Posted by Neil Shah in Flash
Assessing the current situation, we can see internet industry’s huge dependence on Adobe Flash. Companies like Apple and Google are adopting and developing open source solutions in this domain with HTML5 seen as the future of the web but which can take a long time considering the complexity of HTML5’s current working model. There are many advanced effects that are only available in Flash or Silverlight or Java. YouTube has already rolled out use of the video element in HTML5. Other web sites and applications are using Canvas and offline storage. There is a de-facto working subset of HTML5 that is already starting to appear, both on the “desktop Web” as well as the mobile Web. Though Google is driving HTML5 for its Chrome OS but its reliance on Flash still can be seen with Google Maps (Streetview) and in Gmail (multiple-file upload). Also there are thousands of Flash based games, applications (within Facebook/MySpace), video players, website animations, videos, etc. Adobe is set to release Flash 10.1 some time this year, and pretty much every mobile device or mobile operating system maker, including Research in Motion (RIMM), Samsung, Palm (PALM), and Google (GOOG), is prepping their devices for the upgraded Flash.
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Apple A4,
ARM architecture,
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Flash vs HTML5,
Google tablet,
HTC Hero Flash,
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iPAD,
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Microsoft Silverlight,
Nvidia Tegra,
Steve Jobs on Flash
Recently, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona some of the world’s largest MNOs have unified themselves behind the idea of a single platform “Wholesale Applications Community” where mobile application developers will be able to flock in and develop applications for which will theoretically be the largest app store in the world serving a broad range of mobile subscribers.
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MNO app store,
Mobile OS,
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MWC barcelona,
omtp bondi,
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smartphones app stores,
wholesale applications community
Continuing in the battle of providing superior User Experience with an open platform strategy, Nokia & Intel have announced a partnership to merge Nokia’s Maemo OS and Intel’s Moblin OS giving birth to the Linux based MeeGo OS. This is going to be the second major strategic move by Nokia after announcing Symbian as an open source platform. It will definitely create some disrupting competitive waves to the competitors like Google with open source Android, Apple with Mac OSX and Microsoft’s to be launched Windows Mobile 7.
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NOKIA,
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nokia and intel merge
In the previous post we discussed the growth of mobile phone industry and the contribution of smartphones to it. We conducted a simple industry analysis understanding the externalities that affects the smartphone market and the players involved. We also identified that the smartphone OS is the primary differentiating factor in satisfying the priorities and needs of the users which integrates with their mobile phones
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Apple MAC OS X,
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Droid,
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Google Anfroid,
Google Nexus,
Linux,
Maemo,
maslow's pyramid needs,
operator relationship,
palm webos,
RIM Blackberry,
smartphone growth,
smartphone industry analysis,
smartphone operating system,
smartphone platforms,
smartphone sales,
smartphone sales by operating system 2009,
smartphone war,
smartphones hierarchy of needs pyramid,
smartphones industry,
smartphones market,
smartphones porters five forces analysis,
Symbian,
Symbian OS market share,
Windows Mobile,
windows mobile 7
Mobile phone technology is driven primarily by two things the wireless network and the mobile handset. The mobile phone use cases have changed exponentially from a “telephone” on the run model to personal “mini” computer on the run. With the accelerated growth of internet the web is no longer limited to the personal computer and laptops but much more beyond that, ubiquitous internet comes into the picture. The point to be noted is that users are expecting a similar user experience from their handheld devices. This has triggered the need of mobile phones with a stronger operating system which makes the mobile phone smarter creating not only a richer web experience with always on data connection but also allowing users to do other personal day to day tasks and communication activities.
Apple MAC OS X,
Droid,
Google Anfroid,
Google Nexus,
Linux,
Maemo,
maslow's pyramid needs,
RIM Blackberry,
smartphone growth,
smartphone industry analysis,
smartphone operating system,
smartphone sales,
smartphone sales by operating system 2009,
smartphone war,
smartphones hierarchy of needs pyramid,
smartphones porters five forces analysis,
Symbian,
Symbian OS market share,
Windows Mobile
NOKIA as we all know (not sure about a common man in Northern America!!) is the world’s undisputed leader in Mobile Devices Technologies especially with greater dominance in Europe, Asia and Latin America markets.
But NOt a King In America !! Why??
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Nokia performance USA,
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smartphones sales 2009,
Symbian Blackberry iphone OS,
Symbian OS market share,
Symbian vs Iphone
Though AT&T boasts of the fastest 3G Network and it might be too with the latest upgradation to HSPA+, but customer satisfaction and connection reliability index especially in urban areas are the two main reasons which might blur AT&T’s image. And with inclusion of bandwidth hungry smartphone (iPhone primarily) users in its portfolio, loading their networks and juicing out the backhaul, situation might get out of control for AT&T unless they start acting on it.
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Posted by Neil Shah in 3GPP
The licensing of the 2.6 GHz band will be critical to unlocking the benefits of global scale economies in the Mobile Broadband market. The outcome of 2.6GHz allocation will have far-reaching consequences for how the adoption dynamics of WiMAX and 3GPP (such as HSPA and, in future, LTE) will play out in this region since 2.6 GHz is the first arena where the two proponents will be battling each other in the same area of spectrum.So let’s jump in discussing and analyzing about the 2.6GHz band its importance, what’s in store and bulleting the future of mobile broadband.
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2500-2690 MHz,
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4G,
700 MHz,
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European Union,
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FDD/TDD,
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IMT 2000,
ITU-T,
LTE,
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WRC
Posted by Neil Shah in 3GPP
In the previous blog LBS Part I we discussed about the different Location technologies and their comparisons on different parameters with their advantages/disadvantages. Today we will see how these positioning technologies integrate with the network architecture in different Wireless Standards (3GPP, 3GPP2, OMA, WiMAX, LTE)
We will first start with categorizing the location services by their More >
3GPP Release 9,
911,
control plane,
LBS,
LBS-ADV,
LCS,
Location Based Services,
location client server,
location server,
MPC,
Network Architecture,
OMA,
Open Mobile Alliance,
PDE,
position determining entity,
Position server,
PS,
sCP,
secure user plane location,
service control point,
SLP SUPL Location Platform,
SMLC,
SUPL,
SUPL enabled Terminal SET,
user plane
The transition to the next generation network has been already envisioned by the industry players and the move has been outlined to meet the set objectives. The higher level objectives include offering higher data rates, greater system efficiencies, increased data capacity, highly scalable and flatter all-IP architecture with successful interoperability with mobile devices across different networks and technologies. This leads to advent of next generation networks like Mobile WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) developed jointly by IEEE and WiMAX forum based on IEEE802.16e-2005 global standard and LTE (Long Term Evolution) developed by 3GPP in its Release 8.
We will deep dive into the WiMAX business model analyzing the total cost of ownership, revenues and map the current state of WiMAX deployments around the world.
ARPU,
Backhaul cost,
Business model,
capex,
cost of ownership,
deployment,
infrastructure cost,
multimedia,
opex,
revenue,
revenue model,
sprint "mobile broadband",
TCO,
total cost of ownership,
WiMAX,
wimax backhaul,
wimax business model,
WiMAX equipment,
wimax investment cost
