According to Admob Apple’s iPhone accounted for 10% of all WiFi use in the US, this compared to 10-20% for all other WiFi enabled handsets. WiFi use is expected to grow as more phones have both cellular and WiFi radio and more people use WiFi for data access. It’s also cheaper for the MNOs for users

Yep, Bharti Airtel CEO Manoj Kohli has harsh words for Indian MNOs - his view is that there will be acquisitions led by overseas networks (the big Tier 1 Operating groups I would expect), along with other Operator just plain going outta business! India is a tricky market, and yet an exciting one - as a

A study from Juniper Research suggests that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) will need to change their mobile content business models by emphasizing 'shared value creation' in order to avoid becoming 'dumb pipes' in the future. Only if they can transform their businesses into 'smart pipe' service providers, can they significantly increase their income from mobile content - estimated at $23bn in 200...

Today we bring you a stimulating interpretation of the future of the mobile industry — from Josh Russell: Mobile Operators will be competing for Google’s business, not ours. Josh explains… What do you reckon?

Russia's two largest MNOs took giant steps in October to reposition themselves in Russia and the CIS region. For MTS, a strategic partnership with Vodafone followed a two-phase attempt to place 20 billion roubles in bonds. VimpelCom has also sought to raise funds and has scooped a 49.9 per cent stake in Russia's largest mobile handset retailer. However, despite these concerted attempts t...

Got an email from MoMac. They are launching a Flash Lite contest, here more infos: “MoMac is a market leading company in developing mobile Internet sites for media companies (online media, publishers, broadcasters etc) and mobile operators (MNOs & MVNOs). Our award winning publishing platform GoMedia (Red Herring Winner 2008) is developed for delivering the best

One year after it launched, the CEO of Blyk, the UK ad-funded MVNO, has announced that the company had signed up 200,000 users by early September 2008--double its initial target for its first 12 months of operation. However, by proving mobile advertising can attract users, Blyk is goading the much larger MNOs to move towards mobile advertising. Article

Pete’s updated MobileMeg. It’s looking good. I am a particular fan of his rather comprehensive table that breaks down the data rates at all UK MNOs. Useful! Here’s the note from Pete: Hi all, Just a quick update, to let you know about the new release of MobileMeg. As you’ll probably remember, the aim is to publish

Despite what one of the comments on a recent post of mine might suggest, I certainly don't view all MNOs in a negative light. I've been particularly impressed by Vodafone's deepening understanding of Internet services over the past two years - it appears to "get" the Web in a way that many of its peers do not. The latest thing to catch my eye from Big Red is a FaceBook plug-in appli...

Next month three Singaporean MNOs, M1, SingTel and StarHub in colaboration with the national broadcaster MediaCorp, plan to conduct a consumber Mobile TV trial using DVB-H. For a limited time 300 customers (across the MNOs) will be able to see six dedicated channels. The handset selected for the trial is the Samsung P960....