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News
Issue #2001 - 31
(August 2001)
(Updated
August 1, 2001)
INFRASTRUCTURE,
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Joint Venture to Develop Mobile E-Services and Products
Envisioning a world where
people will have seamless access to mobile e-services that will
enhance the way they work, learn and live their lives on the go,
Hewlett-Packard Company, Telefónica Móviles, Ericsson Espaňa,
and Generalitat of Catalonia (Spain) have come together to make it a
reality.
The joint venture will be called Tempos 21. The company will
focus on the following:
- Developing mobile phone-related products and mobile e-services
- Serving as a catalyst to boost the market for applications on
mobile networks, including GSM, GPRS, and UMTS.
- Fostering business opportunities for companies and compelling
services for customers
By taking advantage of the expertise of the founding partners —
technological innovation, market knowledge, products and services to
the facilitation of collaboration agreements — Tempos 21 will
develop, integrate, and market predominantly in-house applications.
The company will focus on vertical applications for such industries
as transportation, tourism, and automotive. On a smaller scale, the
new company will also develop horizontal applications as well as
applications for the consumer market.
Besides developing tailor-made projects and providing
technological consultancy services, Tempos 21 will also offer
wireless-ASP services for small-and medium-sized enterprises and
private label services, targeting mobile operators, aggregators, and
portals.
Under the leadership of Telefónica Móviles, the member
companies have drawn up a corporate plan and business model for the
operation of Tempos 21, which will be based in Barcelona, Spain.
For more information: http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/26jul01b.htm
Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We
were very enthusiastic about HP's e-bazaar when we heard about their
vision. HP wanted to combine an old Indian word denoting an open and
unencumbered shopping experience with modern technology. HP also knows
consumers better than IBM and Oracle. In many ways, HP embodies the
best balance of consumer and corporate awareness, a social
consciousness, deep Unix software expertise and a lot more. HP only
lacked the aggressive marketing skills of IBM and Microsoft.
Therefore, their accomplishments (real and virtual) in this space have
not been stellar so far. To some extent, the financial performance of
HP must have stalled their engineering efforts. We can only encourage
Carly Fiorina to push forward and not give up. M-commerce will take
vision, investment, patience and lot of missionary zeal to be counted
among the leaders at the end of decade.
Note: This news release may contain
forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in
developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology
architectures. All trademarks used in this summary are
the property of their respective owners.
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