It also opens up vast potential for new products and services that ride on top of that operating platform an opportunity that is, no doubt, not lost on Google (and which I will explore in depth in Part 4).
In order to deliver equivalent land-based performance, MTN has invested in the design and launch of special-purpose satellite payloads that will ride on the next generation Intelsat EPIC platform which will offer at-sea communications experience which is presently impossible to achieve.
Android phones may also ride the surge in mobile virtual goods sales, but the platform will need to do a better job of luring gamers and game developers first.
When his engineers came to look at the platform that their Renault counterparts had put together, they were pleased by innovations that made the ride smoother and the car more maneuverable.