Initially cautious about the Google-initiated Open Handset Alliance, at&t Wireless might be having a change of heart.
"I like it a lot more than I did before," says Ralph de la Vega, AT&T Mobility CEO. "It's something we would want in our portfolio."
"I think it's going to be a good option for us and a good option for our customers," de la Vega says. The wireless giant might be intrigued about being able to put its own applications on OHA devices.
And that offers at&t room for innovation and differentiation, just as open platforms allow innovation by other application providers.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
at&t Warms to Android
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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