The third-generation Gobi modem chipsets also have an integrated application processor and hardware accelerators with a feature rich, Linux-based application development environment and optional mobile access point software stack.
This made it difficult to realize personal content protection with a set of dedicated applicationsoftware and dedicated content file formats in an open environment like Android, since a variety of applications freely developed by third-parties started to be downloaded and executed.
Most of the operators have at least a dozen different software platforms in the market, which slows down the applicationenvironment shift through cost and complexity.