by Tony Poulos | May 13, 2011 | Videos
Unilever’s Rahul Welde is convinced mobiles provide the next frontier in communicating with customers, and there’s nothing conservative about the approach. by Tony Poulos | May 12, 2011 | Blog
I have been watching, with some fascination, the different takes on the Microsoft acquisition of Skype. In an interview on CNBC Steve Ballmer stressed heavily the growing role of Microsoft in the communications space as he dominated six of the seven minutes allocated... by Tony Poulos | May 11, 2011 | Videos
OgilvyOne’s Barney Loehnis says brands and agencies now recognize mobile has come center stage, but it’s only the beginning. by Tony Poulos | May 10, 2011 | Blog
The rumor mill has been running overtime this last week in the telecoms industry. Perhaps the most prominent, and certainly the most vocal are those claiming that Skype is about to be acquired – AGAIN! You will remember back in October 2005 that Skype’s private... by Tony Poulos | May 9, 2011 | Blog
Intense competition in the telecoms space has become the norm since the heady days of deregulation and arrival of wireless networks. Firstly between competing technologies such of CDMA and GSM and then with the intense battle for handset dominance that made Motorola,... by Tony Poulos | May 5, 2011 | Videos
MMA CEO, Greg Stuart, says telcos are in danger of being left out of billion-dollar marketing-advertising space because it’s not ‘big enough to matter now’ . Hundreds of billions of dollars available if telcos ‘pay attention’. by Tony Poulos | May 4, 2011 | Blog
Fixed-line and mobile operators in Europe are facing quite a dilemma. On the one hand they are being pressured by European Commissioner Neelie Kroes to improve their network broadband speeds and capacity and that they are not investing enough to meet EU targets. On... by Tony Poulos | May 2, 2011 | Videos
Qualcomm’s John Stefanac raises the challenge of 50 billion projected devices and what mobile operators will need to do to cater for them. by Tony Poulos | May 2, 2011 | Blog
Startling images and videos taken by mobile phones then broadcast to the internet within seconds of an event are a sign of these social networking times. News services not only welcome contributions from the public they are willing to pay for them. Gone are the days... by Tony Poulos | Apr 28, 2011 | Blog
My last blog on Amazon’s cloud mishap was certainly not intended to scare off would-be cloud customers but the episode most certainly scared some off those enterprises directly affected. The lessons learnt for this fledgeling sector should be invaluable especially to...