TY - JOUR T1 - Mobile Convergence and Entrepreneurial Opportunities for Innovative Products and Services JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Jeff Moretz A1 - Chirag Surti KW - Canada KW - competition KW - entrepreneurship KW - innovation KW - mobile convergence KW - mobile services KW - wireless pricing AB - Our research on 2012 and 2013 Canadian wireless service pricing indicates that data was underpriced relative to traditional voice and text messaging services. Such a situation, while potentially disadvantaging consumers of traditional mobile services, created a market that favoured competitors pursuing innovative uses of mobile data. Although more competitive pressures in the telecommunications market would provide broader benefits to Canadian consumers and facilitate greater innovation in related services, a favorable pricing differential vis-à-vis data transmission provides useful incentives. Even with recent changes to the pricing of mobile services in Canada, we should expect continued development of services that substitute data for voice and text messaging, particularly for international communications, as well as more innovative uses of mobile data. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 4 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/800 IS - 6 U1 - University of Ontario Institute of Technology Jeff Moretz is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Canada. He obtained his PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA, and has an MBA and two undergraduate degrees from Michigan State University, USA. He is a recovering consultant, having worked for McKinsey & Company in Chicago after his MBA studies. Prior to joining the UOIT, he worked at University College Cork in Ireland, researching open source software communities and open innovation. His research interests focus on the impact of information, openness, and information technologies on innovation, business models, and strategies. U2 - University of Ontario Institute of Technology Chirag Surti is an Assistant Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Canada. He earned a PhD degree from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the State University of New York in Buffalo, USA. His primary research interest is in the area supply chain management and understanding and analyzing the role process innovation can play in boosting productivity. He is a recipient of NSERC Discovery and SSHRC Partnership grants. ER -