
Andrew Bud, chairman of mobile transaction firm mBlox, talks to telecoms.com about the delivery of tickets to the mobile phone and considers a future where consumers can pay for their ticket online or even have it charged to their phone bill.

During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, we caught up with Mark Doherty, Adobe’s mobile evangelist for the Flash platform, who gave us a demonstration of Flash Player and Adobe Air running on Android.
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The economic downturn has hit handset replacement volumes hard, reducing sales to single digit growth for the first time since 2001. At the same time, competition has intensified throughout the handset value chain as players at every stage strive to increase value for their customers and the end user.

The telecoms industry is beginning to see signs of economic recovery and can look forward to sustained, slow revenue growth in 2010, according to analyst research released by Informa Telecoms & Media.
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Remote and rural markets represent a vast, untapped opportunity for mobile operators. New innovations in VSAT technology, combined with improvements in cellular infrastructure are enabling operators to pursue the next 2 billion customers. This video highlights how an iDirect IP-based VSAT solution is enabling mobile operators to cost-effectively expand their network capabilities, extend their reach and gain new customers.