Meet RIM’s ‘dynamic’ new CEO – Thorsten Heins
Here is a man brimming with confidence and excited to be filling the shoes (all four of them) of his predecessors. He also talks a lot about how innovative his company is, presumably it is RIM he is referring to. Something isn’t gelling here and one can only hope they are not setting up Mr [...]
Pricing power – telcos only data play
Ovum’s Nicole McCormick outlines why mobile operators are having to use pricing to protect their data revenues.
LTE rollout reality
CSL Hong Kong CTO Christian Daigneault is forthcoming about the challenges faced in rolling out a world-beating LTE/DC-HSPA hybrid network in this interview with Tony Poulos.
RCR Wireless talks with Tony Poulos
RCR Wireless got the chance to talk to Tony Poulos (Market Strategist, TM Forum) at TM Forum’s Management World 2011 in Orlando.
Telenor targets services in Asia
Telenor’s Sissel Henriette Larsen outlines how important services and its Viking roots are to its drive into Asian mobile markets.
WiMax still has some life in it
Declan Byrne from the WiMax Forum explains that the technology is mature, robust and an integral part of broadband rollouts in many Asian markets. To view on iPhone or iPad click here.
M2M looming large on the horizon
Telenor Connexion’s Gwenn Larsson talks about the growing M2M opportunities and the types of services we can expect telcos to embark on. To view on iPhone or iPad click here.
Telcos & banks ‘missing the plot’ in mobile payments
Voice Commerce Group CEO and 2010 UK Entrepreneur of the Year, Nick Ogden, believes telcos and banks each think they own the customer which has caused both to lose out in the mobile payments and banking spaces. The fact that the communications and finance markets are dominated by large, often inflexible players, exacerbates the situation.
Facebook looking to work with telcos
Facebook’s Director of Online Operations for EMEA, Colm Long, says telcos should be thinking about building great applications, such as games and competitions. He notes: “you can do everything you can do on a website on an application, the difference is that it’s social, embedded and really measurable”.
Big brand Unilever ‘delights’ its customers via mobile
Unilever’s Rahul Welde is convinced mobiles provide the next frontier in communicating with customers, and there’s nothing conservative about the approach. To view on iPhone or iPad click here.