Security Stalls Mobile Multimedia
Market Watch
April 28, 2005
According to an article in EE Times,
security is the main factor that is stalling the development of multimedia content in mobile handsets. Despite an explosion in design for mobile phones delivering digital media content such as MP3 files, streaming-TV broadcasts, and videogames, these multimedia features still aren't being offered to consumers.
What's the holdup? According to Jay Srage, cellular-system marketing manager at Texas Instruments Inc., it boils down to security, the absence of which prevents the development of content, thus stifling consumer interest in newer handsets and discouraging traffic on next-generation cellular networks. The lack of a secure mechanism to protect valuable digital content within a handset could evolve into "a killing issue" for operators.
