At the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, Sanjay Kapoor, CEO of Bharti Airtel, highlighted the challenges in delivering advanced services in India, a market where in two years’ time smartphone penetration will still be below ten percent. Read more...
Ahead of next week’s 17th annual Global Mobile Awards, Mobile World Live goes behind-the-scenes in the judging process and previews the big event. Read more...
At the 2011 GSMA Mobile Money Summit, Dickson Chu, Head of Global New Product Development & Alliances at Citi, claimed that the traditional strengths of banks in areas such as trust, security and regulatory compliance mean they must continue to play a key role in the emerging mobile money ecosystem. Read more...
Jon Fredrik Baksaas, president and CEO of Telenor, used his keynote presentation at the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress to claim that the evolution of mobile handsets has changed the way that operators have to do business. Read more...
In his keynote at the 2011 GSMA Mobile Money Summit, IFC’s Donny Prasetya shared his thoughts on where the real opportunity lies in using the mobile channel to offer financial services. Read more...
Interviewees in this new feature video from Mobile Health Live debate a subject which goes to the heart of the mobile health debate: Who pays for the service? Interviewees in this feature are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Continua Health Alliance, Discovery Health, Smart Communications, Acibadem Healthcare Group and NetHope. Read more...
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Mobile apps have become one of the biggest phenomena in the history of consumer technology. But what does the future hold for this massive market? In this feature video, expert analysts provide their predictions for the next year, highlighting the role of HTML5, augmented reality and monetisation strategies. Read more...
A new feature video from Mobile Money Live reveals how mobile operators can develop a thriving network of agents to sell their mobile money services. Interviewees in the video come from Roshan, Ericsson and Digicel Pacific. Read more...
A new feature video from Mobile Health Live reveals a list of the most important factors that any mobile operator should consider before launching an mhealth service. Read more...
Li Yue, President and CEO of China Mobile, the world’s largest operator, revealed more details on his company’s ‘Wireless City’ initiative during the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress. Read more...
With just days to go before the big event, Mobile World Live asks a selection of experienced analysts – sourced from the judging panel of this year’s GSMA Global Mobile Awards – what they think will be the hottest topics and themes in Barcelona. Read more...
While various markets in Asia present an opportunity for app developers, there are also a number of challenges. Mobile World Live explores the need for localised content, fragmentation issues and monetisation methods, before looking at the potential for HTML5. Read more...
Telstra CEO David Thodey told delegates at the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress that the firm was building “two very different” LTE networks at its operations in Australia and Hong Kong. Read more...
Mobile World Live explores the drivers behind the booming Asian app market, before taking an in-depth view of the role of operators in the region’s app ecosystem. Read more...
Ericsson’s incoming CTO Ulf Ewaldsson has told Mobile World Live that the company expects to see further consolidation in the mobile network equipment market and claims the Swedish vendor knows what it needs to do to stay on top of a highly competitive sector. Read more...
The GSMA’s new Director General highlighted the role of the operator as the key enabler of mobile services during her opening keynote at the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress. Read more...
This new feature video from Mobile Money Live reveals the central role of regulation in dictating how mobile money services develop. A range of interviewees say whether they think regulation is heading in the right direction. Read more...
Ryuji Yamada, chief executive officer and president of Japan’s largest operator, has told Mobile World Live of NTT DoCoMo’s strategy for migrating its 3G customers to faster LTE services. Read more...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the US regulator, is tackling the so-called “spectrum crunch” to promote the development of mobile broadband. Speaking at the recent GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski outlined the FCC’s initiatives to help mobile broadband develop in the US and beyond. Read more...