Posted on 21 February 2012 by Isabelle Lodo
Most of us in the industry are seasoned MWC-goers. In fact, some of us even remember when the biggest mobile phone trade show was held in Cannes, France, when it was known as 3GSM World. However, there are a few things that are worth being reminded of: it’s a long and intensive show and you’re […]
Posted on 27 February 2012 by Isabelle Lodo
It’s hard to pinpoint what makes something a success. Walking around the halls here at Mobile World Congress you see many new shiny gadgets, products and people clamoring to show you the latest service offering. However, not all of these make it beyond Barcelona. So, how can you tell when an offering is innovative and […]
Posted on 27 April 2012 by Thales DIS
I imagine, like me, you probably carry your mobile phone with you all the time. I’ve never had mine stolen, but mobile phone theft is actually a really big problem globally, but especially in the United States. Did you know that in 2011, 42 percent of all property crimes of individuals in New York involved […]
Posted on 18 May 2012 by Jennifer Dean
As a PC user who converted for a short time to Mac and came back to PC, I’m used to hearing the comments from Apple enthusiasts about the superior security and lack of virus threats on the Mac OS system. I took some heat for my decision to return to a PC from my Mac […]
Posted on 28 June 2012 by Dominique Brulé
Today’s announcement that Orange will undertake the first large scale rollout of NFC-enabled SIM cards in France is more proof, if it were needed, that NFC seems to be on the cusp of mass adoption. For the last few years, influencers and industry heavyweights have questioned whether NFC would ever achieve widespread adoption and, if it did, what would […]
Posted on 30 May 2013 by Frederic Martinez
As I mentioned in my last blog, I was lucky enough to attend the high-spirited Wallet Wars conference in New York earlier this month. In amongst the action, it became apparent that the general consensus is that the mobile wallet can become big business, but it still has a number of hurdles to overcome. More […]