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The Benefactors of the Mobile Data Revolution – Content Providers, Operators, Or Both?

Author: Aditya Kaul, Practice Director, Mobile Networks

Published: 01 Feb 2011

Mobile operators are considering charging content providers in addition to their own customers. This stems from their fear of being relegated to a “dumb pipe” as over the top (OTT) content and services from the likes of Google and Apple become popular. But will charges to content providers actually go through? How did the mobile operators find themselves in this position in the first place? And what else can we expect from the relationship between mobile operators and the content providers going forward?

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Mobile Operator Strategies Research Service and the Mobile Networks Research Service and the Femtocell and Small Cell Research Service and the 4G Research Service.

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