[YankeeG]: "Operators will shift their focus away from direct OTT competition to partnerships"

A new report by Declan Lonergan (pictured), VP, Yankee Group concludes that "The next two to three years promise even bigger changes and opportunities in the trillion-dollar mobile broadband ecosystem .. 4G is on the rise and Software-defined networks (SDNs) move from concept to implementation"

And, as has been said a number of times in the past - "Operators will shift their focus away from direct OTT competition to partnerships. These partnerships can take many forms, but in the short term they are likely to center around operator billing and the introduction of zero-rated data for access to popular communications and social media apps".

See "Mobile Broadband: Prepping for the Next Big Wave" - here.