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Mobile Industry Atlas (Wallchart)
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The Mobile Industry Atlas is a visual map of who's who in the mobile industry, available in glossy A2 wallchart format. This comprehensive map showcases 400+ leading companies across 30 market sectors, spanning all major players involved from handset design through retailing including development and delivery of hardware, software, SIM cards, services and content.
The Mobile Industry Atlas maps the players involved in the core value chain from handset design to retailing, framed by those who participate in the pre-load and post-load phases of the handset lifecycle.
The Mobile Industry Atlas showcases 400+ leading companies across 30 market sectors:
Pre-load actors: the vendors involved in providing software, hardware and services to the core value chain during the design and development of the handset, and before the software is embedded into the handset.
Market sectors: Input Technology, Plastics & Mechanics, Multimedia Chipsets, Baseband and Appl. Processors, Multimedia & Graphics s/w, Browsers, App Exec Environments, On-Device Portal Solutions, Active Idle Screen Solutions, UI Frameworks.
Core value chain: the vendors who form the backbone of the handset design, development and retailing lifecycle, from industrial design houses to distributors and retailers.
Market sectors: Industrial and UI Design, Silicon and Hardware, Reference SW and HW Designs, Operating Systems, Middleware & Core Applications, System Integrators, Handset ODMs and EMSs, Handset OEMs, Mobile Operators, Distributors & Retailers.
Post-load actors: the vendors involved in providing content, services and delivering services after the handset has left the factory, and post-sales.
Market sectors: Mobile Content, Games Publishers, Service Delivery Platforms, Mobile Device Management, Content Retail & Billing, Mobile Advertising, Mobile Search, Content Targeting, Software Services, SIM card OEMs & Applications Vendors.
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Contributing analysts: Timo Bruns, Andreas Constantinou.
Timo Bruns
Timo's background in mobile and telecoms spans over 20 years. His work experience includes working in Opera Software as a member
of the management team responsible of mobile business unit as well as business development. Prior to that he worked in Symbian in various
positions, most recently responsible of several Technology areas and as member of all-licensee Technology Committee. Timo has an MSc in
Human Computer Interaction from University of London (UCL), and has a lifelong passion in evolving computers to the point that truly
intuitive interaction with humans can occur.
Contact Timo: timo[at]visionmobile.com
Andreas Constantinou
Andreas has eight years experience in research, development and strategy in wireless. He specialises in mapping the mobile vendor taxonomy, advising software vendors on strategy, and tracking under-the-radar industry trends. Andreas holds a Ph.D. in Image & Video Compression from the University of Bristol, UK.
Contact Andreas: andreas[at]visionmobile.com
The Mobile Industry Atlas showcases 400+ leading companies across 30 market sectors; below is an excerpt from the companies listed in the Atlas
ATI, 2020 Mobile Group, 4th-screen, Abaxia, Access, Acotel Group, Acrodea Vivid UI, Actimagine, Action Engine, Acuity mobile, AdInfuse, Aditon, AdMob, Admoda, Adobe, Adviva Media, Aepona, Aggregate Knowledge, Airsource, Airtel, Amazon, AMD, Amobee, Android, AOL, Aplix, Appforge, Apple, ARCsoft, Arima, ARM, Aromasoft, Aspects Software, Aspiro, AT&T, Atchik-Realtime, Atmel, Avenir Telecom, AxisMobile, Balda, Bango, Beatnik, Bitflash, Blackberry, Bling, Brightpoint, Brightstar, Broadcom, Buongiorno, Carphone Warehouse, Cellmania, Cellnet Group, Celltick, Cellufun, Cgogo, Chacha, Changing Worlds, Comverse, CrossMedia, CSW Group, D2C, DadaMobile, Debitel, DeviceDriven, Digital Chocolate, Drutt (Ericsson), Eastcompeace, Electronic Arts, End2End, Enpocket (Nokia), EMCC, Fast Search and Transfer, Gameloft, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Glu Mobile, Google, Gracenote (SEMC), Haier, Handango, Hands-onMobile, HandyGames, HP, i-Play, IMImobile, InnoPath, Jamster, Jataayu, JumpTap, Kimia, mBlox, Medio, mFormation, Microsoft, MobiComp, Mobile Content Networks, MobileThink, MOSSEC, Motricity, mSpoke, MyStrands, Jamba, Jamdat, July Systems, Larsen & Toubro, Namco, Neotilus, NetVibes, Nokia (NTMS), Nuance, continued....
The Mobile Industry Atlas showcases 400+ leading companies across 30 market sectors. The Atlas is a highly visual map of who's who in the mobile handset industry, offering a 10,000 ft view of the mobile marketplace and its key players.
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The 100 million club
The 100 million club is the watchlist of software companies whose products have been embedded on more than 100 million cellular handsets.
Despite the apparent opportunity in the one-billion-a-year handset market, very few software companies have managed to overcome the commercial and technical challenges inherent in the mobile industry.
Researched, authored and published by VisionMobile
Only 20+ products have shipped on more that 100 million handsets (incl. feature phones) as of end 2007 : Adobe Flash Lite, Aplix Jblend, Esmertec Jbed, ACCESS Netfront, Openwave Browser, Opera Opera Mobile, Picsel Browser, Ikivo SVG Player, Scalado CAPS, TAT Kastor, Beatnik MobileBAE, Nuance Vsuite, PacketVideo CORE, Red Bend vCurrent, Symbian OS, Nokia S60, Qualcomm BREW, Mentor Graphics Nucleus, ENEA OSE, Nuance T9 and Zi eZiText
Updated semi-annually, the 100 million club celebrates software businesses who have succeeded in establishing a significant share in the mobile handset market.
download research reportMobile Megatrends 2008
Presenting a 10,000ft view of the changing mobile market, this research analyses the tectonic shifts that are shaking up the marketplace in 2008. This research presentation distils the noise of the myriad of events and announcements in recent days and projects 15 clear trends that are shaping the future of the mobile market in 2008.
This VisionMobile presentation lists the key players in promising new markets such as content remixing, on-device portals, active idle screens, UI frameworks, web & widget runtimes, transcoding proxies, and lists OEM acquisitions, discusses why Nokia is a tier-0 OEM and introduces Channel ARPU.
Researched, authored and published by VisionMobile
This Mobile Megatrends presentation analyses and documents 15 trends that are causing shifts in the control points and value creation in the mobile industry in 2008.
This presentation is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.
GPLv2 vs GPLv3: The Two Seminal Licenses, Their Roots, Consequences and Repercussions
As of 2007, open source software is being used by almost 200,000 software projects, including rapidly growing use in consumer electronics and mobile phones. The vast majority of open source projects are licensed under the GPLv2, a highly influential license whose interpretation has been intensely debated.
Independent research paper
Authored and published by VisionMobile
This paper analyses the underpinnings of open source culture that are embodied in GPLv2, dissects the terms and examines the basis of debates. The paper further examines the new terms and differences introduced by the new GPLv3 license and assesses the probable impact of GPLv3 on the software market in general and the mobile industry in particular.
Five defining traits of mobile open source
Open source software is one of the most hyped, misunderstood, feared and high impact phenomena in the software industry today. In the last two years, open source has been making a significant impact on the mobile industry. Led by Motorola, NEC, Panasonic and Samsung, several handset OEMs and ODMs have released Linux handsets, while open source software has been adopted by Sun, Google,Adobe, BT,Trolltech and Funambol for use in key products.
Independent research paper
Published by Informa Telecoms & Media
Authored by VisionMobile
This paper analyses five traits which characterise open source software and its impact in the mobile industry, ranging from community culture, to what open source means for mobile Linux, browsers and Java. A summary of forecasts on Linux and Java market penetration to 2012 appears at the end of this paper.
Mobile Software Management: Advances and Opportunities in Service Delivery
This report presents the advancements in the Mobile Software Management (MSM) market and the opportunities emerging for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and service providers in delivering services at any and every stage in the handset lifetime. The report unveils significant cost savings and revenue streams available to operators and handset manufacturers by using Mobile Software Management (MSM) to overcome many of the commercial challenges in handset software development and service delivery today.
Based on interviews with 20+ companies in the mobile space, the report reviews 8 vendor solutions, 11 software management technologies, and 3 operator cases, and concludes with highlighting the winners and losers in the market. Reviews include Gemalto, HP (Bitfone), InnoPath, Mformation, Nokia S60, Open-Plug, Qualcomm BREW and Red Bend Software.
Independent research paper sponsored by Red Bend
Authored and published by VisionMobile
This independently researched and authored report has been sponsored by Red Bend Software to raise market awareness of the mobile software management market.
Activating the Idle Screen: Uncharted Territory
In 2007, the idle screen is becoming the epicentre of commercial efforts to facilitate the access, discovery, search and advertising of mobile services. A dozen or more commercial products in this Active Idle Screen (AIS) technology domain, from Abaxia’s Mobile Desktop to Zi’s Qix, are making their presence felt. Operators Alltel, Vodafone Germany, Orange UK, SKT, T-Mobile US and TMN Portugal have all deployed some form of AIS products, while at least three more European operators have issued commercial tenders (RFPs) for AIS solutions. For mobile operators, AIS products have the potential to improve not only data revenues, but also voice and advertising revenues, while at the same time making complex handsets easier to use.
Independent research paper
Published by Informa Telecoms & Media
Authored by VisionMobile
Written by VisionMobile and published by Informa Telecoms & Media in May 2007, this white paper analyses the nascent market for active idle screen solutions, reviews the commercial products available today, provides several case studies of AIS deployments and concludes with a review of market trends in mobile service discovery.
Firmware OTA: From Hype to Market Reality
VisionMobile was commissioned by software vendor Red Bend to author an independent research paper on the state of the Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) market. This research paper documents for the first time the growth and maturity of the FOTA market, including a list of 200+ device models which are FOTA-capable, detailed reviews of vendors Bitfone, Fotanics,InnoPath, Insignia, mFormation, Red Bend, SmartTrust and Synchronica, in-depth technology analysis and market forecasts to 2008. The paper was subsequently published by ARCchart and its available through www.arcchart.com.
Independent research paper sponsored by Red Bend
Published by ARCchart
Authored by VisionMobile
Mobile Operating Systems: The New Generation
Mobile Operating Systems: The New Generation is an independent research paper which examines the new world of handset operating systems, user interface frameworks and application execution environments.
The paper challenges common industry perceptions about the mobile software market and reviews numerous major operating systems and related products. The paper includes 16 in-depth vendor reviews namely A la Mobile, Access Linux Platform, Adobe Flash Lite, GTK+, MiniGUI, Mizi Prizm, Montavista Mobilinux, Nokia S60, Obigo, Openwave MIDAS, Qualcomm Brew, SavaJe, Symbian OS, Trolltech Qtopia, UIQ and Windows Mobile. The paper also maps industry trends such as the emergence of the Flexible OS and the verticalisation of technology supply.
Independent research paper sponsored by Trolltech Authored & published by VisionMobile
This research paper has been sponsored by Trolltech, but represents the independent views of its author. A shorter whitepaper version of this work has also been published by analyst firm ARCchart.
High Capacity SIMs : A White Paper
High Capacity SIM cards are a revolution in the making for operator service delivery. Published by Informa Telecoms & Media and authored by VisionMobile, this 32-page white paper analyses the market, the promising applications for high-capacity SIMs and the new business opportunities which they open up. The paper also presents the challenges lying ahead for high-capacity SIM cards, and the complex ecosystem landscape into which they are arriving.
Independent research paper sponsored by Spansion
Published by Informa Telecoms and Media
Authored by VisionMobile
Featuring opinions and up-to-date information from Abaxia, Axalto, Beep Science, Gemplus, Handy Games, M-Systems, Orange, Sagem Orga, Spansion and Swapcom, this white paper is must-read for industry executives wishing to understand the technologies and commercial dynamics in this new market and the opportunities and threats arising as a result of the HC SIM card paradigm.
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