Mobile Identity: what's interesting is also the demand in user profiling solutions – ie that in addition to the single-sign-on provide an aggregation of user-related information across the network elements (HLR, CDRs, network edge proxies, etc) to provide a rich, consistent user profile.

Smartphone definitions: yes, it's completely irrelevant as a term and is in fact being stretched to suit the messaging each player wants to convey. The only meaningful metric now is the transfer (sale) price from the OEMs to the channel/operator, but that is far more difficult to objectively and ubiquitously track.

Cheers,

Andreas

1) On the Mobile Identity, a realted, important consumer issue is Single Sign On – users are increasingly suffering from “password fatigue” and we have recently seen 3 or 4 RFXs that relate to providing a SSO solution – providing access to a whole suite of applications with a single login. There are a few solutions out there but mainly relating to fixed web applications. It is a distinct yet related issue to the Network Offload paradigm which operators are also looking into as one way of combating the Mobile Data Tsunami.

2) On the Quantum Leap item, It’s the definition of a SmartPhone the industry may need to review – originally open OS was the key but now it seems to be more about having a large touch screen and the ability to download from an App Store. As you rightoy say the industry is making its feature phones smarter rather than substantially increasing the penetration of SmartPhones (although they are enjoying an increased penetration in many markets) – thus blurring the SP/FP distinction.

Cheers

Chris Goswami (Openwave Systems)