Mark Windle, head of marketing at OpenCloud, predicts that this year’s reduction in the number of traditional telecoms operators in some countries will provide an opportunity for other operators to innovate and capture market share in 2016.

He says next year will be a year of rapid change for telecoms… whether it’s MVNO disruption, competitive tariff pricing or simply defence from the ‘dark art’ of hacking.

Mark Bridge writes:

The most memorable moments in life often go unrecorded. You don't have your camera in your hands. Your finger is still hovering over the 'pause' button on your audio recorder. Or you were simply too busy experiencing whatever was happening. It's all about the one that got away.

That's where Kapture can help.

Mark Bridge writes:

James Rosewell shows me a colourful roll of paper that's the width of an iPhone but well over three metres long. When I look closer, I can see it's a printed copy of the Wall Street Journal's mobile website. That's a lot of scrolling to do... and a pretty unfriendly user experience for anyone reading the news online. Why does it work so badly?

As well as reporting on the latest mobile industry headlines - from mobile money to free WiFi - this week's edition of The Fonecast includes a conversation with Jonas Vig, CEO of mobile video service Bambuser.

Listen to an extended podcast of our conversation with Heather Taylor, Social Media and PR Manager at UK virtual mobile network giffgaff.

In this week's podcast we're taking our regular look at the latest mobile industry news, from changes at Google to criticism of Three UK. There's also an interview with Heather Taylor from giffgaff, who explains more about the network's business philosophy.

In this week's podcast we talk to Robin Kent from Adax Europe about the challenges facing networks as more and more mobile data is being used by customers. And there's our regular look at all the top stories, including last week's CES trade show.