Something fishy in Thailand

Five years in the making, five days to fail dismally. That’s the sad story of 3G in Thailand. Yes, I’m talking about 3G spectrum auctions. Not 4G or LTE, plain old 3G, the stuff that most other countries introduced years ago. Even India, the past leader of 3G...

Mobile Payments War Looming

NFC, or near field technology, should be a raging success outside of Korea and Japan, but it simply is not. This is despite efforts by the GSMA to get the ball rolling with CSPs worldwide and the finance and transport industries agreeing and the profound benefits of...

CEO on speed

If you are confused with all the hype around LTE then you may be in good company. AT&T’s Chairman and CEO, Randall Stephenson, whose company is rolling out LTE right now, was reported by mocoNews.net to have made some comments on LTE speeds that, if correct, have...

The Empires Strike Back (sort of, maybe….)

Reminiscent of the Star Wars trilogy is the latest news regarding mobile phone operators banding together to fight off threats to their empires. Following the disastrous attempt at a common m-payments platform (Simpay) and continuing anticipation of the yet to be seen...

Regulator jousting – sport or survival?

Technical hitches with the iPhone 4 are not Apple’s only headaches of late. It is facing pressures in Europe and China – both key markets as its US heartland saturates and it needs strong performance on a global basis. Pending EU legislation could force...