Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
Stanford Business School
Version: 13 August 2013
Length: 60 pages
Data source: Field research
Abstract
This note describes the mobile telecommunications industry in 2012, and how the various participants were positioned for the future. This was a period of rapid change, as some competitors were rapidly growing, while others were undergoing equally rapid descent. The note focuses on ecosystems that evolved around competing operating systems and microprocessors, and highlights developments in each industry layer - software, hardware, handsets, and network operations - as well as strategic issues related to intellectual property.
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Abstract
This note describes the mobile telecommunications industry in 2012, and how the various participants were positioned for the future. This was a period of rapid change, as some competitors were rapidly growing, while others were undergoing equally rapid descent. The note focuses on ecosystems that evolved around competing operating systems and microprocessors, and highlights developments in each industry layer - software, hardware, handsets, and network operations - as well as strategic issues related to intellectual property.