The market for mobile services is set to explode across the world. Voice, text and video messaging services in India and China, are growing very fast and will soon approach the levels of market penetration achieved in Europe and North America. Growth in the more mature markets is being driven by: mobile internet services, including content and search capabilities already available over the 'fixed' internet; and new location-aware services, such as in-vehicle navigation and contextual information, including directory services and advertising. These more advanced services are likely to be rolled out across other markets in much shorter timeframes. The rapid development in mobile services will affect pricing and business models for the major mobile infrastructure, device and service suppliers.
Nokia has invested $70 million for a minority stake in the mobile payment technology company Obopay. This is another salvo in the ongoing battle being fought to control the mobile payments segment between banks, mobile networks, handset makers and start-ups.
Arun Muthirulan, 19 April 2009
WiMax and LTE (Long Term Evolution) are shaping up as competitors to dominate the next generation of high speed data services for mobile customers. Although their origins are both in OFDM, these two emerging technologies are being promoted by rival camps aiming to establish the next industry...
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Reiko Uchida, 13 April 2009
Tanla Solutions, based in Hyderabad, India is establishing a 50:50 joint venture with ZED Worldwide Holdings SL, a Spanish digital content and services company after it received approval from India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). The JV is set up as a limited liability company, to...
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Michelle Wong, 07 April 2009
Falling revenue growth and pricing pressures mean that ad-supported business models cannot compensate for declining music revenues.
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Sarita Jones, 31 March 2009
The recent deal between Nokia and Skype to pre-install Skype VOIP software in Nokia Smartphones promises to fundamentally change the traditional mobile industry business model of call-based revenue generation.
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Arun Muthirulan, 23 March 2009