Notes from my fireside chat at #mobile20
http://mobile2event.com/business-day/ Twitter #mobile20 On my fireside were Russ McGuire, VP, Strategy, Sprint. David Katz, VP, Yahoo! North America. Fabio Sisinni, Director of Mobile, Paypal. James Parton , Head of Telefonica Developer Marketing, Telefonica/O2 UK, O2 UK, @jamesparton There were asked to stir debate and present views that would be controversial and therefore I have not detailed who said what Topic 1 ------ So far "operators" have only been mentioned twice. The presentation from Irv from Yahoo! did not really cover the role of the operator. If Apple is the new Microsoft, Google is the new apple and blackberry is the new Nokia - it has all changed in 5 years. Therefore is the operator relevant and what is left for them ? Views operator is the new IBM, dominant position eroded and caught off guard. Can try the OS 2 route or champion open source. They need to create value and aim for a power position as a SI Is there an operator eco-sy