SIM-only services are key to growth in saturated markets29 May 2008Mobile operators are starting to uncover new business models that help to address the problems posed by saturated mobile markets and high handset… Read more |
Mobile ops. upbeat on broadband internet10 March 2008Mark Newman identifies highlights from the Mobile World Congress. Mobile broadband and internet were the two dominant themes for mobile operators at… Read more |
The internet: telco slayer or saviour?25 July 2007'Telecom: back from the Dead' screamed the headline of the lead story in the June 25 issue of Business Week. The article goes on to tell the story of… Read more |
Whither the MVNO post Amp'd, ESPN?03 July 2007It was such a compelling concept. The idea of big entertainment brands leaping headlong into a mobile business dominated by carriers that had about… Read more |
Are mobile ops ready to embrace IP?29 May 2007Mobile operators may talk the right language but Mark Newman asks whether they are they ready to embrace IP? You don't come across many… Read more |
Flat rate brings mobile internet into fashion20 March 2007When asked at 3GSM Barcelona what he thought was the most promising new revenue growth opportunity in 2007, T-Mobile chief executive Hamid Akhavan… Read more |
3 - a nimble animal ripe for buyout?15 November 2006Rumours abound that 3 could end up on the shopping list of another operator. Mark Newman attempts to shed a little light on the facts behind the UK's… Read more |
Price bundling and 'cheap' mobile steal FMC's thunder14 November 2006Mark Newman beleives that FMC has failed to capture the public's imagination. One of the most insightful recent comments about fixed mobile… Read more |
Useful Talent, Needs Job...10 July 2006Mark Newman wants to know if UMA is just another technology looking for a useful application? The telecommunications landscape is littered with the… Read more |
MVNOs and Mickey Mouse economics...05 June 2006Mark Newman reckons there was always going to be a backlash against the flow of positive news about MVNO launches. What is surprising about the less… Read more |
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Expert Views
- Zain has lessons to learn and teach
- Femtocells can deliver benefits, but only if operators do their homework
- Have 3G operators finally found a 'killer app' with mobile broadband?
- Apple's walled-garden offering is beating the operators at their own game
- Mobile traffic boom will eventually revive base station market
- It's always the little ones
