tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998710950562947543.post8011972795340051994..comments2023-09-02T07:21:21.603-04:00Comments on Leigh's Blitherings: Closed Ecosystems Will Die: Shouldn't Someone Let the Cell Phone Companies Know?Leighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01163262798612657124noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8998710950562947543.post-65176348039742827342006-12-01T15:50:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:50:00.000-05:00This comes back to creating an understanding of wh...This comes back to creating an understanding of what business you're really in. The cell phone companies throughout North America are in the handset and accessories business. If I had to guess, I would surmise that it's because they all came out of a hardware-oriented business (i.e., phone companies). I remember talking to the exec marketing veep of a major cellular carrier who explained, in no uncertain terms, that he needed to move "units," holding up the then latest and greatest from Nokia, (or was it Sony-Ericsson? Perhaps Moto...). Compare that mentality to that of the European and Japanese carriers who have a very different conception of their nominally-the-same business. The business psychology behind NTT Docomo, for example, is significantly different than "let's deliver TV via cell phone because it will encourage people to replace their old handset." Our domestic carriers live in a very different ecosystem than the one that you might conceive - one that includes a middenheap for last year's toy.Mark Federmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337455011790349752noreply@blogger.com