Monthly Archives: July 2009

IMS Survey and Report

Mind Commerce asked if I’d put together an IMS Status Report. Its an attempt to provide an independent and quantified view of what is happening in the industry.  I’m also including some operator and supplier case studies, presenting as factually as possible the current state of the art; without the hype and marketing spin that […]

The Stranded Service Provider

OpenCloud ran a great panel discussion event last week entitled “The Stranded Service Provider,” accompanied by a white paper that’s available on their website. On the panel were myself and: Tereza Borges, head of NSN’s next gen applications Keith Dyer, Editor of Mobile Europe John Logsdon, MD of NetDev Marlon Bowser, MD of HTK Kris […]

Why the US lags behind Europe on Mobile Broadband – its a Bundled Netbook and a 600-2000% higher price!

North America is an exception in the mobile broadband (MBB) market amongst developed nations.  At the end of Q1 2009 there were 17.3 million data-only HSPA subscriptions in Europe, 14% of all broadband connections are now mobile and mobile is growing at 5 times the rate of fixed broadband.  Depending on how you calculate it, […]

TelstraOne Experience: ODP Re-Emergence?

Earlier this week I discovered Telstra have launched an integrated storefront experience called the TelstraOne Experience: across the phone’s features, web, content, games, customer relationship management, and all the other services they provide.  Critically, its front-and-center of the customer’s phone experience and aimed at one-click access.  See picture and video below on its operation.  Its […]