Abstract
Overview
This report compares and evaluates the value of the three consortiums: Symbian
foundation, LiMo foundation and Open handset alliance (android) analysing the
business models for both proprietary and open source.
A six year regional forecasting suite including market share by operating
system is provided as well as looking at relative year on year growth for
smartphone operating systems. It also examines how the App Store approach has
impacted the operating system market and investigates what the future plans
are for the development of OS.
Each one of the open source operating systems are fully analysed providing;
history, overview, indicative handset vendors, technical details and how the
licensing process works. The report also includes a overview for proprietary
operating systems.
Key questions
- How has the recent trend towards open source impacted the rest of the
value chain?
- How will the fortunes of the main players in the operating systems market
develop over the next six years?
- How will the increasing openness in the operating systems market effect
network operators?
- Why has the importance of the operating system risen from the invisible to
the unavoidable?
- Will all the current operating systems survive over the forecast period?
- Why did Nokia buy Symbian and give away all of its technology?
Key Benefits:
- A unique source of combined research and analysis for the mobile open
source market induding technologies, market characteristics and forecasts.
- Practical analysis of the emerging opportunities for vendors and operators.
- Unique insights: indudes interviews of leading players with significant
experience of the mobile open source market.
- Benefit from fresh thinking and intelligent market assessment.
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