Mobile Communications InternationalRSS

Smartphones, Dongles and the Data Boom

2020 vision: The Decade Ahead

Issue #163 February 2010

2009: Application stores and other trends

Mobile Communications International December 2009

Issue #162

Exclusive interviews with:

Lee Williams, executive director of the Symbian Foundation

Mike Fairman, CEO of crowd sourcing MVNO Giffgaff

Plus the following features: Application Stores, Africa, Android, Network Sharing

In a strong position

Mobile Communications International

Issue 161 October 2009

The increased availablility of GPS in handsets is driving the growth in location services

Dr Hamadoun I.Toure – The Secretary General of the ITU shares his views on the industry

Mobile marketing special – Three of the world’s top brands talk about their mobile strategies

Big Hitters

MCI 160 August 2009

40 leaders who are shaping the industry

Issue 160 August 2009

Top 40 to watch in mobile: MCI presents its list of 40 key industry executives to watch in the mobile sector. Restricting our list to just 40 wasn’t an easy task but we think it gives a good idea of who holds the reins in the mobile communications industry. And it’s not always the CEOs…

SURPRISE!

Mobile Communications International June 2009

Adverts hidden within applications could be about to leap out at you

Issue 159 June 2009

Featuring:

HSPA: All the speed you need with no forklift required.

Mobile Advertising: Mike Hibberd looks at in-application adevrtising.

Simon Buckingham: The content entrepreneur talks location.

Slicing up the market

Slicing up the market

Issue 158 April 2009

Featuring:

WiMAX – It’s crunch time for the flagship WiMAX carriers, in particular US firm Clearwire.

Chris Bannister: The CEO of Polish operator Play talks to MCI about breaking into a saturated market.

Boris Nemsic: As he moves to Russian carrier Vimpelcom, Boris Nemsic reflects on 13 years at Telekom Austria.

The taste of things to come

The taste of things to come

Issue 157 February 2009

How the mobile industry will be affected by the economic downturn

Featuring

Mobile payments: Transformational banking is creating opportunities for carriers in emerging markets.

Company profile: Can US carrier and mobile WiMAX standard bearer Sprint Nextel weather the blows?

Get ahead in branding

Get ahead in branding

Issue 156 December 2008

The top 100 most valuable mobile operator brands

Featuring:

Mobile branding: Brand is currency with which operators trade with end users. As networks and services become increasingly difficult to distinguish between, carriers look to brand strategies to gain attention and customers.

The top 100 brands: An exhaustive ranking of brand values in the global mobile operator sector.

Automated response

Automated Response

Machine to machine communications has moved beyond the hype

Issue 155 November 2008

Show me the way

Show me the way

Featuring:

Mobile VoIP: Will the carriers lose their voice?

Barry West: The Xhom chief talks to MCI about the WiMAX future.

Home delivery

Home delivery

Carriers are banking on femtocells to help win the indoor battle

Issue 153 September 2008

Featuring:

Mobile advertising: Operators are looking to define their role in a complex value chain.

David Wood: Symbian’s head of research talks to MCI about the move to open source.

The green issue

Thee green issue

How the mobile industry interacts with the environment

Issue 152 Summer 2008

Featuring:

The Climate Group: Just how green is the ICT sector?

Interview: Chris Burgess, head of CR at Vodafone, talks to MCI.

Take care of the pennies

Take care of the pennies

Ten ways for operators to cut costs

Issue 151 June 2008

Featuring:

Handsets: The arrival of the iPhone has been the catalyst for renewed terminal design everywhere.

India: The fastest growing mobile market in the world.

Piece by piece

Piece by Piece

Emerging markets operators are pressing ahead on new frontiers

Issue 150 May 2008

Featuring:

Enterprise Services: Operators are looking for new ways to differentiate themselves.

America Movil: From emerging market specialist to continental powerhouse.

It’s what’s outside that counts

It's what's outside that counts

It’s what’s outside that counts

Issue 149 April 2008

featuring:

Backhaul: The capacity crunch for mobile operators is in the backhaul element of the network. What’s being done?

Mika Vehviläinen: The COO of Nokia Siemens Networks talks to MCI about the workings of large scale mergers.