{"id":8802,"date":"2010-09-01T09:17:26","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T09:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/alcatel-lucent_outlines_next_generation_communications.html"},"modified":"2010-09-01T09:17:26","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T09:17:26","slug":"alcatel-lucent-outlines-next-generation-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/alcatel-lucent-outlines-next-generation-communications.html","title":{"rendered":"Alcatel-Lucent Outlines Next Generation Communications"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having recently purchased a Sony Dash which I still need to take out of the box, I am obviously intrigued by the idea of devices which allow widgets to run on them. Apparently Alcatel-Lucent<\/span> too is enamored with the concept of widgets and mobile apps<\/span> as the company just picked up<\/a> OpenPlug<\/span>, a company focused on cross-platform application development solutions. This purchase follows on the acquisition<\/a> of ProgrammableWeb<\/span> a major resource to the development community involved in mashups<\/span> and web-based APIs<\/span>.<\/p>\n

What does this tell you? That Alcatel-Lucent<\/span> understands the future of the carrier business in-part will revolve around cross-platform device development and merging the closed ecosystems of carriers with a suite of rich tools and services currently made available from companies like Google via their maps API<\/span> and others.<\/p>\n

In the past, the telecom industry hoped IMS<\/span> would provide walled gardens allowing carriers to control and profit from these closed ecosystems. Something interesting happened on the way to this vision as Apple iTunes and the App<\/span> Store became the walled garden leaving carriers scrambling as they look for ways to compete.<\/p>\n

If Google’s Android is an example of the new carrier model it is worth noting it involves cross-platform, cross-device deployment of rich applications which rely on a suite of mashed up services. Obviously from these acquisitions, Alcatel-Lucent<\/span> seems to agree and is positioning itself nicely to supply the next-generation of communications solutions to carriers and developers worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Disclosure: Alcatel-Lucent<\/span> has been the sponsor of a community titled <\/i>Next-Generation Communications<\/i><\/a> living on TMCnet<\/span> for many years. Oh, and I am the CEO of TMC the company behind TMCnet if you aren’t aware.<\/i>
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Disclosure #2: I really hope I get some time to open the Dash up today and take it for a spin.<\/p>\n

Update a few hours later: Just took it out for a spin and it was a snap to set up and display photos on. So far it is not slick like an Apple device – the power adapter alone is as thick as 4 iPhone 4s but it seems like a very useful gadget with lots of widget options like news, weather and more. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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