Mobile is the next computer
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Compared to PC, cellular connections are increasing every year
“The mobile phone today is where the PC was in 1995. Compared to PC penetration, the number of cellular connections that are getting added every year is increasing,” said Rajiv C Mody, chairman and CEO, Sasken Communication Technologies, while speaking at the second international conference on COMmunication System softWAre and MiddlewaRE (COMSWARE 2007), here today.
Stressing the enormous potential and growth of the cell phone industry he said that the growth of PCs is slowing down probably because of the high price points, but cell phones are still growing. It is expected to cross three billion next year.
He added that while the mobile boom cannot be ignored, on the flip side, there are still some issues that need sorting out. These include lack of dominant players who can drive standards and hence inter-operability problems and testing issues. He felt that the lack of standards would probably drive the trend towards Software as a service (SaaS). Some of the disruptive technologies that are driving mobile technology are peer-to-peer middleware, next generation networks and SaaS.
Dr Hamid Ahmadi, chief architect, Motorola said that the network is becoming flat with convergence breaking down traditional industry barriers. “There is now a common IP platform to deliver various services.”
He touched upon the changing competitive landscape in mobile telephony where besides cellular operations, cable operators, wireline and wireless broadband players and new entrants like Yahoo and Google are also making their presence felt.
He predicts that the internal environment of a home would be the next IT frontier. “There will be high bandwidth networks that support mobility of content and services.”
Speaking on behalf of Nasscom, Mody said that the industry body is working on reducing roadblocks in India such as strengthening the urban infrastructure and enhancing the talent pool. “We are also driving the philosophy of operational excellence to ensure that India delivers on benchmarks in performance. The next phase of growth comes from innovation,” he added.
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Nikhil Kale
Convergence is definitely going to be the order of the day. There is hardly any argument about that !!
However, another interesting market that is coming up is the SOHO market.
With wireless routers, access points, Wifi Cards, etc. becoming increasingly cheaper AND less complex to set up and the the number of computers in one house no longer restricted to one (atleast in the IT hubs), this area can also churn out some interesting products.
The network OEMs and ODMs can no longer afford to ignore this section and target only the Enterprise market place.
But most importantly I'm happy that R&D and innovation has started to become a niche of the Indian IT/ITES sedctor.
Let the world beware!!