Business

The Mobile Messaging and Subscriber Services industries already exist today. However, they exist in the form of closed and proprietary models, dominated and controlled by a small number of industry players. These players actively stifle competition by means of restrictive business practices, such as the employment of proprietary protocols, and highly aggressive patent assertion. In so doing, these dominant players stifle not only competition, but also the growth of the industry itself.

The effect of WhiteBerry and Libre Services will be to transform their respective industries from this restricted proprietary model, into a truly open model. The existing closed industries will be thrown open to competition at every level, resulting in tremendous, unrestricted industry growth. There is a great deal of money to be made by those who participate in these new, open, industries.

Operation WhiteBerry and Libre Services can benefit greatly from collaboration, cooperation and appropriate business partnerships throughout the industry. The following structures are in place to facilitate such cooperation:

• Operation WhiteBerry. In 40 closely-reasoned pages, this ground-breaking industry white paper makes the business case for WhiteBerry. It explains how and why WhiteBerry will succeed, and describes the gigantic business opportunity it represents.
• The LEAP Forum. The LEAP Forum is the central information and resource center for the LEAP protocols. It is oriented towards coordinating usage of the LEAP protocols from a business development perspective. It provides a means for organizations and individuals to announce their participation in Operation WhiteBerry, seek out partners, and coordinate cooperative effort.
• LibreServices.org. LibreServices.org is the central information and resource center for Libre Services.