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by tom on March 27, 2006
The BBC' Click Online has an interesting story from Japan about the rise in the use of mobile phones to read books and comics whilst on the move.Catering to the drudge of the daily commute, an...
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by Scott on March 04, 2006
Russell Beattie picked this up from the Economist and is all enthusiastic about what it says about growing American sophistication with mobiles. The data shows the US making some of the fastest gains...
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Apologies for the lack of posts from me this week - thanks to Tom, however, the wheels kept rolling. I have been in Japan this week on a research trip, an opportunity that doesn't come around very...
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by tom on February 20, 2006
Pic source: China DailyAccording to China's Ministry of Information there are now almost 400 million mobile phone subscribers in China, a rise of almsot 59 million over last year, indicating more...
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by tom on February 04, 2006
The latest Carnival of the Mobilists has been released, this week hosted by Daniel Taylor over on the Mobile Enterprise Weblog. This week includes coverage of some upcoming events, such as 3GSM 2006...
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by tom on January 28, 2006
Week 13 of Carnival of the Mobilists is being hosted at Blethers.com. There are quite a few new contributors this week, I'm delighted to see, so I've decided to look at them first in case you...
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by tom on January 23, 2006
O2 has recently published its final set of key performance indicators, prior to finalisation of the acquisition by Spain's Telefonica. The report shows strong growth for O2, with a 12% year on...
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by Scott on January 18, 2006
Sprint released its new survey of wireless users in the US today and there are a few interesting datapoints, though it is largely a marketing exercise.Sprint's key message is that mobiles are...
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by tom on January 17, 2006
O2 and Arqiva have announced the results of their trial of mobile TV in and around Oxford in the UK. Some 80% of people would subscribe to a mobile TV service, according to a trial of almost 400 users...
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