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VCs Are the Most Successful Innovators. During my break, I read an interesting article in Business Week about Innovation - it's the next big corporate challenge and the new gold mine for consultancies, it seems. One of the issues facing us all is that innovation is... [MobHappy] 9:06:07 AM  comment
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If Cisco buys Nokia, will it be sorry? Only if Cisco is dumb enough to do it.... Rumours of Cisco "eyeing" Nokia with a view to a takeover have been published in a Sunday Business report, and widely discussed. It is, almost certainly, not true, say sources - including some inside both companies. [Newswireless.net headlines] 8:41:37 AM comment
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How will you choose? WiMAX? IP Wireless? Flash-OFDM? A conference may provide the answers.... A three day conference in Amsterdam at the Hilton, October 12-13, plus a two day pre-conference training schedule and a one-day post-conference workshop, organised by Informa. Evolving Radio Access Networks is the title. [Newswireless.net headlines] 8:41:29 AM comment
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Will Europe fall in love with Qualcomm, now it owns Flarion 4G technology? Qualcomm owns most of the patents involved in cellular telephony. It may be exaggerating to say that the ITU picked TDMA technology instead of CDMA technology for GSM simply because nobody liked Qualcomm... but the fact is, nobody did like Qualcomm, and still, today, particularly in Europe: "nobody likes Qualcomm." 8:34:51 AM comment
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Wow, Somebody Might Be Listening. Regular readers of Russell and I's work will recognize that we've got several over-arcing themes that pop up again and again in our analysis of the mobile industry -- harping on themes like usability, customer service and intelligent strategy and... [MobHappy] 8:09:22 AM comment
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3 Investing in Viral Videos. UK operator, 3, have some great ideas and some rather weird ones. Which I guess is OK, as it's better to try lots of stuff than do nothing at all - and the mobile market's just unpredictable enough that some... [MobHappy] 8:09:06 AM comment
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I Want the PENCK. Why Won't Somebody Sell Me One?. I get really tired of people complaining about all the cool phones you can get in Japan and all the cool stuff they can do and why can't I get one here blah blah blah. But I'm about to... [MobHappy] 7:51:19 AM comment
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Murdoch, WiMAX and The Two Way Web Rupert Murdoch realized long ago that owning content, in and of itself, yielded limited power. His frustrations when negotiating against cable czar John Malone taught him that owning distribution, in addition to content, was essential for market leverage. This is the reason why he pursued DirecTV for ten long years, finally acquiring control of the satellite TV operator in 2003. With DirecTV in hand, Murdoch gained substantial leverage, which he uses every time he needs to negotiate carriage deals for media properties with competitive media outlets like Time Warner and Comcast. Furthermore, owning distribution makes it a lot easier for him to launch new cable/satellite networks (one of reasons why I believe he will use his acquisition of MySpace to compete against MTV head on... [Om Malik] 7:39:21 AM comment
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Speech-Slowing Phone.
The mobile phone that slows down speech [T3] [Gizmodo]7:17:16 AM comment
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NTT DoCoMo out of Japan are releasing a new phone later this month that is a small step in getting those chatty people of the world to shut up. The phone has the ability to slow down rapid speech of the callers. With the simple tap of a button mid-call the speech on the other end is slowed to almost two times its normal rate. Now while this won’t necessarily shut up the chatty Cathy’s, they will definitely stop talking to you after they found out your imported a phone from Japan just to handle conversing with them. This phone also has a nifty pedometer and an 80dB alarm. |
Qualcomm-Flarion deal may rock wireless world. Mobile wireless broadband technology seen as a rival to forthcoming WiMax technology backed by heavyweights like Intel Corp. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 7:16:57 AM comment
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Toyota distributor turns to WhereNet for vehicle tracking. A distributor for 145 Toyota dealers is using an active RFID tracking system from WhereNet Corp. to locate and process more than 190,000 vehicles annually. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 7:16:44 AM comment
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iTunes to yield 5% of Apple's revenues in 2006. Analyst does his sums [The Register] 7:16:25 AM comment
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DoCoMo 3G Adds 1.2 Million in July. WWJ Editors, 5 August 2005 The latest subscriber numbers are in and DoCoMo added an impressive 1,196,400 new 3G accounts in the month of July compared to rival KDDI/au, which only gained 312,000 new customers for their CDMA 1X service in the same period. Overall, however, KDDI managed to sign up a total of 230,500 new customers (2G + 3G) to beat DoCoMo's 229,800 net additions. Meanwhile, Vodafone gained 18,000 more customers than it lost in July, with the stats showing they added 130,100 new 3G customers. WWJ subscribers login for the full results. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:16:13 AM comment
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Fancy Tech on Runway. Wired, 6 August 2005 In the future, we'll text-message hugs to each other's shirts, our coat buttons will house cameras, and our underwear biosensors will phone home when we're in trouble. This week's runway show brought together 35 exhibitors from 10 countries to display wearable computers, computer-generated jewelry and clothing designs festooned with electronics; the exhibitor list combined familiar fashion brands like Oakley and Fossil with tech names like Sony, Charmed Technology and the MIT Media Laboratory. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:16:03 AM comment
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Wallet Phone Usage Stats. WWJ Editors, 8 August 2005 DoCoMo's Mobility Newsletter for August is out and has some interesting numbers from their in-house FeliCa survey conducted this spring. In April, DoCoMo entered a strategic business and capital alliance for credit card business with the Sumitomo Mitsui Group, confirming the introduction of mobile wallet services as a key step for the evolution of m-commerce (and DoCoMo's mobile Internet strategy). WWJ Subscribers log in to see e-wallet stats such as frequency and location of usage and future predictions. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:15:50 AM comment
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Next Frontier: TV for Mobile Phones. WWJ Editors, 10 August 2005 The IHT posted a story on Monday on issues related to television for mobile phones. The story says, in part, "Before true mobile broadcast services can take off, a number of questions have to be answered: Which of at least five delivery methods, ranging from cellular technology to mobile broadcasting via separate wireless frequencies, works best? How will the relationship between television content providers, channel owners and mobile phone operators evolve? What kind of programming, if any, do mobile viewers want, and how much will they be willing to pay for it?" All good questions, we think, but the story fails to report the first real brick wall that that mobile TV services/technologies will hit. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:15:40 AM comment
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Mobile Phone Designed for Seniors. Nikkei Electronics, 12 August 2005 DoCoMo will release a new mobile handset able to slow down speakers' voice speed later this month. The key targeted users are the elderly. The speed converter technology used in the handset slows down speakers' voice speed up to 0.7x, so the listener can feel like that the speakers' dialogue goes slowly. By reducing the number of menu items as well as using relatively large icons, screen operation became easier than before. The unit also features an emergency 80 dB alarm system and a built-in pedometer. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:15:15 AM comment
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Japan Mobile Market Myths from Past and Present.  WWJ Editors, 14 August 2005 The recent guest article, Mobile Music Best Practices from Japan and Korea, we posted has resulted in some interesting comments on websites based overseas. It seems that the Today in Japan, marketing for customers to upgrade and listen to full songs on their new mobile devices is everywhere. In print, outdoor and on television commercials, we are seeing massive "i-pod meets mobile phone" promotions. Hence the stereo headphones and J-Pop artists making regular apperances to help push the product. Sure people can use full songs as ring-tones as well, thats a bonus, but that is not how it's be marketed and 'more importantly' being used. You don't have to take our word for it.. visit KDDI's Ad Index website and surf around to watch their current selection of TVCM's. Meanwhile, WWJ subscribers login for more cool links and a quick overview of another interesting mobile music service model coming out of Korea. [Wireless Watch Japan] 7:14:36 AM comment
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| 05.08.14 | Weekly i-mode Business Newsletter. i-mode Business Strategy. Weekly Newsletter: 1. RFID/NFC set to transform electronic payments; 2. i-mode interactive TV guide proving popular 3G application; 3. Access i-mode solution for Qualcomm and BREW; 4. Going around - Telstra, O2 and Qualcomm and 3G; 5. FOMA 3G signs up 15 millionth customer. [i-mode Business Strategy] 7:13:45 AM comment
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Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Explains Decision To Buy, Not Build, In China. : Jerry Yang, the Yahoo co-founder who will have a seat on Alibaba's board, talked to BusinessWeek's Ron Elgin about the company's China strategy. Yang described Yahoo's earlier purchase of 3721 as the basis of a China search buisness but... [PaidContent.org] 7:12:53 AM comment
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iTunes On Google?. : So goes the market chatter on a slow week in August. Google might offer Apple's iTunes music store through its own site. Nothing more yet... This follows June rumors that Google might launch an iTunes competitor.... [PaidContent.org] 7:12:43 AM comment
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CNN's Piping Hot Video Service. : CNN.com's premium video service Pipeline was introduced in beta to CNN employees this week, and will be launched in fall. Some more details on it in this short interview: "We tried to take the best practices of the TV,... [PaidContent.org] 7:12:15 AM comment
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Microsoft-BSNL Tie-up To Start Subscription Computing In India. Business Standard: Microsoft Corporation India and Bharat Sanchar Nigam may join hands to offer a personal computer, software and broadband connection for Rs 499 ($12) a month in league with a hardware company, possibly HCL Infosystems. The offer is also likely to bring a new technology called âo[ogonek]subscription computingâo? into India. It ensures that subscribers are not able to use the service if they do not pay. âo[ogonek]We have spoken to the government as well as industry about an EMI- and subscription-based model, bundling all the three things. We have spoken to the ministry (of information technology and telecommunications) about how we can partner BSNL,âo? Ravi Venkatesan, chairman, Microsoft India, told Business Standard, on Thursday. BSNL, he pointed out, offered obvious advantages, because of its huge reach as well as the large number of government employees using its services. [ContentSutra] 7:11:56 AM comment
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Credit Card Cos Watch Out, Airtel To Start Mobile Payments. BS: Mobile service provider, Airtel, is working on launching a new value-added service that will enable payments via a mobile phone. The company is already in discussions with a few banks and technology partners to support this system. Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference, Atul Bindal, group chief marketing officer and director (mobility), Bharti Cellular Limited, said, "We are currently conducting in-house pilots and will be launching out-house pilot programmes soon. In the coming year we are likely to introduce this service." With this service, an Airtel customer will be able to pay via his/her mobile phone instead of a credit card or by cash. âo[ogonek]Today there are more number of mobile phone users than those of credit cards in India. So this service will help our customers pay at the point-of-sale with the help of a mobile phone as well,âo? he added. According to Manoj Kohli, president (mobility), Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited, âo[ogonek]We are already in discussions with banks and technology partners but it is too early to reveal the names.âo? [ContentSutra] 7:11:44 AM comment
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India Added 2.5 Million Mobile Subs Last Month To Total 60 Million. CIOL: The monthly additions to the subscriber base for telephony services are getting closer to three million per month. According to Telecom and Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the subscriber base for telephony services accelerated its growth during July 2005 and around 2.72 million subscribers were added during the month. For mobile segment, 2.45 million subscribers have been added during July 2005 as compared to 1.98 million in June 2005. During the first four months of current financial year, approximately 7.61 million mobile subscribers have been added, making it a total of 59.83 million mobile subscribers at the end of July 2005. [ContentSutra] 7:11:28 AM comment
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Content Management Market Hotting Up In India: IDC. Exchange4media.com: The content management software market in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) is expected to grow at a five-year compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.6 per cent to cross the $200-million-mark by 2010, with India poised to post the highest growth rate within the region at 27.7 per cent, a latest study by IDC has said. The content management software market in Asia-Pacific is currently pegged at $102 million. "Much of the dust of the recent years' acquisitions has settled in 2004, although there were still a number of smaller acquisitions aimed generally at rounding out one's product range. Despite the hype about Enterprise Content Management (ECM) in the past year, we see that demand for departmental level implementations has not decreased," Ms Sharon Tan, Market Analyst, IDC Asia/Pacific said. The initiatives such as e-government projects and digital archiving systems for government documents, and compliance-related spending would continue to be some of the key market drivers in the region for content management. There would also be increasing information needs and complexity on how to store, manage, and access information efficiently. The report further said that there would be greater pressure on companies to invest in or upgrade their content management software to cope with this, particularly in more advanced Asia-Pacific economies such as Australia and Korea. [ContentSutra] 7:11:17 AM comment
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Global Wi-Max Research Centre Planned In Chennai. The Economic Times: A global research centre on Wi-Max or wireless Internet technology will be set up in Chennai next month through a joint venture between C-DoT of the Department of Telecom and French telecom major Alcatel, Communications and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran announced on Saturday. The Wi-Max technology will facilitate wireless Internet connections over a large area and is especially suited for providing connectivity to rural areas, Maran said, launching a telemedicine programme of a private hospital here. "This will be a joint venture between Alcatel and C-DoT," he said, adding that Wi-Max would also help in providing the emergency tele-medical care to the rural masses. [ContentSutra] 7:11:05 AM comment
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By 2007, 70% Of All Long Distance Calls From India Could Be On Net: iLocus Study. The Economic Times: Despite tight regulations, bandwidth problems and the quality of service issues, it is estimated that more than 50 per cent of all international long distance calls from India are made over the Internet, and this is set to go further up in the coming years, say experts. According to a survey by iLocus, by 2007, about 70 per cent of all long distance calls would be made through Internet Telephony or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). "Despite key policy issues that need urgent redressal, with proliferation of broadband, the quality of service would definitely improve, and this would go a long way in getting more people to use Internet Telephony" says Jasjit Sawhney, CEO, Net4India, one of the leading Internet Service Providers in the country. [ContentSutra] 7:09:07 AM comment
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The Arrival Of Satellite Radio In India. Business Standard: WorldSpace India, a subsidiary of WorldSpace Inc, has spent the last few months screaming âo[ogonek]launchâo? across five major cities in India. It is Indiaâo[dot accent]s very first satellite radio service, offering multiple listening options in more or less crystal clear digital sound 24x7...Deepak Verma, managing director, WorldSpace India explains, âo[ogonek]Initially when we launched our services in India, we had few stations and very limited communication with customers. Weâo[dot accent]ve now escalated our communication activity.âo? Earlier this year, a leaner, meaner WorldSpace was launched in Bangalore, followed by Chennai and Hyderabad, and now Delhi and Mumbai. [ContentSutra] 7:08:52 AM comment
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