Application Challenges for Operators
Résumé
The client - server model, the Application Store model, and cloud computing are emphasising the importance of edges over the network. The talk will compare two (complementary?) approaches for competing with WebCos service offering: to leverage the traditional approach by integrating network functions in terminals; and/or to disrupt the network model aiming at: deperimenterization of services, leverage of network data, and introduction of opportunistic networking.