It has been a while since last Industry Comment, apologies for that. We will be improving in the coming days and weeks.

After hundreds of articles being written about the 'Ipad' prior to Apple's launch of said product (which is free marketing worth millions for Apple, if not more), the product is here.

So what is the Ipad?
Well in short it is a super-sized Ipod Touch that is essentially an Apple store front for digital books, games, music, video and other services Apple can delivery over Itunes.

The product name is interesting given that there are several holders to the Ipad trademark around the World. From our limited research Siemens holds the trademark in the UK as well as the US, and Fujitsu launched in 2006 a mobile computer under the trademark Ipad. Lastly, Ipads.com is a news site (and registered trademark) for tabletish computers. Interesting.

Trademarks aside, we are not fully convinced by this product (yet). Apple has an impressive track record in driving products and changing industries, however, we don't think Apple is there yet with the Ipad. Here is why: Read more

New research from Premonvision provides insights to the Asia Pacific home gateway market up to 2012

LONDON, United Kingdom, -3 December, 2009 - The development of the residential gateway market in Asia Pacific 2009-2012 is discussed in an advisory client report from advisory and consulting firm Premonvision. The report is based on confidential and anonymous interviews with operators from the region.

The region is highly diverse with a wide spread in the technology and service spectrum. “The development of the home gateway market can be broken down into three steps: the first step for operators is to develop home gateways that reduce customer support costs, such as truck rolls. The second home gateway evolvement is to ensure end to end quality of service. The third step is to improve device, service and content interoperability on the home network”, says Carl Gressum, Principal Advisor and responsible for the research. Read more

Standards-based service delivery platforms to drive demand for interoperability testing and certification

LONDON, United Kingdom, -26 November, 2009- Research shows the changing times for the Asia Pacific service delivery platform market. Premonvision, the advisory and consulting firm, released today to clients a report that is based on confidential and anonymous interviews with operators in Asia Pacific, focusing on how the operators will develop their service delivery platforms up to 2012. “There is significant traction of standards-based managed services platforms, as operators in the region aim to delivery voice, video and music to a range of consumer terminals”, says Principal Advisor Carl Gressum, responsible for the research. “However, the operators that pursue these open architectures need to be very careful and thorough when testing services and devices for interoperability conformance, as vendors are prone to perform proprietary implementations of established standards, which creates vendor lock-in”, adds Gressum. Standards-based platforms will simplify the process of delivering services to a wide range of mobile phones, PCs, DVD players, game consoles and televisions. Read more

New research from Premonvision provides insights to the Western European gateway market by 2012

LONDON, United Kingdom, -20 November, 2009 – The Western European home gateway market 2009-2012 report from advisory and consulting firm Premonvision reveals detailed information on how operators in the region will develop and position the residential gateway by 2012. The report is based on confidential and anonymous in-depth interviews with operators from the region, and the report was released to clients today. Highlights from the research show: Read more