The fight over which device end users will use for mobile broadband will be tough
There is no doubt that it will be a tough battle between the mobile handset manufacturers on the one side and the PC manufacturers on the other side to gain…
Mobile Broadband
Is mobile broadband going to be used on mobile handsets
– or is this a product that will be purchased and used on portable PCs?The revolution that we are currently experiencing on the mobile broadband market is extremely exciting. Internet…
Strand Consult has identified 10 taboos in the mobile industry
These Taboos are hampering business and preventing a dynamic development in a sector that needs drive and innovation! Many believe that the mobile industry is one of the most dynamic businesses…
Should mobile broadband providers subsidise dongles and portable PCs?
One of the major questions on the mobile broadband market is about hardware: what strategy should operators choose regarding dongles, terminals and portable PCs? At Strand Consult we believe it is…
2013 in Review: 10 key research notes on the mobile telecom industry from Strand Consult.
For the last 18 years, Strand Consult has analyzed the telecommunications market. Working in many countries throughout the world, we have observed how trends are shared and evolve from one…
GPRS prices drop – while ADSL prices try to rise
– will they never learn.. Just as some ISP’s start introducing a pay pr. Mb scheme for ADSL – something that all ADSL operators would like to get back to…
European mobile operators are not ready for GPRS
Making a mistake and learning from it, is a sign of intelligence. Making the same mistake twice is a sure sign of incompetence. Many expect WAP-via-GPRS to save the mobile…
GPRS has so far been a bigger flop than WAP – but nobody knows!
WAP was oversold. Nobody disagrees with that. And of course, nobody in their right mind would like to make the same mistake twice, and expect to keep their job the…
Mobile Operators must differentiate their prices for data-traffic
and stop treating mobile data services like the Internet. Most mobile operators are still treating GPRS as a sort of mobile Internet. This not only includes taking the “always on”…
GPRS – Following in the tracks of WAP?
In 1869 the construction of the first transcontinental railroad was completed when the railroad from the East met with the railroad from the West at Promontory Summit – linking the…
GPRS is as little “Always On” as WAP was the “Mobile Internet”
what can Europe, the USA and Japan learn from this? There are still only a few GPRS terminals in the hands of the mobile users and most of those users…
