Recently, Australian telecom major Telstra said it would
work with OTT players and grow its business.
SK Telecom is preparing a RCS-based UC service in partnership with other Korean
telecommunications companies and plans to link this service other GSMA member
operators too, mobilebusinessbriefing.com reported.
The company is also applying Smart Push, its home-grown
technology that enables integrated management of keep-alive signals, to prevent
network overload.
Here, the opening up of the Smart Push technology is an
exemplary case where all stakeholders including mobile carriers, OTT service
providers and customers gain benefits. SK Telecom has also entered into MOUs
with Samsung Electronics and NSN to promote overseas exports of Smart
Push-embedded network equipment,” he added.
Such measures will ensure SKT and the global operator community can stay at the
forefront of innovative service development. Operators must think from the
customers’ perspective when developing new products and services. It is
important that they secure experts of various fields to develop innovative
services in new business areas so as to compete against ICT companies including
OTT players.
Mobile operators must actively transform themselves into a structure and form
suitable for the new environment built upon innovation, efficiency, openness
and collaboration to achieve new growth of their own and drive evolution of
related industries. Through such efforts, they are expected to play the key
role in the newly created environment by leading customers’ lifestyle
innovations and promoting mutual growth with partners,” he added.
