Interview: Ken Blakeslee, WebMobility Ventures
We continue our series of MEX interviews with Ken Blakeslee, a mobile industry veteran and former Mobile Data Association chairman, who now heads investment consultancy WebMobility Ventures.
Marek Pawlowski: How did you become involved in the m…
Stat Spot: M2M revenues
$74b
…in annual worldwide revenues from wireless machine to machine (M2M) communications by 2011. This represents significant growth from the USD 20 billion estimated by Juniper Research in 2006 and is indicative of the coming explosion in i…
Blyk to launch free MVNO supported by advertising
Much of the debate around mobile advertising has focused on a central question: what are users prepared to tolerate in return for less expensive or free services? Many research studies have tried to quantify that in one way or another. Harris In…
Stat Spot: Handset churn
25%
…of users would change their operator because of problems encountered with their handset, according to a survey of 1859 UK mobile users aged 16 – 34. Source: Sicap.
Interview: Cyrus Allen, Telstra
Cyrus Allen, General Manager for Customer Experience at Australian operator Telstra, talks to Marek Pawlowski about his views on mobility, user interface and customer satisfaction as part of PMN’s ongoing MEX interview series.
Marek Pawlowski: …
weComm granted user experience patent
weComm, the British software developer best known for powering Sky’s mobile TV application, has been granted an interesting patent relating to user experience. The patent is part of a portfolio covering the company’s Wave technology, which uses a…
Stat Spot: Panasonic/NEC joint venture
50/50
…split between Panasonic and and NEC in the new joint venture to produce a common platform for mobile handsets. The company is called Esteeemo – apparently combining the ‘esteem’ in which the companies hold each other’s expertise and t…
Stat Spot: Handset ASPs
9%
…decline in the average selling price (ASP) of Nokia’s handset in Q3 2006. Nokia’s ASP was just EUR 93, compared to EUR 102 at Motorola and EUR 147 at Sony Ericsson. Source: Company financial statements.