What about the business acumen required? The technical know-how notwithstanding, the telecom industry is extremely versatile, competition is stiff. For anyone venturing into this, irrespective of capital base, mastering the market dynamics will determine success or burnt fingers. Bernard On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones < skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
hmm... I guess you're ryt steve
so much for skunky-telco, :-D
On 8/14/11, Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com> wrote:
computer engineers and electrical engineers who are the core of telecommunications are as competent in coding if not more than computer scientists.
Hardware
is not about screw drivers nuts and bolts, its about the low level code that contols that make the hardware work. The Apis computers scientists program against are designed by the electrical/computer engineers. in fact these engineers can do everything comp scientists do but comp scientists cant qualify to do what elec/comp engineers do.
----- "John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones" <skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
correction:
probably even better than the hardware company because their software expertise can help make the operations of the *hardware* company more efficient
On 8/14/11, John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones <skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
.... or the software company could buy the "core competencies" by buying the hardware company, and do quite well in, hypothetically, the telecom industry... probably even better than the hardware company because their software expertise can help make the operations of the software company more efficient... after all, its binary data that runs these hardware, not bolts and gears
hmm.... i wonder how a skunkworks telco would do :-). I'm sure we have every professional needed, from hardware to software to PR and marketing...
anyways...
back to code-labour
On 8/14/11, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
I think it comes to core competencies. hardware companies attract people who like working on physical stuff while software companies attract coders so for a software company to attempt venturing into hardware sector like running a Telecom network would be disastrous in my books.
On 8/14/11, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Kindly expound : - How would Google,apple and Microsoft do it if in Telecoms? - Any particular reason they haven't done so thus far? -Google voice, Microsoft Skype, etc....There should be a reason they've gone voice. Lack of last mile or backhaul infrastructure perhaps?
./bernard sent from my android device.
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