If you are in London (or looking for a rather compelling excuse to come over), you should visit OSiM (short for “Open Source in Mobile” next week. Opening its doors at Olympia on 19 and 20 October (i.e. Tuesday and Wednesday), it boasts an impressive line-up, including speakers from:
- Telstra
- Virgin Mobile USA
- ST-Ericsson
- France Telecom
- Texas Instruments
- Turkcell
- etc, etc
The good folks from WIPJam will run one of their famous Un-Panels, too!
I will be on a panel of bloggers and analysts and looking at “How web service innovation affect and impatc operator strategy and mobile device services” (yes, I was scratching my head, too).
Come over and say hi; it’ll be worthwhile!
MVNOs seem to be seeking the shelter of big incumbents. Or is it the other way around? Incumbents buying the brands built by MVNOs and internalizing cost along the way? I suspect it is the latter but the economics would work either way…