Wireless Times, They are a-Changin’
Our carrier-deployed mobile Skype products aren’t just making waves, they’re blazing trails! Just ask Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs.
In a Wireless Week interview last week, Jacobs affirmed that the wireless telecommunications industry is fundamentally shifting into new, media-saturated territory. It’s no secret that mobile users today are demanding more broadband (or “broadband-like”) capabilities from their handsets, and Jacobs suspects that operators are going to have to rethink the way they manage their networks as a consequence.
When asked about products he identifies as potentially leading indicators of fundamental change in the industry, Jacobs pointed to mobile VoIP–and particularly to the wireless Skype solutions being offered by 3 (alongside technologies like Amazon’s Kindle eBook reader, Google’s Android platform, and the infamous iPhone from Apple).
As to just how disruptive these new and innovative offerings will prove to be, Qualcomm’s chief exec says the industry will have to wait and see. But as Jacobs points out, “There are certainly desires by some of the new entrants to make some fundamental changes in the industry.’
Yep, that sounds like us. 
