Highlights from Day 1 of the MWC in Barcelona

Posted by Mark Newman Monday, February 15th, 2010

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An agreement between 15 of the world’s largest mobile operators to combat the dominance of Apple in mobile applications dominated proceedings on Day 1 of the Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona.

Other highlights in Barcelona today included Microsoft’s latest attempt to build an attractive, user-friendly operating system for mobile phones and Ericsson’s entree into the already-crowded mobile applications space.

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Cellcos are finally getting payback from 3G as non-SMS data revenues soar

Posted by Mark Newman Friday, February 13th, 2009

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It’s hard to imagine an industry that generates US$200 billion in global revenues – a figure that’s growing 35% a year – as anything other than an outstanding success story. But for some time there has been a widely held view that the mobile content sector is failing to live up to expectations, 3G has disappointed and mobile operators have thrown away an opportunity to develop a revenue stream that could ultimately surpass the voice business.

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Cost reduction, effective technology deployment, (mobile) Internet devices and web services will be the key themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress

Posted by Mark Newman Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

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Exhibitors at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona face a tough challenge. How can they both showcase new mobile Internet devices, mobile applications and next generation mobile broadband network technology while at the same time satisfy operators’ overriding single objective in 2009 – cutting costs as the mobile industry faces up to the global economic downturn?

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