"Cell Phones" Articles & Interviews

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1. Mobile Advertising: The New Face of Advertising

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Advertising and Marketing | Author: AnalystPerspectives | Date Published: 11/01/2007

   We are pleased to be partnering with Analyst Perspectives and offering an excerpt of its high-value content. Click here to download the full report.    Advertising over the mobile phone presents a significant opportunity for all stakeholders in the mobile value chain. To the operators, mobile...

2. Vodafone Spain Launches ‘HomeZone’ service for SMEs

   [ Guest Opinion ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CurrentAnalysis | Date Published: 06/08/2006

   On May 24th Vodafone Spain launched ‘Office Vodafone,’ targeting SMEs and SOHOs. Office Vodafone is an all-mobile ‘fixed-mobile substitution’ service, which allows the end-user a fixed-line number prefix with his/her mobile handset. Recommended Competitive Responses All competitors should...

3. Long-Distance Relationships

   [ Interview ] Topic: Cell Phones | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 03/28/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Song Huang, vice president of marketing and co-founder of SoonR . Weinschenk : How does SoonR differ from companies such as GoToMyPC or pcAnywhere? Huang : At a very, very high level the companies are about getting to your PC remotely. But SoonR is extremely...

4. Local Number Stability

   [ Interview ] Topic: Cell Phones | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/04/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Glen LeBlanc, research director for mobile services, The NPD Group . NPD regularly tracks mobile usage patterns. The most recent report is based on February statistics. Weinschenk : What did the study look at? LeBlanc : It's a consumer survey. We asked them how...

5. Watch the Road, Jack

   [ Interview ] Topic: Cell Phones | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/11/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Peter Mahoney, vice president, worldwide marketing, Nuance Communications . Nuance recently released customer research that showed increasing demand for hands- and eye-free mobile device user interfaces. Weinschenk : What was your survey about, and what did it...

6. Traveling in Style

   [ Interview ] Topic: Broadband Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/28/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Neil Edwards, CEO of dotMobi . Last month, the first top-line domain aimed exclusively at mobile devices launched. Weinschenk : What impact do you think .mobi will have on mobile workforces? Edwards : Mobile workforces will find accessing information easy when...

7. Dual Loyalties

   [ Interview ] Topic: Cell Phones | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 05/12/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Jeanine Sterling, Senior Program Director at InfoTech—The Telecom Intelligence Group . Weinschenk : What did your recent dual-mode phone study explore? Sterling : What we wanted to do was understand enterprise expectations around the dual-mode phone solutions. By...

8. GPS: Positioned for Growth

   [ Interview ] Topic: GPS | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 05/15/2009

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with In-Stat Chief Technology Strategist Jim McGregor. Weinschenk : What did you look at in your recent report on GPS? McGregor : The key part of the report is to look at the opportunities for, and challenges to, the existence of GPS in mobile devices from consumer...

9. Smoothing a Tight Squeeze

   [ Interview ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/19/2006

   Carl Weinschenk spoke with Rob Mesirow, vice president of operations, CTIA . The CTIA and the Wi-Fi Alliance recently agreed to jointly certify converged Wi-Fi/cellular handsets. Weinschenk : What are the CTIA and Wi-Fi Alliance doing to facilitate combined 3G and VoIP handsets? Mesirow : I...

10. Packing Them in

    [ Interview ] Topic: Processors | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 05/04/2006

    Carl Weinschenk spoke with Linley Gwennap, principal analyst, The Linley Group . Last month, the firm released a report, "A Guide to Wireless Handset Processors." Weinschenk : What did the report focus on, and what did you find? Gwennap : What we see in the cell phone platform is a lot of...

11. WiMax Rollout Tending Toward Mobility, Emerging Nations

    [ Interview ] Topic: WiMax | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 06/22/2007

    Carl Weinschenk spoke with Monica Paolini, founder and president, Senza Fili Consulting . The firm recently released a report that predicts that there will be 54 million WiMax users worldwide by 2012. Weinschenk : Is the probable rollout path of WiMax changing? Paolini : My view is that it...

12. Adding Mobility to Management

    [ Interview ] Topic: Location-Based Services | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 10/18/2007

    Ann All spoke with Mike Berger, director of marketing for Xora , a provider of location-based mobile resource management solutions. Xora mobile resource management applications enable businesses to track and manage field staff via GPS-enabled mobile phones. Xora was recognized for excellence in...