tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post455022326807347404..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: Mobile data roaming continuedDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-57236222452534925942007-10-03T07:22:00.000+01:002007-10-03T07:22:00.000+01:00As you point out, the data rate on phones are sooo...As you point out, the data rate on phones are sooo high!!<BR/><BR/>No wonder data ARPU has not taken off! Mobile operators have so far totally misunderstood the Internet mindset and missed the revenues too!<BR/><BR/>They have made a BIG mistake as people now got adverse to these services since phone data = expensive!! This will survive for sometime and stop people from massively using new services (eg mobile music, mobile TV, IM...). <BR/><BR/>Knowing that wireless bandwidth is indeed scarce and expensive they should have approached it differently:<BR/>- instead of limiting access by overpricing, they should have work much faster on dedicated / optimized mobile services. Those Operamini, Streamezzo, Twuik offer lightweight / low-bandwidth / attractive solutions for mobile data.<BR/><BR/>- As demand (and revenues) increase, further invest in packet technology (eg base station density, HSPA, LTE, WiMax).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10144423878004461238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-78436027334062646922007-09-21T19:52:00.000+01:002007-09-21T19:52:00.000+01:00My Nokia E60 has an "IP Passthrough" mode precisel...My Nokia E60 has an "IP Passthrough" mode precisely to support that scenario of using your laptop as the gateway to the Net.Martin Geddeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030139889138601020noreply@blogger.com