The UK Mobile Report

Thought for the Day

"Many countries tax mobile phones as if they are luxury items when they should be considered as an essential business tool. Recent Deloitte studies show that a ten per cent increase in mobile phone use results in a 1.2 per cent increase in a country's overall GDP."

Dennis Knowles, partner at Deloitte.

Thought for the day

"It wouldn’t surprise me to see some of the youthful talent in this industry create significant innovations in mobile social networking that will showcase at 3GSM 2008."

Francis Charig, Chief Executive Tao Group, www.tao-group.com

Thought for the day

"For too long, the big network operators have dominated the telecom market. The network operator in control of the infrastructure has had the monopoly. Is VoIP the new paradigm?"

Terry Martin, CEO of VoIP firm Coms Plc
www.coms.com

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The Mobility Myth

Back to work Monday?

The world's cities are getting more and more crowded, making mobility something of leap of faith during working hours. Forbes has compiled an excellent slide show to prove the point.

Thought for the day

"Why do companies continue to push mobile services that mean consumers have to buy new devices and learn new technologies? How about a new service that gives the consumers a practical solution that they actually want, and can use today?"

Guy Rosenhoiz, CEO, Divine Management.

Divine is due to announce a 'unique' mobile-based customer service in December. I would point you to their web site, but it's flashy and, for now, says very little.

 

Thought for the day

“When mobile working reaches the tipping point between ‘nice-to-have’ for senior managers and ‘need-to-have’ for all staff, will Blackberry crumble?”

Steve Butcher, community lead for mobility, Avanade. Avanade is a technology integrator founded in 2000 as a joint venture by Accenture and Microsoft

Thought for the day

"I call on all mobile operators to help tear down this last visible border in Europe's internal market. It is not acceptable that the burden of international mobile roaming continues to be shouldered by ordinary citizens who pay standard tariffs."

Viviane Reding, EU Media Commissioner, speaking yesterday in Brussels while confirming her intention to push ahead with legislation that could cut roaming charges by up to 70%.

Thought for the day

"40% of UK organisations support remote working for over half their employees, yet 12% of handheld devices and over 50% of laptops are unencrypted. The door to hackers and security breaches is wide open."

Gary Clark, VP EMEA, SafeNet