Wireless Industry Partnership

Is .99999 an Outdated Goal for Operators?

I’ve spent a lot of time supporting; watching and monitoring operators roll out a variety of programs and services lately – new app stores, new networks, APIs, new and improved developer programs.  It got me thinking:  Is 99.999% (.99999) or ‘five-nines’ an outdated goal for operators?  I think it might be.

Five-nines is the standard for measuring the network availability, which is pretty close to always on, never down.  It equates to about 5 minutes and 15 seconds of downtime per year.  According to Tomi Ahonenand some banter…

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The 5 slides of convergence

I was asked lately to talk about fixed/mobile internet convergence as part of the July Momo Munich focusing on "One internet – convergence of the mobile and fixed interwebs" ...

Obviously a topic quite far from my usual appstore comparison pitches and other developer advocacy... but it stroke a chord. Maybe because the first marketing words I heard at engineering school were "fixed / mobile convergence is going to revolutionize the world"  ...

Anyway I used the occasion to rant "slightly" about how every time someone tries to sell a new convergence…

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NGMN Report Card on Developers:  Consider ‘Absolute’ vs ‘Relative’ Risk

I had the pleasure of being asked to speak again to the NGMN Industry Conference, this one was held in Shanghai from June 2-4, 2010 at the Shanghai World Financial Center.  The last conference was held in June of 2008 in Frankfurt.  Both times I was asked to bring the developer perspective.

For those who don't know, the NGMN or Next Generation in Mobile Networks is one of the most significant organizations in our industry.  Their mission is to: to complement and support…

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