Mobile Video and Open Platform Growth Drivers of the Future

Keen observers of the wireless industry already know the growth drivers in the next few years – open platform and mobile video. According to a statement from MultiMedia Intelligence chief research officer Frank Dickson:

2008 will see a heightened battle for control of the platforms and business models. Companies like Nokia and Apple will pull at the operators, trying to capture data, content and application revenue for themselves. Open platforms like Android will drive the mobile network to open up like the Internet.

Evidently, Google’s open platform initiative Android, iPhone's invitation to outside developers, and the shifting directions of many handset manufacturers to control mobile content are paving way towards development of what MultiMedia refer to as “application-centric mobile devices”.

As always, we, the mobile consumers, are the biggest winners if these changes become a reality.