http://mcguireslaw.com/2007/10/07/open-or-closed-dumb-or-smart/ The value of any product or service increases with its mobility. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://mcguireslaw.com/2007/10/07/open-or-closed-dumb-or-smart/#comment-182 iPhone Triples AT&T’s Data Traffic at Call the Cloud Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:09:50 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=613#comment-182 [...] Sprint is reportedly launching their “Xohm” WiMax service in April. According to a talk I heard by Russ McGuire in November, their vision is allow Xohm receivers to be placed in a variety of consumer electronics devices, using the Sprint WiMax for connectivity. See a good post from him on this topic here. [...] [...] Sprint is reportedly launching their “Xohm” WiMax service in April. According to a talk I heard by Russ McGuire in November, their vision is allow Xohm receivers to be placed in a variety of consumer electronics devices, using the Sprint WiMax for connectivity. See a good post from him on this topic here. [...]

]]> http://mcguireslaw.com/2007/10/07/open-or-closed-dumb-or-smart/#comment-181 Todd Spraggins Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:51:49 +0000 http://mcguireslaw.com/?p=613#comment-181 I completely agree that there needs to be more than just going from closed to open, but Telcos are not the only ones who can take us to the "enabled" land. ISPs were in the best position to capture key messaging enabler, but got greedy with closed system or could not figure out how to properly exploit/ monetize them. Telcos now have an opportunity to take first mover on presence, location, billing, group lists and countless other enablers. However, they do not hold a monopoly on any of these, and only time sits between the next smart developer's ability to take these "over the top" and the Telco's window of opportunity. I completely agree that there needs to be more than just going from closed to open, but Telcos are not the only ones who can take us to the “enabled” land. ISPs were in the best position to capture key messaging enabler, but got greedy with closed system or could not figure out how to properly exploit/ monetize them. Telcos now have an opportunity to take first mover on presence, location, billing, group lists and countless other enablers. However, they do not hold a monopoly on any of these, and only time sits between the next smart developer’s ability to take these “over the top” and the Telco’s window of opportunity.

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