Whither Nokia Now?

As Nokia opens its Ovi download store, the former darling of the handset industry and the once doyen of network infrastructure, seems to be trapped somewhere between a rock and a hard place. News that is has trimmed its workforce by another thousand and is cutting...

Nokia gives operators billing role for Ovi

The battle of the app stores took a new twist last week when Nokia announced it would not only support carrier billing in the US for its Ovi Store it would do so in eight other countries as well. Strange because two weeks ago Nokia was apparently dropping operator...

Bill Shock Hits Home

The boom in smartphone sales and the higher data usage which has come with it, is both a blessing and a scourge for mobile operators and may be the driver for new billing models to be adopted. The Singapore Times is the latest to pick up on the phenomenon that...

Philippines government plans text tax

In a country that has seen its fair share of erupting volcanoes, people power and typhoons, an even bigger storm is brewing in the Philippines over the government’s plan to impose a telecoms transaction ‘fee’ and to introduce what can only be...

A tale of two telecoms cites

It depends whether you are in Sydney or Singapore what constitutes bad news or good news. When you are reporting results for SE Asia’s largest telco group, SingTel, where you are makes all the difference. Read article…

Go on, blame the phone

It was bound to happen. As the mobile telecoms industry continues to produce financial results that defy the main economic trends the knockers are coming out of the woodwork to have a go. Read article…