We’ve seen a lot of interest over the past couple of weeks in our intention to move into the home phone market. Some reports have noted how we appear to have gone full circle since our de-merger from BT eight years ago.The context for the launch of ...
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Our blog post of December 16 said that Northstream was among the first to sign up for Telia’s LTE service, and was placed on the waiting list to receive an exclusive handmade LTE modem from Samsung. Today we collected our prize [the 4G dongle]. Was ...
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As we’ve seen over the last two weeks, the launch of Google’s Nexus One has generated a lot of noise in the press and simultaneously piqued consumer interest. However, with all the buzz around and the reviews of the Nexus One, operators will soon fi...
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CCS Insight analyst Ben Wood, pictured here with his
shiny new Nexus One, speaks out ‘It’s a nicely
designed phone – it’s well put together. HTC has a lot of experience there
considering the amount of Android phones it has released. The...
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Google may have got more than it bargained for when it
decided on the distribution methods for its first branded phone, the Nexus One.Granted, the handset looks pretty flash, and according
to those who have seen it, the Snapdragon proces...
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So, if Orange
and T-Mobile were hoping they could slide their merger under the radar of their
UK
operator rivals, they must be feeling somewhat disappointed this week.
As the two sweethearts went to Brussels this week to ask the EU
Commission ...
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Here’s what we think is in store for the mobile industry over the next 12 months (and more). Motorola will be acquired by Google. Although this is an unlikely scenario, it would deliver Google a portfolio of Android-powered devices. We would expect ...
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No contest – in the run-up to Christmas so far, Samsung is ruling the roost and it is highly unlikely to be dislodged over the next two weeks. According to Mobile’s Tracker Index of the top selling handsets in the major retailers, the Samsung Tocco ...
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One of the big stories to come out of Nokia’s Capital Markets Day was the revelation that it plans to cut its smartphone portfolio in half. It set me thinking, ‘Is this a bold move?’It’s quite easy to argue that it probably is. Why? Because it risks...
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Sometimes you need to take a step back to see the wood from the trees. So the question I wanted to ask, is have you missed the convergence boat? Or, to put it another way, did you realise it had set sail?The convergence boat spent a long time in doc...
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