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The Twelve Stages of Handset Commercialisation
ARCchart‘s latest report is titled ‘The New Age of Handset Customisation: 2006-2011‘. The report analyses the new players, business...
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SlashData Team
Sep 9, 20063 min read
The retail environment as a point of service discovery
Poor discovery and accessibility are two major obstables hindering the growth of data services. In simple English, the user often does...
SlashData Team
Jul 19, 20063 min read
A Peek into Radio Spectrum Economics
We all know that the radio spectrum is the electromagnetic spectrum which mobile operators use to offer wireless services. It’s...
SlashData Team
Jul 18, 20064 min read
The Industrial Design Platform
I ‘ve spent most of my time in the last three months researching and authoring a report on the future of handset customisation. I believe...
SlashData Team
Jul 12, 20064 min read
On-Device Portals: Here to Stay
I ‘ve written before about on-device portals (ODPs) – it’s essentially device software that delivers offline browsing, storefront and...
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Jul 12, 20062 min read
Super 3G: Competition for Mobile WiMax
3.5G or HSDPA was developed as an evolution of initial UMTS network to enhance the data throughput and provide a better data usage...
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Jun 13, 20062 min read
Not-so-simple facts about Vodafone Simply
Vodafone’s Simply handset range has been a pioneering approach at unique handset customisation from a mobile operator. Not only does...
SlashData Team
May 18, 20062 min read
Googling for the future of mobile search
I was listening to an audio interview with John Markus Lervik, the CEO of FAST, the mobile search company, by Peggy Anne Salz, the author...
SlashData Team
Apr 21, 20064 min read
The Brand Vector
Have you noticed how many brands engulf our everyday lives ? There is a brand for every walk of life, every aspiration, every type of...
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Apr 6, 20066 min read
Nokia must U-turn on its Symbian strategy
A year ago I wrote an article reasoning that Symbian’s outlook is no longer promising. In the article I argued that Symbian’s strategic...
SlashData Team
Mar 20, 20063 min read
On-Device Portals: A Space to Watch
How far can the WAP technology heritage go in surpassing its criticisms, i.e. the click-n-wait performance, the long click-distance and...
SlashData Team
Feb 13, 20061 min read
3GSM: The busiest week of the year
This week I ‘ll be at 3GSM, like (almost) everyone else in the industry. Over 50,000 attendees, nearly 1000 exhibitors at Fira de...
SlashData Team
Feb 12, 20062 min read
On DoCoMo, Microsoft and Platform Strategy
The recent announcement from DoCoMo intending to sell Windows Mobile handsets from HTC in 2H06 came as a surprise to many industry...
SlashData Team
Jan 5, 20063 min read
The Rise of Customised Design Manufacturers
The mobile device market is being filled with more and more styles, shapes and designs of handsets, with both mobile phone supply and...
SlashData Team
Jun 16, 20053 min read
Not betting on the OMTP
The Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) is an operator-led forum that aims to define a set of functional requirements for mid-end,...
SlashData Team
Jan 20, 20056 min read
Symbian: only one way to go
Symbian’s future is not too bright. The software licensing company, founded in 1998 by the leading mobile device manufacturers, to...
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