News analysis
Nokia buys Trolltech
Not all about Linux, Nokia says
Nokia has shaken things up in the handset OS firmament by announcing that it is going to buy Linux platform developer Trolltech. Nokia will offer €104 million and Trolltech’s directors have recommended that its shareholders accept Nokia's Offer.
Nokia says it plans to add Trolltech’s Open Source software to its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and to develop its Internet services business.
Celltick launches D2C advertising model
Celltick, the company which uses cell broadcast and point to point connectivity to push content via an idle screen client on the mobile desktop, is expanding its product portfolio to include a Direct to Consumer (D2C) offering based on point to point distribution.
Is the mobile marketing glass 15% full or 85% empty?
Only 15% of users have mobile marketing exposure so far
The development of transparent and valid mobile marketing measurements in 2008 is one of the priorities of the mobile marketing industry this year, according to the EMEA Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association. The MMA man was speaking as his organisation released consumer usage survey results that didn't exactly serve as an unqualified endorsement of mobile marketing activity so far.
Pick your winners in the year of the femto cell
2008 will see a fall out in the femto cell equipment vendor market, as operators begin to hone their strategies, make purchasing decisions, and consign some femto cell hopefuls to the loser pen, according to Paul Callahan, vp
VAS provider wants Euro breakthrough
Targets adverts as entry point
Indian VAS provider IMImobile is set to make a move on the European market in 2008, pushing its vision of managed and monitored value added services, content management and mobile applications.
Orange builds for future
Orange ceo brings back room team with him
It’s a given in football that when a new manager is appointed, he brings his “back room” team with him. An assortment of coaches, fixers and physios, these men are usually trusted officers who act as both the manager’s eyes and ears, but also as enforcers, in the club at large.
When England’s Football Association went to Italy to throw sterling at Fabio Capello until he agreed
Another slow year in the mobile trough?
Analysts say Alcatel Lucent has €500 million losses in WCDMA business
Several mobile companies face a tough first quarter to 2008, according to market analysts Credit Suisse, and the fundamentals of the mobile infrastructure market remain weak, with no significant revenue upturn till 2009 at the earliest.
Yahoo! opens up Java platform
Bring us widgets
Yahoo! will open up its application development platform to third party developers and content providers in a bid to boost the “internet experience” of mobile users.
The web giant, which is competing with Google and others for mobile internet eyeballs, has said that it wants to “lead a mobile exosystem serving billions”. To do its Yahoo! Mobile Developer Platform will target four strategic areas. First, Yahoo! says