The Reconfiguration of Mobile Service Provision: Towards Platform Business Models

Mobile application market: A developer’s perspective

“…1 For many years, the development of mobile services was mostly controlled and managed by the mobile network operators (MNO), phone manufacturers, and some mobile application and content providers. Traditionally, in the mobile application industry, there are several actors intervening along the value chain (Adrian, 2002;Ballon et al, 2008;Barnes, 2002;Buellingen et al, 2004;Funk, 2009;Maitland et al, 2002;Tsalgatidou et al, 2001), in which each actor has its own importance. Recently, this has changed with the arrival of software companies with new mobile phones and platforms such as the iPhone and Android.…”

An Examination and Report on Potential Methods of Strategic Location-Based Service Applications on Mobile Networks and Devices

“…In addition, the past decade has seen advances in wireless network technologies and an explosive growth in the diversity of portable devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets, and smart phones [3].Growth of mobile network technologies allows people to access to the Internet where ever and whenever they desire. At the same time, new ways in which consumers use the mobile Internet and in which mobile service applications have emerged, breaking the traditional dominance of mobile network carriers over service delivery [4] [5], and leading to a more modular market environment with competing platform models [6]. With mobile devices getting more widespread and technically advanced, the importance of such application is increasing daily.…”

The Developer's Perspective

“…1 During many years, the development of mobile services was mostly controlled and managed by the mobile network operators (MNO), phone manufacturers, and some mobile application and content providers. Traditionally, in the mobile application industry, there are several actors intervening along the value chain [1,3,4,5,12,16,22], in which each actor has its own importance.…”