computer science

Mobilitec

Mobilitec is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mobilitec rather than just read about it. In short: Mobilitec, Inc. is a private software company headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company was acquired by Alcatel Lucent in 2006.

Key takeaways

Mobilitec belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mobilitec to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mobilitec from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mobilitec, Inc. is a private software company headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company was acquired by Alcatel Lucent in 2006.

History Founded in 2000 by Israeli developers Dr. Ophir Holder (CEO), Yoad Gidron (CTO) and Haim Teichholtz (VP Engineering), the company provides wireless carriers with software platforms for management and delivery of mobile content services, including mobile-phone games, ringtones, wallpapers, audio and streaming video. Its customer-base includes wireless carriers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, such as Vodafone, T-Mobile, Telecom Italia, Orange and Hong Kong Telecom (CSL), to name a few. Mobilitec’s mPower platform was the first product of its kind to be commercially deployed in 2001, and as of 2006, is the most commercially deployed product of its kind in the industry. In addition to the United States, Mobilitec currently has global offices in Israel (Haifa), Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Most of its engineering organization (R&D, delivery, and technical support) is based in Haifa, Israel, account management and sales at the worldwide offices, and the majority of its management team is based in California. Among its investors and shareholders prior to its acquisition were AIG, Canaan Partners, Sun Microsystems, Lucent Technologies, Singapore Telecom, and a group of Microsoft executives.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mobilitec

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mobilitec claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mobilitec before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mobilitec ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mobilitec

In research: Mobilitec appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mobilitec in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mobilitec is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Companies based in Haifa, Companies based in San Mateo, California, Defunct software companies of the United States, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mobilitec outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mobilitec in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mobilitec means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Mobilitec out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Mobilitec in simple terms?

Mobilitec, Inc. is a private software company headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company was acquired by Alcatel Lucent in 2006.

Why does Mobilitec matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mobilitec?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mobilitec.