SlashData TeamFeb 4, 20072 minGeneralSIMs and Conference PoliticsConferences are becoming a booming business in the mobile industry. Besides the incumbent Informa Telecoms & Media, there at least 10...
SlashData TeamJan 30, 20072 minGeneralThe carrousel of mobile bloggingIf you haven’t been to the Carnival of the Mobilists before, you should give it a spin. Every week the Carnival is hosting a page-long...
SlashData TeamJan 24, 20073 minGeneralRead my mind: adding recommendation to the mobile search mixUnderstanding users can’t buy content if they can’t find it, an increasing number of mobile operators and content providers are...
SlashData TeamJan 18, 20073 minGeneralMapping mobile Linux: from Lego bricks to castlesMobile Linux is a fascinating topic. As an operating system for mobile handsets, Linux commands responses ranging across dismissal, FUD...
SlashData TeamJan 15, 20073 minGeneraliPhone delivers a genuinely disruptive UIAs an interaction designer working in the mobile space and as someone who follows Apple’s products with interest, the iPhone announcement...
SlashData TeamJan 5, 20074 minGeneralRetail idea #3: Selling hardware featuresAnother idea for mobile phone retail stores is selling hardware features – imagine buying a phone and then adding an FM radio capability...
SlashData TeamDec 15, 20062 minGeneralMake it – then break it: the UI-paradigm of converged devicesThe jury is still out on whether convergence will continue and mobile phones become the ultimate in-pocket-Swiss-army-knife-machine. I...
SlashData TeamDec 10, 20062 minGeneralMaking a difference at Retail: The mobile phone health indexMobile phone retail shops are under-utilised today. They could be used to sell not only phones, but mobile data services as I argued...
SlashData TeamDec 2, 20063 minGeneralOpen Source making waves in the mobile industryOpen source software has existed in mobile phones since Motorola’s Linux-based A760 was launched in early 2003. Open source has come a...
SlashData TeamNov 15, 20064 minGeneralMotorola's AJAR set to follow in Nokia's S60 footstepsMotorola’s acquisition of TTPCom in June bought the OEM ownership of the AJAR operating system for low-end handsets. In a corporate...
SlashData TeamNov 13, 20062 minGeneralQualcomm an inch closer to EuropeQualcomm has been struggling to sell BREW handsets outside CDMA markets for some time now. Its first breakthrough came with operator O2’s...
SlashData TeamNov 8, 20066 minGeneralOperators: service-pipes or bit-pipes ?In the last five years, tier-1 mobile network operators (MNOs) have looked for strategic inspiration in many places, albeit with limited...
SlashData TeamNov 1, 20063 minGeneralPrioritize: Take over the world or Enjoy good marginsThe end of each quarter is always an exciting period in the mobile business, the average selling price and market shares of the...
SlashData TeamOct 22, 20062 minGeneralCustomisation vs Personalisation: Setting the record straightIn the mobile industry, we often talk about customisation and personalisation interchangeably to describe how a service or a handset is...
SlashData TeamOct 12, 20068 minGeneralBang & Olufsen and ELLE pick up where Xelibri failedHandsets for niche segments are making their presence felt, not only behind the mobile industry scenes, but also in the retail...
SlashData TeamSep 25, 20062 minGeneralUser interfaces and soft walled gardens of tomorrowA couple of years ago, many in the mobile industry foresaw that mobile operators would control most of the device specification,...
SlashData TeamSep 21, 20064 minGeneralCustomised Design Manufacturers are HereThe Customised Design Manufacturer (CDM) is a new business model in the mobile handset industry that fills a very important market gap:...
SlashData TeamSep 13, 20064 minGeneralThe Twelve Stages of Handset CommercialisationARCchart‘s latest report is titled ‘The New Age of Handset Customisation: 2006-2011‘. The report analyses the new players, business...
SlashData TeamSep 9, 20063 minGeneralThe retail environment as a point of service discoveryPoor discovery and accessibility are two major obstables hindering the growth of data services. In simple English, the user often does...
SlashData TeamJul 19, 20063 minGeneralA Peek into Radio Spectrum EconomicsWe all know that the radio spectrum is the electromagnetic spectrum which mobile operators use to offer wireless services. It’s...