Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: STEVE TAYLOR AND LARRY HETTICK ON
CONVERGENCE
10/26/05
Today's focus: Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?

Dear security.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Who will win the battle for applications delivery to the
consumer?
* Links related to Convergence
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Fixed/mobile convergence: Who will win out?

By Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Authors' note: The names in today's transcript have been changed
to protect the innocent. The wireless advocate has been re-named
"Tom," the wireline advocate has been renamed "Sue." The
conversation about fixed/mobile convergence you are about to
read was recently held in the hallways of a major industry
analyst firm.

Tom: You know, Sue, that wireless connections will eventually
replace all wireline connections. The landline PC connection is
dead, and the wide-area landline market is dying. The cellular
handset is rapidly replacing the desktop and home phone.

Sue: Obviously, Tom you don't have a clue and neither do the
mobile phone companies. Those mobile companies still think that
just giving the customer a broadband Internet connection will
solve all their enterprise data needs. Have they even considered
offering a business application bundled with their broadband
service?

Tom: Businesses don't want any service provider to touch
applications - all they need is connectivity back to the
corporate servers that supply the business applications. And
speaking of applications, those wireline phone companies have
completely ignored bundling consumer applications, like
interactive gaming, with their local loop.

Sue: Oh, really Tom? What about IP-TV? Have you forgotten that
wireline companies offer television over phone lines? They even
have hosted call-center applications for the enterprise included
as a service.

Tom: IP-TV? Is that the best you can do? My mobile provider
offers me on-demand video news feeds whenever and wherever I
want. And if the business absolutely insists on support for a
mobile application, how will your wireline network support
tracking inventory and delivery support from factory to truck to
customer?

Sue: Well, one thing's for sure, Tom. My reliable wireline
network won't ever run out of transmission capacity because it
doesn't depend on finite radio spectrum. And, unlike my cell
phone, I never get a "searching for network" message on my
desktop phone.

Author's note to readers: Who's right? Tom or Sue? Who will win
the battle for applications delivery to the consumer? Who will
win the battle for applications delivery to the enterprise?
Please feel free offer you position by e-mail to Larry or Steve.
We'll publish your responses in a future newsletter.

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To contact: Steve Taylor and Larry Hettick

Steve Taylor is president of Distributed Networking Associates
and publisher/editor-in-chief of Webtorials. For more detailed
information on most of the topics discussed in this newsletter,
connect to Webtorials http://www.webtorials.com/, the premier
site for Web-based educational presentations, white papers, and
market research. Taylor can be reached at
mailto:taylor@webtorials.com

Larry Hettick is an industry veteran with more than 20 years of
experience in voice and data. He is Vice President for Telecom
Services and Infrastructure at Current Analysis, the leading
competitive response solutions company. He can be reached at
mailto:lhettick@currentanalysis.com
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This newsletter is sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
Achieve Enterprise-Class Business Continuity and Data Governance
on a Midrange Budget

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front and center with all IT professionals. However, the
architects of the mid size platform face these concerns with
limited resources. In this Special Report: How to Achieve
Enterprise-Class Business Continuity on a Midrange Budget, learn
about strategies to confront IT challenges within your own
means.
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