Tag Archives: Network
Bypassing Goliath
From June Vodafone UK have decided to introduce a new pricing system that has been designed with VoIP and P2P in mind. By 'in mind', I of course mean that it has it in mind to stop the use of VoIP and P2P... Read More
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Necessity is the Mother of Invention This is more of an observation than anything else. As I was playing around with a few browsers the other day I was noting happily how far things have progressed in terms of functionality since the first buggy firmware ones appeared. An interesting thing is that these third party browsers will have access to a lot of the type of data that used to depend upon the operator gateway to get sent, such as cell ID or MSISDN... Read More
If not now, when?
November 10, 2006, by Jo Rabin
Growth of the Mobile Web and Operator Bashing This week saw another very well received Mobile Monday London, on 6 November. This time at Google's London office where we were treated to splendid hospitality. The topic this month, it being the first anniversary of MoMo London, was "Trends in Mobile" - aka what's changed in the last year? Tireless Tom (Hume) who was a speaker at the event posted a synopis of the event so I won't repeat it here. Other speakers were Helen Keegan from Beep Marketing, Ajit Jaokar from FutureText and Paul Goode from M:Metrics. This could have turned into a serious operator bashing session. But I'm pleased to say it didn't... Read More
Mobile data charges: stifling growth of mobile internet?
September 6, 2006, by ronan
I believe that the mobile internet charges are severly restricting the growth of the mobile internet. I base this claim on empirical evidence from the behaviours of people I know. Almost without exception, whenever I mention the idea of browsing on a mobile phone to people, or whenever they see me doing it, they say the same thing: "Oh, that's really expensive, isn't it?" There are people I know who religiously avoid touching the Live! or iMode button on their phones, despite their prominant placement on the handset, based on the fear of a large bill. One person I know has had purchased a new iMode phone and in 2 months had conciously and deliberately avoided pressing the "i" button, despite the fact that this is the key selling point of the phone and associated service... Read More
