Wifi is spreading everywhere from planes, hotels, brick-and-mortar stores, to sewers, it's almost becoming a customer turnaway for a place specializing in service not supplying public wifi. Right now companies like Apple are continually developing and integrating native messengers (iMessage) into their range of devices.
Do you think that soon the telecoms industry will flounder and subsequently die? We don't have landlines anymore, and ten years ago it wasn't an option not to have one because it was necessary.
Especially with legislation such as "nationwide wifi" being thought out, even though we all know telecom lobbyists will fight tooth and nail against it, it's practically a joke how easily these multi-billion dollar industries could be wiped out if that kind of thing is put into place. Just look at any app store and you can see all these peer-to-peer messaging systems are thriving. Imagine if phone makers acquired these services and adopted them natively in cleaner interfaces like iMessage, and with free wifi nationwide, they'd be available anywhere and everywhere.
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/280989-fccs-free-wi…
You guys think this is the path we're going down?
If anything, they'll adapt and move into other sectors/alternatives.
You still need the infrastructure to make wifi work. Most landline telecom is going VOIP already. Someone still needs to own and run the infra, provide hosting, data centers, etc. The more successful companies are already transitioning their service sets. The business of reselling access is basically dead already.
They will compete to provide the wifi contracts, or line rentals for handsets
http://www.cablewifi.com/
Come on, you think telcos are going to disappear because of Wifi? Which needs telco fiber and backhaul to even exist?
just the opposite. the need for mobile data is growing exponentially as more and more devices are getting connected. the telecom companies own the majority of the wifi hotspots as well (go in any starbucks or mcdonalds for their free wifi, and you can thank at&t and t-mobile for that). distributed antenna systems (DAS) is another huge opportunity for the telecoms. its basically operating localized voice and data networks in bigger venues (e.g. stadiums, office buildings, college campuses, etc). i know that article talked about wifi taking over mobile data, but that's just not realistic. with cars becoming the next big thing to be connected, do you really expect long stretches of highway to be wifi hotspots? doubt it - cities maybe. also apple pays the telecoms a lot of money to be able to use their proprietary messaging system on their networks.
sorry, that was a lot of unorganized points at once. bottom line, telecoms are far from dying, and the constantly growing need for data only brightens the telecom future.
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