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Monday, May 19, 2008

Presence Takes Center Stage In Converged Services Offer; Multi-tasking Drives A New Era Of Telecoms

Buzz about location-based services (LBS) is increasing daily as start-ups, news sites and industry conferences sharpen their focus on the delivery of all things digital to people on the go. However, the value proposition that began first as an industry promise to improve the delivery of location information has since evolved into an ambitious effort to deliver users information relevant to their location. The focus is not so much on maps and navigation as it is on the tools and technology guaranteed to deliver the right users the right information at the right place (and even the right time). Read more

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Strength In Numbers: Operators Make Third-Party Involvement Number One Priority

Taken as single and separate events, recent announcements by the major mobile operators across the U.S. and Europe don’t say much about the role of Web 2.0 as a future revenue generator. However, connect the dots and draw the logical conclusions and a singular important mega-trend emerges: Command-and-control models are giving way to coordinate-and-cultivate.

It took some time, but operators are beginning to understand that insisting on strict control over what happens on their networks comes at a heavy cost and may lead, in some instances, to outcomes quite contrary to their interests.

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