notch “Ecosystem player”, have been putting in large scale efforts to acquire every consumer’s More >
Early Leader in Connected Ecosystem Race: Apple, Google or Microsoft?
Aug 28th
In my previous post we identified the possible top three tech giants which will drive the top three connected ecosystems and the related tribes. So lets get down to the basics and first identify what are the different components in this value chain and how these are contributing to the overall ecosystem. Furthermore, we will also map these links against the current potential ecosystem leaders and understand where these companies stand:
Apple, Google or Microsoft: The Connected Tribe, which will you be a part of?
Jul 25th
Last twelve to fifteen months have been eventful in mobile and connected space. The app-business model has revolutionized the connectivity to internet beyond laptops and PCs mutating into multiple screens from smart-feature phones, smartphones, superphones, MIDs, tablets to SMART TVs. As I write this post, just a glance look around myself, I find myself currently More >
LTE and WiMAX will leverage M2M services
Jul 1st
M2M communications offers plethora of opportunities to – right from product manufacturers to service providers to mobile network operators and to the end-users in generating significant value out of this service. M2M communication service is a game changer in a way the machines communicate directly with one another for example: over-the-air upgrades, updates, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, information extraction, tracking, etc. M2M service is possible in almost any future device in house or office which possesses the potential to access internet or a broadband connection
Self Organizing Networks, LTE and OPEX
Apr 19th
2G to 4G
Mobile users has moved from second generation satisfying their” voice” communication needs to the third generation networks for their voice and data communication needs. Now, with the next generation networks(NGN) like LTE promising to offer a plethora of services at significant speeds to satisfy the users completely, right from voice to streaming multimedia More >
Clouds, Smartphones and Rainmaking !!
Mar 4th
We discussed Cloud Computing in my previous post and its potential from the network operators point of view on how they can leverage farming their servers. We will extend our discussion to the true potential and possible use-cases/applications for cloud computing from mobile device manufacturer, application developer, mobile web and mobile user’s point of view.Cloud Computing will definitely leverage the mobile handsets to the level of Super Duper Smart with no foggy future ahead.
Mobile Handset Devices Industry Outlook 2010
Mar 1st
With about 29 days left and the Q1 2010 ends, Let’s analyze what the mobile industry has to offer in the near future. It’s going to be smartphones growth all the way fueled by services other enabling technologies.
