tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post2471230615297252366..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Why RIM likes UMADean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-55562661001029285882008-05-24T04:41:00.000+01:002008-05-24T04:41:00.000+01:00Dean, you are right that they love UMA because the...Dean, you are right that they love UMA because the carriers buy into it. Since the carriers account for nearly 100% of their revenue stream, I'd say appeasment is a good approach. But you also seem to paint the picture that RIM is oblivious to other FMC options. Here you are wrong. You could buy a carrier agnostic SIP BlackBerry as recently as last year. It was a nifty experiment that revealed what Nokia already knows - mVoIP is not ready for prime time. Nokia hung in there with the SIP client and RIM pulled it back. While I give Nokia huge credit for its willingness to hang in there, I would venture a guess that 90% of their SIP enabled units have never connected to a SIP server.<BR/><BR/>While Nokia has the lead in the mVoIP space today, RIM is not ignoring that market. The current version of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server has over 25 mVoIP policies and 13 SIP specific policies. Adding the Mobile Voice Server may even up the count.<BR/><BR/>Nokia is the clear leader, and kudos to them. I love my N95 on Asterisks. I also love my BlackBerry 8320 with UMA. Neither is perfect, but I look forward to a day in 2 years when I can look back on today and laugh at how ridiculous both of them were.<BR/><BR/>MarkMark Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032812906985342594noreply@blogger.com