Interview: Bill Schwebel, AOL
Bill Schwebel leads AOL’s mobile business as senior vice president of wireless services, including handset software and partnerships with wireless operators.
Marek Pawlowski: How did you become involved in the mobile business and what’s your ro…
Stat Spot: Handset outsourcing
35%
…of handsets shipped in 2006 will be outsourced to contract manufacturers. All of the major handset vendors now use contract manufacturers for some of their portfolio. Source: Visiongain.
OOKL leverages mobile to enhance education experience
The British government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been piloting a mobile service which connects students with the venues they visit on school trips. OOKL, built by design agency SEA, uses standard mobile phones to enable …
Stat Spot: Wireless sector investment
$334.9m
…invested in wireless companies in June 2006, down slightly from the USD 372.2m invested in the same period last year. USD 2.84 billion has been invested so far in 2006. Source: Rutberg & Co.
3D spatial search links with physical environment
Japan Corporate News network (JCN) has an interesting article on NEC Magnus’ new 3D spatial search service for mobile devices. The system, developed in partnership with NETDIMENSION, CAD Center, Asia Air Survey, Asahi Kasei Microsystems and Cyber…
Stat Spot: Mobile broadband subscribers
2.5m
…3.5G mobile broadband subscribers in 2006. Apparently this will grow to 300m in 2011. Source: Informa.
Mobile web browser comparison
OSnews.com has an interesting comparison of mobile web browsers, covering Opera Mobile, NetFront, Nokia’s Series 60 and Series 40 browsers, Pocket Internet Explorer, Obigo, Openwave, Opera Mini and in-house efforts from Sony Ericsson and Motorola….
High capacity SIMs offer new platform for experience management
What is stored on your SIM card? Some phone numbers, perhaps a few text messages. It also holds security information to identify your handset to the network, a list of preferred roaming partners to access when travelling abroad, a pre-paid top-u…