The Fonecast was at Qualcomm's IQ2010 event in London yesterday, which took place in The Science Museum. Dr Paul Jacobs, Qualcomm's chairman and CEO, started the day with a keynote speech in which he described the wireless industry - with over 5 billion subscribers worldwide - as "humanity's biggest platform". He went on to describe Qualcomm's achievements from the past 25 years and talked about its current and future activities, including its willingness to 'kick start' markets by producing devices and buying spectrum.
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Revenue from the UK mobile advertising market is expected to grow 840% in the next five years, from £27.47 million this year to £258.27 million by 2015, according to new data from research agency mobileSQUARED.
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Vodafone Group plc has announced a new organisational structure that'll be in place from 1st October 2010. It's a simpler structure that's designed to help the company focus on its key commercial and financial priorities.
The group’s operating companies will be brought into two 'operating regions'.
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Nokia has announced a broadcast TV receiver for mobile phones. It's designed to work with the forthcoming Nokia N8 smartphone and any other Symbian^3 devices that support the USB-on-the-go feature. The accessory should be in the shops later this year with a price tag of around €40 (which isn't far off £40 by the time you've added VAT).
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The Google Instant 'search-as-you-type' service that was launched yesterday is coming to mobile phones in the autumn. That's what the company announced during its presentation in San Francisco.
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