8

May

2013

From airports to airtime... and from mobile ads to mobile apps

Podcast - 8th May 2013

Author: The Fonecast

We start today's programme with the promise of a faster roll-out for the UK's mobile broadband services.

Next on the agenda is tablet sales... followed by mobile security, mobile boarding passes, quarterly results, acquisitions, advertising and management succession.

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1

May

2013

Smartphone shipments, multiple messages and a Best Buy buy-out

Podcast - 1st May 2013

Author: The Fonecast

This week's news report begins with quarterly figures from Samsung and Apple - and a discussion about what the future may hold for iOS.

We also talk about instant messaging versus SMS, the end of Best Buy's European joint venture with Carphone Warehouse, patent wars, white spaces and connected cars.

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30

Apr

2013

Carphone Warehouse plans Best Buy buy-out

Author: The Fonecast

Carphone Warehouse is planning to take over the European business that bears its name, which is actually a 50/50 joint venture set up with US-based retailer Best Buy in June 2008. It’s agreed to pay £471 million for the 50% of CPW Europe it doesn’t already own.

This 50% share in Carphone Warehouse was originally sold for around £1.1 billion as part of Best Buy’s European expansion.

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30

Apr

2013

Hanging on the Telephone

Podcast - 30th April 2013

Author: The Fonecast

It feels like many people are hanging on to mobile advertising as the future of mobile marketing.

Yet there's much more to mobile marketing than the banner ad. In this podcast a panel of experts considers the latest trends and innovation that could change the future of marketing.

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29

Apr

2013

Mobile has made footfall an irrelevant measure, says Tradedoubler research

Author: The Fonecast

New research from marketing business Tradedoubler suggests that footfall is no longer a useful measure of retail success.

It’s found that consumers are often seeing products in-store and then using their mobile phones to check for cheaper pricing elsewhere.

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