Register

I agree with the Privacy Policy

Dallas Morning News

4 carriers have all the say on what's on cellphones

March 31, 2007

Many analysts and consumer advocates say consumers should prefer a European-style system, where carriers operate open networks and let device and application makers compete directly for customers.

"The carriers don't want to have service providers dealing directly with consumers because it would relegate them to a commodity provider of information transfer," said John Barrett, director of research at Parks Associates in Dallas.

"It would be a better arrangement for customers, but a bad one for carriers. Commodity service providers don't make much money."

From the article "4 carriers have all the say on what's on cellphones," by Andrew Smith

Previously In The News

Will Apple Pay be mobile pay’s kick-start?

If anyone can get us to use our smartphones as wallets, it’s Apple. That’s what experts think about the launch this week of Apple Pay, the first mobile wallet to work on an iPhone. Two prev...

Demise of unlimited plans to make cellphone data tracking a challenge

The biggest change coming to the wireless world is the end of monthly plans that let you download as much Internet data as you please. And that's happening just as Apple and others roll out a host o...

Apple TV blasts big volley at cable, satellite, telecom providers

While other tech companies are attempting similar assaults, the $99 Apple TV set-top box coming out later this month is the most high-profile effort yet to topple the traditional cable, satellite an...

Smart phones and tablets becoming video game machines

But those types of blood-and-guts, in-depth titles are the exception rather than the rule on smart phones and tablets, said Pietro Macchiarella, a research analyst who tracks the video game industry...

‹
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
›