I don’t think any one has missed the big media attentions around cloud computing these days as Google has announced the planning launch of Google Chrome OS. As Google address this, its for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends.
As we are moving to a new area of PC and data computing known as cloud computing what dose this mean for mobile and Telecom computing?
Datacom and Telecom are much closer and more integrated as ever before and the true meaning of convergence is taking place. In a sense mobile operator networks has always been about cloud mobile computing where we can access voice and value added services like SMS from mobile devices directly connected to the mobile network.
Now however this is also entering a new area as companies like Ericsson implementing and managing the entire mobile network on behalf of the mobile network operators. So Ericsson soon will be doing for mobile operators what Amazon has been doing for cloud computing. Recently the company announced that Sprint Nextel will outsource its network to Ericsson in a seven-year deal valued at $4.5 billion to $5 billion.
But how will the mobile landscape change and reshape itself as Amazon is reported to be close to signing an MVNO contract in the UK as it prepares to launch its e-book reader, the Kindle into the European market.
