The Telco 2.0 research team is undertaking some detailed business modelling around 'Rich Media Distribution' over the summer. We'll also be debating this with industry leaders on 4-5 November at our next event in London. More on both of these anon. In the meantime, here's some analysis of Verizon's P4P [...]

We were asked to present on a panel at the private marketing innovation conference of a UK mobile carrier last week. The subject was the "Need for Speed": what are the real drivers for network capacity and speed, and thus where should an operator focus its investments? Since our answers [...]

Last month, Qualcomm purchased at auction 40MHz of spectrum (1452-1492 MHz, known as 'The L-Band') for £8.3m ($16m). Since then there has much speculation about Qualcomm's motives and the services that they will deploy, focussing upon Mobile TV. The answer tells us a lot about how new platforms and intermediaries [...]

As there's a change in leadership occurring at Vodafone, it's a good time to reflect on the direction of the large convoy of opcos and investments being led by the good ship Newbury. Arun Sarin has stepped out of his asbestos business suit, albeit scorched by the flames of investors [...]