Thursday, September 15, 2011
We listen to the European Commission's eCall announcement by Neelie Kroes. It marks the start of the EC's planned introduction of in-car emergency call technology by 2015.
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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.
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?
In this special extended interview, 'Yes Telecom' founder Keith Curran talks about his new mobile ventures: the user-friendly MAVcast advertising system, SMS-powered shopping tool Contact Secure and number allocation service Name Your Number.
Keith Curran, mobile entrepreneur and founder of Yes Telecom, talks about his new businesses in this week's podcast. Plus, as usual, the team takes an off-beat look at mobile news headlines from the last seven days.
This week's industry headlines include the launch of the world's first commercial NFC mobile payment system. Iain, Mark and James take a closer look at mobile payments and also talk about other news from the last 7 days.
Iain Graham, Mark Bridge and James Rosewell take their usual look at the latest industry news headlines, from termination charges to mobile web sites – and Simon Millions, Marketing Director from mobile phone hire company Cellhire, explains how his company does business.
This week Iain Graham, Mark Bridge and James Rosewell take their usual look at the week's mobile industry headlines. Plus there's exclusive news of a new advertising-funded pan-European mobile network arriving in the UK. (Okay, we own up - the feature's an April Fool joke!)
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