Millions of consumers today own a wide range of connected devices, yet can’t easily access the integrated next generation services they’re willing to pay for—which means that many companies are missing out on a massive revenue opportunity.
By fostering collaboration among infrastructure, device, applications and content companies, the ng Connect Program brings together the resources and expertise required to overcome the many technical and business barriers to widespread deployment of next generation services and applications.
Here are the key barriers the ng Connect Program members are addressing:
Innovation
- Facilitating communication and collaboration across the complete value chain eliminates "innovation in a silo"
- Encouraging creativity and early prototyping – "crowd sourcing" ideas, solutions and opportunities – unleashes fast innovation cycles
- Expediting development – early collaboration prevents waiting for everything to be just right at a component level and then finding misalignment between players
- Aligning directions of innovation expedites making of new markets for all
Connectivity and Distribution
- Increasing bandwidth (access spectrum and network infrastructure)
- Improving indoor wireless network coverage
- Accelerating adoption of standards/open interoperable Service Delivery Platforms (SDPs)
- Improving networked device capabilities while decreasing cost
Digital Media Management and QoS
- Improving cross-application security and privacy
- Addressing Digital Rights Management
- Managing QoS across IP and non-IP systems
- Accelerating adoption of standards for content delivery and management
Applications and Service Integration
- Rapid development of applications and clients
- Improving layout of Web content on mobile devices
Business Models and Business Cases
- Replacing inflexible pricing models
- Monetizing assets through new 3rd-party partnerships