Showing posts with label Nokia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nokia. Show all posts
08 February 2010
Smartphone statistics
This article from the financial blog "Seeking Alpha" does a good job of carefully analyzing smartphone market data. What Sidahmed shows in this article is that interpretation of results is very much in the eye of the beholder. While this is not news to people who have studied statistics, I think this article is a great example of how to do a more careful job in analysis.
22 October 2009
Nokia sues Apple
This item at Gigaom (and elsewhere on the Internet) is interesting. So I wonder if this is sour grapes on Nokia's part or arrogance on Apple's? Either would be distinctly plausible, since, apparently, talks have been going on for a couple of years.
Update (2009/10/23): This article provides a little more detail, but still not that much.
Update (2009/10/23): This article provides a little more detail, but still not that much.
02 October 2007
Nokia and NavTeq
Nokia's purchase of Navteq has been widely reported (see this, for example). I think you might be interested in this analysis from TechCrunch ... as you think about the value chain in information services provision, you might consider what other strategic investments may be in the offing.
27 August 2007
Technology history of WiMAX
If you're a fan of technology history, you will enjoy this article in BusinessWeek. The article describes Intel's role in the development of this technology, that may well prove to be a marketplace disruptor.
This article reminds me of the early days of Ethernet, when Digital Equipment Corp (remember them?), Intel and Xerox teamed up to develop the DIX Ethernet standard, which preceded the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. As Marvin Sirbu and Kent Hughes, in their 1986 TPRC paper point out, each member of the DIX alliance played a role that allowed Ethernet to succeed ... DEC to incorporate the standard in minicomputers (this preceded PCs), Intel to provide chips, and Xerox to provide workstations and software. In similar fashion, this article points out that Intel (chips), Sprint (network) and Nokia (handsets) allied to make this happen. The handset alliance has since come to include Samsung (see this).
This paper also highlights the rivalry in standards committees. This was the case with Ethernet (IBM was a proponent of token ring); in this case it was Qualcom, according to the article.
Anyway, this is an excellent read. This strategy was clearly successful with Ethernet ... time will tell if it will prove successful with WiMAX. Can you think of other technology standards that emerged out of a partnership like this one (and like Ethernet)?
This article reminds me of the early days of Ethernet, when Digital Equipment Corp (remember them?), Intel and Xerox teamed up to develop the DIX Ethernet standard, which preceded the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard. As Marvin Sirbu and Kent Hughes, in their 1986 TPRC paper point out, each member of the DIX alliance played a role that allowed Ethernet to succeed ... DEC to incorporate the standard in minicomputers (this preceded PCs), Intel to provide chips, and Xerox to provide workstations and software. In similar fashion, this article points out that Intel (chips), Sprint (network) and Nokia (handsets) allied to make this happen. The handset alliance has since come to include Samsung (see this).
This paper also highlights the rivalry in standards committees. This was the case with Ethernet (IBM was a proponent of token ring); in this case it was Qualcom, according to the article.
Anyway, this is an excellent read. This strategy was clearly successful with Ethernet ... time will tell if it will prove successful with WiMAX. Can you think of other technology standards that emerged out of a partnership like this one (and like Ethernet)?
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