August 2005
Indian mobile boom continues
The Indian market is continuing to grow at an incredibly rapid rate, adding nearly 2.5m subscribers last month alone according to this Reuters article. Despite the explosive growth, penetration levels remain around 6 percent of the 1 billion popu…
Firefly demonstrates deep understanding of segmentation
Rogers Wireless, the Canadian mobile operator, yesterday announced that it is the latest carrier to start selling the Firefly mobile phone, a handset designed specifically for children under the age of 13. Since launching in March 2005, Firefly h…
Nokia explores mobile search
Nokia has released a mobile search application which uses content from Yahoo, Yell.com, AtlasCT and NAVTEQ. Series 60 users can download it for free here.
Why is AOL buying Wildseed?
AOL’s purchase of Wildseed represents an interesting development in its overall mobile strategy. Put simply, AOL is getting serious about the mobile market. Wildseed will be integrated into a new division – AOL Wireless – which also includes its…
Meet the speakers: Matt Hooper
Service delivery is one of the key elements of the user experience and is the theme for the opening session of Day 2 at MEX. Matt Hooper, Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances at Elata, will share his views in this panel debate, bring…
Thoughts on the Nokia, Cisco rumour
There has been considerable media coverage of a report from ‘The Business’ newspaper that Cisco is considering a bid for Nokia. The Finnish manufacturer’s response: “pure fabrication.”
The rumour has bloomed quickly in the summer desert of new…
DoCoMo aiming to simplify information access
The migration of NTT DoCoMo’s customers from its 2.5G Mova network to the 3G FOMA service is well underway. There are now over 14m FOMA subscribers and Mova users are declining gradually as more and more customers make the switch. This trend is …
Multi-tasking for mid-range devices
Alain Blancquart, Chairman and CEO of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) specialist Esmertec, has published an interesting white paper discussing the potential benefits of running multiple Java applications concurrently on a mobile handset. Esmertec’s Jb…