by Tony Poulos | Mar 13, 2010 | Blog
Google looks to do for the ‘cloud’ what Apple successfully did for the mobile world by setting up a Cloud-based app store. But that could be easier said than done. For third-party apps to successfully proliferate in this environment they will first have be integrated... by Tony Poulos | Mar 13, 2010 | Blog
I’ve just read a heart-wrenching story about a Somali man robbed of $200 then shot dead by his assailants, no doubt a common story in a country racked by over 19 years of anarchy. However, a new mobile money transfer and banking system being introduced by mobile... by Tony Poulos | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog
You know times are a’changing when the CEO of Microsoft announces that 90 per cent of his staff will be working on cloud platforms by next year. Steve Ballmer even went one step further when he said he was “betting the company” on the Windows Azure cloud... by Tony Poulos | Mar 4, 2010 | Blog
Revenue is largely disconnected from the cost model. This was a recurring theme at this week’s Management World Middle East, held in Dubai. Mobile subscribers, in particular, had been encouraged to take up ‘all you can eat’ data plans in order to stimulate data... by Tony Poulos | Feb 27, 2010 | Blog
After a round of binge drinking it is normal procedure to go through a recovery phase of teetotaling, lots of rest and lots of vitamin supplements. The same process can be applied to attendees of the annual cellular bingefest held in Barcelona, otherwise known as the... by Tony Poulos | Feb 23, 2010 | Blog
What do you do when you build a multi-million dollar, state of the art HSPA mobile network from scratch and it keeps falling over? It’s no use asking Telecom New Zealand CEO, Paul Reynolds, because he doesn’t know either! His lauded XT network, commissioned only last...