It took some 50 years but today Telecom Operators have basically lost all revenues from services in favour of a multitude of OTT. I wanted an example to show how a little disruption can lead to major disruptions.
#Whistle phone sell trial
I was reminded of that as I was preparing for the first trial of a course on Digital Transformation (jointly produced by EIT Digital and IEEE FDC) that I will be giving in the coming days to some 70 public administrators officers in Trento. Following the alarm sound you can easily locate your device. Even if your phone is in silent mode it will resound an alarm. Sound recognition feature activates its alarm system. That was, most likely, the first over the top (OTT) service in telecommunications. Features of Whistle Phone Finder - Whistle to find Phone :. For the first time an equipment that was not owned by the Operator became an integral part of the network letting people transfer data (at 300 baud, 0.3 kbits per second). Sure, replied the big boss again.Īpparently that is how that entrepreneur started to sell his invention, an acoustic adapter you can place your phone on to transmit data. Then the entrepreneur asked if it was allowed to whistle in the handset using a whistling device since he was not good at whistling. Sure, replied the big boss, you can speak, sing, whistle…. as it is often the case, people tend to be more flexible and it was not unusual to see some devices, like answering machines, being used even though they were not owned by the Telecom Operator).Ī popular story I heard several times (that does not make it true, although the fundamentals are true) tells that one entrepreneur called an AT&T big boss and asked him if it was allowed to whistle in the phone handset. This situation was common in several other parts of the world, including Italy (but in Italy.
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No one else was allowed to connect to the network. Image credit: New World Encyclopediaīack in the sixties (of the last century) AT&T was protected by a regulation that dictated all devices connected to a telecom network infrastructure should be directly controlled by the Operator. This mechanical coupling device circumvented the regulation and started what today is the digital transformation.
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