Friday, July 1, 2011

The call of the clouds

Simplicity and elegance possibly lies in separation of duties and responsibilities. And that’s probably why democracy represents a more viable option compared to dictatorship.

Internet just shows us how viable it could be commercially. This makes me wonder, if the present day mobile service operations could operate like how the internet did, maybe life would have been better. The service operators like Airtel, Vodafone etc. should be limited to providing hardware network services and nothing more, nothing less. A suitable comparison point is what BSNL’s internet connection is. Only the concept and not the quality of service.All services like calling,texting,storing of contacts could be handled by other companies using the service operator’s networks. The value added services could be provided by these companies. This is akin to Gmail which uses its own servers and we,clients use our network connect to access the service. Cloud computing is an enabler to this technology.

One of the major advantages of this technology would be we could have accounts to call unlike the current technology where sim card plays the pivotal role. In simple words, imagine having a number like an email account protected by a password. If you are struck at some place without your mobile, you could ask any stranger for his phone,login to your account,perform the call and logout. Something akin to an email account.

1 comment:

Dipti said...

The idea was creative abt passwords to call up..But too complex to use.