Editor's note: According to Forbes, operators are a love-hate relationship to Facebook, while Facebook's popularity is driving data-flow consumption, but on the other hand, Facebook's penetration in the mobile sector touches the carrier's cheese, and if Facebook's smartphone rumors are true, Operator SMS profit will be the first to be killed by the object, the following is a summary of the article:
Mobile operators are fidgeting as the entire tech world waits for Facebook's future offerings, as Facebook's access to mobile phones will devour their businesses.
For a long time, operators ' biggest worry is that they end up as a conduit to connect to the Internet to serve online servers and mobile devices. To avoid this tragedy, operators continue to build their own portals and app stores, offering users a range of applications and services that can only run on their own networks. They also continue to push their solutions to mainstream devices.
The data is cheap in this cost competition. People want to get more broadband through cheaper phone contracts, which is what operators worry about. But for now, operators ' profits are everywhere, such as language calls, texting, and the ability to bind new mobile devices. As a user, you still need to use their network to get the above functionality.
Facebook's entry, whether in hardware or software, gave operators a sudden pause in their thinking. SMS is still one of the most important sources of profit for modern mobile operators. If Facebook launches a contract smartphone, their focus will be not on text messages, but on Facebookchat and Facebook Messenger, which, wherever they are, would make operators a conduit for servers and mobile devices, and their message margins would be squeezed.
In addition to what ' app,skype and email services, Facebook's further infiltration in mobile text editing will drive operators to shift from data pipelines to valuable communications services.
The shift in operator roles will also bring more choices to consumers. However, the game will not end, operators will continue to find other ways to make money. (Kirk)
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