Connected House comes alive!
At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the GSMA has put together what it calls the Connected House. It comprises technology available today and puts in the context what the house of the future will be like. It’s a bit scary as Tony Poulos found out when he tried the virtual dancing!
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona in 3 minutes
So much to see, so, little time. Here is the GSMA event in Barcelona condensed into three minutes of madness!
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.