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Leveraging the Shifting Device Landscape

Devices are Defining the New Carrier Ecosystem

The two device categories that are most often cited as driving mobile data usage (laptops, netbooks and tablets with embedded 3G/4G connectivity, and smartphones) show no signs of slowing down in terms of growth. But meanwhile connected TVs, M2M and new emerging device categories are coming into the mainstream. For carriers, these trends represent a strategic issue, requiring a rethinking of infrastructure, pricing models and customer engagement, and overall business architecture.

  • A Look Ahead for Tablets and Smartphones
  • Connected TV Strategies
  • The Emerging Devices Sector and a Focus on M2M

About the Author

Tara Seals

Tara Seals is the editor-in-chief of V2M, with a focus on the changing communications landscape: It's a world of multiscreen, better broadband, mobile data, video and television, an array of personalized applications and content, and devices. She has been covering the wireless and video carrier market for almost 12 years.