Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/72475 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
19th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS): "Moving Forward with Future Technologies: Opening a Platform for All", Bangkok, Thailand, 18th-21th November 2012
Publisher: 
International Telecommunications Society (ITS), Calgary
Abstract: 
The experiences made with i-Mode in Japan in from 2000 - 2010 suggested that the development of so called mobile ecosystems can help to trigger continuous evolution of the mobile industry and created a sustainable platform for third generation mobile networks (3G). At the same time on a global scale the linkage between mobile platforms (mobile OS) and smartphones has become tighter and also created and drove new ecosystems and revenue models. There have been previous studies explaining the general structure of mobile ecosystem but there is room for further insights into what factors would trigger and lead mobile ecosystem evolution and how factors such as competition, regulation and profitability affects a carriers decision to become an ecosystem enabler or not. The focus of this paper is on the driving factors of the investments in ecosystems from the view point of market competition conditions and profit level by comparing the market condition of the US and Japan.
Subjects: 
mobile ecosystem
mobile operator
3G
LTE
competition
Japan
i-mode
smartphone
revenue models
advanced data services
mobile platforms
mobile operating system
regulation policy
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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