February 2007
Where is the colour in the monochrome mobile industry?
Amid the aesthetic assault and branding riot of the trade show floor, I was drawn to NTT DoCoMo’s stand at 3GSM this year. The gaudy, diverse colours of the handsets on display lured me from the aisle and proved sufficiently distracting to make m…
Meet the speakers: Zeljko Jeftic, ERTICO
Zeljko Jeftic is the Project and Development Manager at ERTICO, the European organisation which combines public sector and private companies to develop next generation intelligent transport systems. His team is working on the Nomadic Device and C…
Roaming without the fees
The price of roaming in EU countries is now falling, but only after the European Union made it clear they were serious about regulating the market if operators didn’t take steps themselves. However, roaming costs outside the EU remain very high. …
Stat Spot: SMS predictions
3.7tr
…yes, trillion! This is the number of SMS messages which will be sent worldwide in 2012, according to a new estimate from Portio Research, who expect SMS to generate USD 67 billion in revenues in the same year. Source: Portio Research.
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Meet the speakers: Matthew Menz, Head of Interaction Design, Motorola
Matthew Menz, Head of Interaction Design at Motorola’s European design studio, will address point # 9 of the MEX manifesto at the PMN Mobile User Experience conference on 2nd – 3rd May 2007. Menz started Motorola’s European user experience group …
Trends from 3GSM, pt. 2
The annual 3GSM trade show, by virtue of its size and the ubiquity of participation, provides a good opportunity to get a general understanding of what’s happening in the mobile telecoms industry. This year I was only able to spend a day at the e…
3GSM’s tale of two industries
The mobile industry has become two businesses. On the one hand, developed markets such as Western Europe, North America and Japan are driven by a constant cycle of technological development, extensive consumer marketing to gain acceptance for new…
Stat Spot: MVNO revenues
$15.4b
…in revenues generate by MVNOs worldwide during 2006. This figure will rise to USD 67.4 billion in 2012, while subscriber numbers will grow from 93m last year to 352m in 2012. Source: Juniper Research.