Mobile content generally took a backseat to mobile Internet at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The term mobile entertainment seems to have fallen out of fashion (even though operators continue to push these services under their mobile Internet umbrella) while progress on mobile TV seems to have stalled as a result of uncertainty over technologies […]

While much of the talk in the corridors and along the aisles in the exhibition halls at Mobile World Congress was about the perilous state of the mobile network infrastructure sector, the focus of the vendors themselves was HSPA+ and 3G LTE.
Operators are intent on squeezing everything they can from HSPA and Australia’s Telstra, a […]

Apple may not have had a physical presence at the Mobile World Congress but its influence was everywhere – in the touch screen displays of new mobile devices, in the widget strategies of operators and device manufacturers, the use of accelerometers and in a range of different mobile music offerings.
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia X1 was the […]

Mobile Internet
Mobile Internet has now re-emerged as the ‘umbrella’ term for mobile operators’ strategy towards delivering non-voice, non-messaging services to the consumer market. Almost without exception mobile operators are claiming to embrace the open Internet but at the same time, they continue to strive to develop their own services in specific market segments.
The preferred model […]

Sometimes you can glean more from the companies and themes that fail to make an appearance at the Mobile World Congress than those that do have a strong presence.
Notable absentees from the event this year were Apple – although this was not particularly surprising given Apple’s track record of attendance at trade shows generally. More […]

Flush from the success of mobile broadband (HSPA) USB modem sales, mobile operators and device manufacturers will be demonstrating new handsets and faster speeds at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Most HS(D)PA traffic is being generated by laptops, but mobile device vendors will be showcasing new form factors and user interfaces that bring the […]

We’ve been following with great interest the debate on data roaming charges in Europe. The latest person to dive into the debate is Ed Richards who heads up UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. He notes that it can cost four times more to send an SMS in a European country other than your home market. Data […]