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.
NTT DoCoMo, Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Sons Limited, the prime promoter for Tata companies including TTSL, have announced their agreement on a strategic alliance in India, under which DoCoMo will acquire 26% of TTSL for US$2.7 billion
Reiko Uchida, 13 November 2008
Telenor is paying over $1bn dollars to buy a majority stake in Indian mobile operator Unitech Wireless in spite of reservations from some of its shareholders. This puts Nordic region's largest telecom operator in competition with Vodafone in the growing Indian marketplace.
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Reiko Uchida, 01 November 2008
Sony Ericsson, which is struggling with sluggish sales of its handsets, is launching a mobile music service shortly, to boost revenues and compete against Nokia. Sony Ericssons Play Now Plus service will only be available through mobile operators and will give subscribers access to millions of...
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Michelle Wong, 24 September 2008
T-Mobile has announced the launch of the first smartphone to be powered by the Google Android operating system but the phone will not be available to customers until early November 2008. Android is promoted as open source with plenty of room for customization, but the new T-Mobile G1 phone is...
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Reiko Uchida, 24 September 2008
BankInvest, the Danish investment group has joined Amadeus Capital and 3i to invest a total of $18m (£10m) in Nujira, the Cambridge,UK based technology company which makes high-efficiency power amplifier technology for radio transmitters. The company was awarded a Red Herring 100 Europe award...
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Michelle Wong, 15 September 2008