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Friday, September 21, 2007
Unified Communications Takes Off
The term “unified communications” is a commonly used as the integration of telephony and desktop computers, applications, mobility and media. This convergence potentially includes the integration of voice both fixed and mobility, email, instant messaging, desktop and advanced business applications, voicemail, fax, video conferencing into a single environment offering the user a more complete and simple experience.
Until now, the market was dominated by network hardware vendors with the addition of some niche software vendors. Over the past few years however, Microsoft has been building an integrated suite of Unified Communications based around its Windows Server and Exchange…
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Monday, September 17, 2007
Good News For Good Business Models; Tailored MVNOs Reap Success & Receive Funding
Finally, some good news in an MVNO market rocked by failure (case in point: Amp’d Mobile) and dire analyst predictions. Recently, Movida Communications Inc., an MNVO focused on providing prepaid mobile services to Hispanic consumers, announced that a group of new and existing investors had committed $40 million in funding. The move coincided with the news that the MVNO had outpaced even its own projections in terms of subscriber growth, reaching a staggering 250,000 users since its launch in 2005.
How did this particular MVNO manage such a successful track record and reach the growing Hispanic…
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Monday, September 10, 2007
European MVNOs Pick Up On the Trend To Cost-Conscious Offers…
Enough of the MVNO-bashing in the wake of the Amp’d meltdown. There’s excellent reason to believe the MVNO business has never been as good an opportunity as it is now. The outlook is perhaps at its most positive in Europe, where a marked increase in the number of cost-conscious consumers is ushering in a new wave of discount MVNOs. It’s a tectonic shift that could transform the MVNO market forever, as this worthwhile article in the International Herald Tribune (IHT) points out.
It documents the market dynamics that have given rise to a slew of newcomer MVNOs,…
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