Abstract
Mobility of wireless services allows their use anywhere
and anytime via portable terminals. 3G (Third Generation)
technologies with increased transmission speeds are
expected to increase the revenue from wireless services
significantly for all actors involved in business,
especially as they will enable new kinds of services
based on versatile business models. A business model is
architecture for the product-, service- and information
flows, including a description of the various business
actors and their roles, the potential benefit for the
actors and the sources of revenue.
Success in the wireless business requires combining an
appropriate business model with an attractive terminal
and content, and offering it to the user as an appealing
service package. Companies have to select their role and
partners in the business network carefully by taking into
account the diversity of terminals, networks and
software. A large variety of technologies combined with
the need to save costs and a faster time-to-market leads
towards open interfaces and standards to allow
interoperability between different operators and
networks, and a predominately component-based approach to
service development.
The aim of this thesis is to analyse how wireless
services can be developed more efficiently in the context
of 3G networks by focusing on the actors' roles and
component-based development. The business models and
roles are illustrated in this research with the aid of
two types of wireless services that are under development
for 3G networks. Development of the two case services - a
multi-player game and a trading on-line (TOL) service -
in this research proves the suitability of
component-based development to the development of
wireless services. To achieve the best results one has to
take into account the risks of commercial component use
and the initial investments component-based development
requires. This research also shows that component
documentation helps remarkably in the former and is
amendable to decrease the latter by providing information
about components' use in service development.
| Original language | English |
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| Qualification | Doctor Degree |
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| Award date | 5 Aug 2004 |
| Place of Publication | Espoo |
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| Print ISBNs | 951-38-6386-7 |
| Electronic ISBNs | 951-38-6387-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| MoE publication type | G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) |
Keywords
- wireless service development
- business actors
- business roles
- wireless business networks
- business models
- development
- software