Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 20, 2010, 7:31 am
Note: This post is by @Robinjewsbury of Alibro. Thanks to Robin for this post. I wanted to attend this event but could not attend it since in Toronto for the keynote of the iP3 conference . You can see more about Robin at alibro I attended the Bada Developer event yesterday and here are my thou...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 17, 2010, 3:20 pm
Our friend Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis has released a report which says that Happy pipes will be worth $416bn worldwide by 2020 . I have seen Dean use the phrase 'happy pipes' before most recently at the LTE world summit in Amsterdam where we were both speaking. Overall, as the indust...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 17, 2010, 1:29 pm
Long time canival host AJ wright hosts Carnival of the mobilists no 226 at AntoineRJWright.com. always worth a read with some great contributions!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 15, 2010, 9:19 am
I was trying to explain this reasoning about why Android is winning although Apple seems to be getting a lot of mindshare .. Android is winning simply because it can morph in many directions . This makes it a very powerful opponent to overcome since it is hard to fight against water .. Sun Tzu ...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 13, 2010, 3:19 am
Rudy and co are once again running the Mobile 2.0 event in Barcelona on June 17. As usual, it promises to be a great event. I am not attending this year but recommend it especially for its new developer focus
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 11, 2010, 5:58 pm
I have been way too tied up with projects and forthcoming books, but the ip3 conference in Toronto was too interesting to resist. I am giving the keynote at the ip3 conference in Toronto on the 21st of June.. As far as I can see, the iP3 conference is the first conference based on the iPhone, iPad...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 11, 2010, 2:54 am
I believe that M2M (Machine to Machine) applications are an important part of the future of Telecoms. I spoke to a Telco exec who said that Operators are excited about M2M apps. This was interesting for me .. Until I asked him for the reason why .. He said something along these lines: Machines ...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 9, 2010, 5:34 pm
Earlier this week, I was speaking to a telecoms exec who said that the biggest problem in the industry is lack of spectrum, the data tsunami etc etc etc .. (Same old story - seen mainly from the Operator perspective .. ). At which point, I interrupted him and asked him:. Did he not mean that it was ...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 7, 2010, 12:38 pm
I have been thinking of this for a some time .. The traditional ways of classifying a device include Smart phone vs Feature phone. That classification no longer works in the current, more complex ecosystem. Hence, we could use the following classification: Feature phones: Predominantly voice and...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Jun 7, 2010, 1:42 am
Carnival of the mobilists no 225 at holly kolman's blog. The carnival continues to attract some great blogs (like Holly's blog) which I now follow with interest!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 31, 2010, 4:31 am
I spoke at the LTE world summit in Amsterdam and see my blog : The holy cow of net neutrality: Should Operators be the only ones feeling guilty about net neutrality and are we confusing net neutrality with tiered pricing? at LTE world summit in Amsterdam Tomorrow, I am spealing in Brussels at the 2...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 22, 2010, 4:01 am
This could be an interesting and controversial blog .. It elaborates a question I asked at the LTE world summit event in Amsterdam where I was an analyst / speaker. BTW, The Informa LTE world summit event is fast becoming a must attend event in the Telco space globally. It brings the Operator co...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 21, 2010, 3:49 pm
Google - Admob: Congratulations on the deal I have been vocal in my support for this deal since I believe that it truly helps innovation and it is progressive for the industry as a whole Beware the horse buggy carriage owners' view on innovation: Why the FTC should approve the Google - Admob ...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 21, 2010, 12:27 pm
I get a lot of questions, comments etc about the strategy of Nokia, Apple and RIM and often Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson are overlooked(Moto is still in flux in my view) Hence, I wonder what is the perception of Samsung, LG and SE in the industry and the marketplace? specifially a) What is the p...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 20, 2010, 4:58 pm
Scientists create artificial life. Congratulations to Craig Venter and his team. I have long been a fan of Craig Venter and his biography is an inspiration! Dr Venter likened the advance to making new software for the cell. The researchers copied an existing bacterial genome. They sequenced its...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 20, 2010, 3:28 am
I always like the intellectual quality of the Carnival of the mobilists. It is especially nice to get the post of the week even more so with some great insights from Peggy, AJ, CEO and Chetan So, here is the link for carnival of the mobilists No 224 at the fonecast blog By the way, fonecast is a g...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 19, 2010, 8:51 am
Speaking at the LTE world summit in Amsterdam .. As usual, a good event with lots to learn. If you are here, can meet
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 17, 2010, 3:35 am
RIP Dio aka Ronnie James. Image from the Black Sabbath lineup with Dio as lead singer. History and image source at guitarmasterclass. A sad loss to the rock industry!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 15, 2010, 2:19 am
Here is a question: Supposing in the early 1900s (when Henry Ford and others created the automobile industry), you went to the horse buggy carriage owners and asked them their views on 'innovation' What would they say? Better fodder for their horses(will make the horse run faster and woul...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 14, 2010, 11:19 am
This weeks carnival of the mobilists was at the mobyaffiliates blog. Carnival of the mobilists no 223 at mobyaffiliates James does a great job as usual
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 8, 2010, 10:44 am
I follow Volker's thinking on his blog and its always a great read .. as is the carnival he hosted this week - Carnival of the mobilists no 222 at Volker Hirsch's blog
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 8, 2010, 7:42 am
As media reports would suggest, it could be game over for Google's direct to consumer Nexus One strategy I was watching Nexus One very carefully especially it's direct to consumer implications considering my emphasis on the Open Gardens philosophy. By all accounts, the reception has been lu...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 1, 2010, 6:42 pm
Msearchgroove has a good podcast on App Store Marketing Basics; What Options Do Developers & Operators Really Have? Peggy has been a great supporter and a business partner for us .. and she says nice things about our CTIA Mobile Web and apps conference in LasVegas - :) The link has interviews and...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 1, 2010, 6:14 pm
Delayed due to travels as usual! But better late than never :) Carnival of the mobilists no 221 at mobi Enthusiast blog. HOLLY KOLMAN does a great job as a first time host!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 1, 2010, 5:49 pm
This could be a very interesting blog .. and I must admit I got caught by surprise .. I spent the last week in Washington DC at the at the transatlantic week in Washington DC . It was an occasion to meet some of the very clued on folk I have the had the pleasure of knowing for a while. Chatham...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 1, 2010, 5:30 pm
Not many rock bands/ songs make good use of the saxophone .. and here are two of my favourite .. Foreigner - Urgent .. Men at work - Who Can It Be Now
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - May 1, 2010, 6:09 am
This is excellent analysis and I totally agree with it and something I have long been saying - there is simply too much choice and as early as Aug 2008 I pointed this out at a talk in Amsterdam when I spoke of Long tail devices and let a 1000 devices bloom .. source: For Nokia, RIM and others, t...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 26, 2010, 8:23 am
I have long been very pessimistic of Japanese mobile strategy since I did not see how it could translate outside of Japan. However, this is great news for Japan, the industry and the ecosystem Japan's four leading mobile phone makers are teaming up with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop the operatin...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 25, 2010, 6:18 pm
Most of this week, I am in Washington DC at the Transatlantic week as part of the team from the EU(yes we finally made it inspite of the Volcano!) It has a very impressive set of speakers from policy and industry including speaker of the US house of representatives Nancy Pelosi , MEP James Elles M...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 23, 2010, 8:32 pm
VERY interesting acquisition! makes one of my previous posts very prophetic! Twitter Acquires Cloudhopper, Looks To Become Highest Volume SMS Program Worldwide Is this a new twitter business model I am watching this development with great interest!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 23, 2010, 11:52 am
A belated post. Carnival of the mobilists no 220 at radvision. No 220! wow. I remember the first ones. What an achievement by the collaborators!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 23, 2010, 11:08 am
A Happy St George's day for England! Image source: http://www.stgeorgesday.com
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 22, 2010, 6:32 am
It is appalling to see how the media and the airline industry lobbyists are blaming the scientists for the air traffic disruption from the volcanic ash There are predictable calls for subsidies and Ryanair said it will not reimburse passengers costs beyond refunding initial fares. Two thoughts com...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 18, 2010, 2:23 pm
Since twitter business models are in the air and being discussed at the Chirp conference, .. here is a proposed model .. If I send a direct message tweet starting with 'S ' (s space'), then I want that tweet to be converted to an SMS to the person being sent the message to. This has s...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 16, 2010, 8:18 pm
I love this ad! Not many references on the web at all .. wonder if anyone else thought it was impressive .. No one ever built a monument to a committee - Jack Daniels ad on London underground ..
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 16, 2010, 7:17 pm
Last night, we had for the first time in the UK a televised debate from the leaders of the three main political parties . Like most people, I thought Nick Clegg of the Liberal democrats stole the show. Gordon Brown looked tired and David Cameron was not the best on the day. This is all fine. How...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 14, 2010, 6:42 pm
Antoine has been a regular host of the carnival and once again he does an excellent job Carnival of the mobilists No 219 at Antoine's blog He creates different categories and lists my post as the best in one category. which is always nice :)
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 14, 2010, 6:23 pm
The ReadWriteWeb mobile summit is at Mountain view on May 7 This should be a very interesting event. While I wont be there, RWW is using the OpenGardens blog as part of their continuing research on mobile. So, we are supporting it. The link again is RWW mobile summit Mountain view May 7
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 14, 2010, 6:12 pm
I am speaking at the The 2nd Annual Internet of Things Europe 2010 A Roadmap for Europe on 1st & 2nd June 2010 Some very interesting co-speakers including Neelie Kroes Commissioner for Digital Agenda, European Commission Others include: Maria Badia I Cutchet MEP Rapporteur for Action Plan for...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 14, 2010, 5:28 am
Uber networker Rudy De Waele launches yet another initiative called Appcircus. AppCircus is a global traveling showcase of the most creative and innovative apps by developers, startups and other organizations presented in front of live audiences. You can see their announcement on mTrends HERE and fo...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 13, 2010, 7:53 pm
I used to love this song as a kid. Never saw the video until now. .. This was very popular in India when I grew up
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 12, 2010, 4:40 am
Introduction As you know from my previous posts, my latest book - Open Mobile: Understanding the Impact of Open Mobile - Implications for Telecoms/Devices, Web, Social Networks, Media and Personal Privacy is now free to download One of the reasons we took this decision to make it free is: The to...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 9, 2010, 5:13 am
Hello We (futuretext) are looking for a research assistant. The role will be initially part time (X hours per week to be decided mutually) but could evolve into a full time position later. We are looking for someone who has some knowledge of Social media, Internet and Mobile industries and maybe Te...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Apr 9, 2010, 3:44 am
Over Easter, I have been working on a paper as below. if you are working in related areas, happy to speak. I am specifically interested more in the last bit i.e. Finally, the Internet itself is evolving and hence we discuss the evolution of the Internet and the topic of Overlay networks. We are inte...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 31, 2010, 7:34 pm
I saw a curiously mis-titled article from Julie Meyer called 'Why the IT sector is vital for small firms' The article is actually about privacy, digital footprint etc and it says: If they (Google) don't cut the individual into receiving a piece of the value of their personal informati...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 29, 2010, 7:09 pm
A sad day for Moscow. Our thoughts and prayers go to the people of Moscow
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 29, 2010, 3:22 pm
A bit Deepak Chopra :) (we can hear the planet talking to us etc etc) but still good!
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 28, 2010, 6:15 pm
A New York private equity firm plans to build a multibillion-dollar 4G wireless network that will cover most of the country by 2015. The ambitious plan by Harbinger Capital Partners relies on deploying a Long Term Evolution network over spectrum owned by a few satellite companies -- and would create...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 26, 2010, 5:23 pm
For the past four years, I have co-chaired this conference at Oxford University alongwith Tomi Ahonen. This year, this year's ForumOxford: Future Technologies Conference 2010 will be held at the University of Oxford on Friday 15 October 2010. We are looking for speakers and sponsors starting fr...
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Ajit j. posted an article on Open Gardens - Mar 24, 2010, 5:45 pm
I was invited as an analyst to speak at Infosys CTIA event on Mobile Innovation: Understanding and Serving Today's Digital Consumer The event also co-incided with Infosys's launch of the flypp platform for Mobile network Operators. I presented an overview on the state of play for Opera...
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