Title: Emerging business models and trends in the mobile wireless industry

Authors: Hemant K. Sabat

Addresses: Telecom & High-Technology Business Unit, Perot Systems Corporation, USA

Abstract: This paper provides a theory to account for how emerging business models and trends are driving scale and scope economies in the mobile wireless industry. Despite raising expectations, the mobile wireless industry is currently volatile. As difficult market conditions persist, the industry|s players have been striving to streamline their services, applications and revenue models to build sustainable businesses. Based on extensive studies of investment patterns and business models of companies operating across the world, this paper describes eight emerging technological and business trends and models, and how these models are improving operational efficiencies in the value chain, thereby growing sustainable businesses.

Keywords: mobile wireless; value chain; convergence; service differentiation; technological evolution; mobile virtual network operators; wireless gateways; network sharing; software systems; software outsourcing; bundling; alliance; wireless networks; mobile networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2007.014006

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2007 Vol.6 No.2/3/4, pp.299 - 328

Published online: 10 Jun 2007 *

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