The Emerging Mobile Middleman

Google is complaining that mobile phone operators are asking them to stop allowing people to access Google Mobile Maps by phone. Google's service gives interactive maps, search results, satellite images and very detailed directions to local businesses. The mobile operators are thus becoming the middleman between Internet companies and the public. The reason is obvious. Mobile companies offer their own detailed direction programs -- for a monthly fee. And what happens when VoIP becomes widely available on mobile phones -- in other words, cheaper service on phones with existing phone service through Internet access. The move to watch&hellip