Social networking remains at the core of operators’ attempts to stimulate mobile broadband usage, with Orange UK on Wednesday announcing a social networking aggregation tool.
A recent study on what social networking platform Twitter is really used for has discovered that it’s not the marketer’s dream many think it to be. In truth, the research suggests, it’s really just used to spout senseless babble.
Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung gave the industry a taste of things to come on Friday, unveiling a portfolio of digital cameras that incorporate social networking tools and wireless connectivity.
Competition is getting heated in the real time search space as monster social network Facebook snapped up FriendFeed for an undisclosed sum.
Forget music and video downloads, social networking is driving the growth explosion in mobile data usage, analysts said today.
The online world is buzzing with social networking platforms, while the mobile operators look on in envy.
Issue 143 September 2007
Featuring:
Billing: New services and offerings are creating a real need for convergent billing
Interviews: 3UK CEO Kevin Russell and Qualcomm’s head of European operations, Andrew Gilbert, talk to MCI
Lean and MeanWith summer supposedly fast approaching, many look to trim some fat and get in shape for the sunny months. The Informer has never been a huge fan of gyms; in fact his favourite machine in the gym is the one that sells chocolate. Telefonica’s UK arm O2, is one business that is looking to get lean for the holidays, though, and this week it announced that it is to trim 3,500 UK employees.
Cross-border opportunities are there, but Telenor has work to do in BulgariaPan-European operater group Telenor is making another move into Eastern Europe, this time buying Bulgaria’s Globul. The move makes sense for several reasons, but success won’t come easy in a country with high mobile penetration and a sluggish economy.
Telecoms.com speaks with Ali Agan, who has risen through the ranks of TeliaSonera Group to become CEO of KCell in Kazakhstan. With a young population Agan is keen to deploy LTE and exploit nascent demand for data services.
Jonathan Bell, VP of Marketing at OpenCloud, discusses how policy and pricing are just two dimensions along which telecoms operators can differentiate their propositions. By adding a third dimension, the service behaviour itself, operators can define and bring true innovation to the market that surpasses the traditional approaches of the past, he says.
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Calls for consolidation in the European mobile market grow louder by the week and four-operator markets look increasingly challenged. Now, those mobile operators that have already built scale seem to be suggesting that there is no option but to expand yet further through diversification.