2009 Telecommunication Trend Report
Power is shifting, as social media and mobile communication merge.
Web 2.0 and its impact on telecommunication was the most discussed topic at this years Berlin Telco Summit. Social media has become a massive movement and is fundamentally changing the way people communicate with one another. This development, naturally, has an impact on the telecommunication industry. Understanding Web 2.0 and learning how to connect with people in meaningful ways will be the major challenge for telecommunication companies for years to come.
The Berlin Telco Summit is an initiative of the Berlin-based brand consultancy Musiol Munzinger Sasserath in cooperation with Republic, a Milan-based advertising agency, which is part of the Publicis Network. It took place for the third time on the 16th and 17th of July 2009. It drew together 19 communication and brand strategist representing 21 markets such as Italy, Spain, UK, France, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands as well as the U.S., Mexico, India, China, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan etc.. The idea of the summit is to connect and exchange the knowledge of experts within agencies of the Publicis Network, as well as independent consultancies, who have substantial experience in the telecommunications industry.
Kenya welcomes first solar-charged mobile phone
Kenya is home to at least 17 million mobile-phone customers, but only one million have regular access to electricity, making it difficult to recharge a mobile phone.
But the first solar-powered handset could change Kenya’s telecommunication industry.
Mobile Video Usage in Italy to Rise to 5.1M in 2015
By Ionut Arghire – Mobile Editor – Softpedia.
The number of mobile-phone users in Italy that access video content through their handsets is expected to rise up to 5.1 million by 2015, at least this is what a recently published report from technology and media specialist Coda Research Consultancy shows. Moreover, the firm also forecasts that the revenues in the segment are set for growth, reaching US$685 million by that time.
The report from Coda, focused on the Italian TV market, also unveils the fact that the number of mobile-phone users that will be accessing TV content from their devices is to double by 2015, when DVB-H alone is taken into consideration. Currently, there are around 1.2 million users in the country that enjoy this option, yet the number should reach 2.5 million in six years.
Read the full article at http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mobile-Video-Usage-in-Italy-to-Rise-to-5-1M-in-2015-128258.shtml
World Economic Forum Selects Dilithium for Technology Pioneer Award
Company recognized for developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies that bring video to any 2.5G/3G mobile phone, PCs and set top boxes.
Petaluma, CA. – December 3, 2009 – Dilithium, the leading global provider of mobile video infrastructure solutions, today received the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2010 Technology Pioneer Award. The company was recognized for its Dilithium Content Adapter (DCA), which brings video to any 2.5G/3G mobile phone (including iPhone, Blackberry and Android devices), PCs and set top boxes. Dilithium joins an elite group of visionary companies chosen by an independent panel of 58 global technology experts for their accomplishments as innovators and developers of technologies that have a deep impact on business and society. Dilithium’s CEO, Paul Zuber, will join global leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland on January 27 – 31, 2010 and receive the Technology Pioneer Award on behalf of Dilithium.
Dilithium’s founders pioneered mobile video, working with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to develop the global standard for 3G video telephony. Its mobile video infrastructure solutions allow providers to deliver high quality, affordable mobile video content, enabling a new era of interactive video communications. Dilithium’s mobile video solutions are deployed on six continents in networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers, and are offered by Tier-1 service providers including China Mobile, China Unicom, BSNL, Singtel, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Etisalat, Zain, MTN, and Yahoo!.
WEF’s Technology Pioneers are companies that have been identified as developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies in the areas of energy, biotechnology and health, and information technology. To be selected as a Technology Pioneer, a company must be involved in the development of life-changing technology innovation and have the potential for long-term impact on business and society. In addition, it must demonstrate visionary leadership, and its technology must be proven.
“Our content adaptation solutions open up a new world of video content and delivery services that are being rapidly adopted by consumers around the globe,” said Paul Zuber, CEO of Dilithium. “To be recognized by such a prestigious organization is a great honor for Dilithium. The World Economic Forum chooses companies it deems long-standing market leaders, and we are pleased to join the ranks of past award winners including Google, Paypal, Red Hat, and Sandisk.”
About Dilithium
Dilithium Networks is the leading global provider of mobile video infrastructure solutions enabling multimedia services from any network to any device. Dilithium’s extensive customer base spans 120 service providers and operators in more than 60 countries, comprising more than 1.5 billion subscribers. Dilithium’s hardware, software, and service solutions are used by many of the world’s largest service providers and content companies to create and distribute multimedia solutions that are changing the way people communicate. From our founding, our mission has been to enable Communications for a borderless world.
About the World Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas.
Incorporated as a foundation in 1971, and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum is impartial and not-for-profit; it is tied to no political, partisan or national interests. (www.weforum.org)
Streaming Video Mobilizes
Sam Churchill on DailyWireless.org.
AdMob, which is being acquired by Google, announced the launch of its new Interactive Video Ad Unit for the iPhone. This ad unit is the first to bring true interactivity to mobile video advertising with in-player actions that enable consumers to browse Web sites, view additional videos, and more while the video is playing.
The first ads will start running in select applications across AdMob’s iPhone ad network that reached more than 20 million unique iPhones and iPod touch devices worldwide in 2009.
AdMob for iPhone Advertising Actions: Highlights
Read the full article at the dailywireless.org
Yahoo! talks Mobile Strategy
Yahoo! talks Mobile Strategy.
Leila Makki speaks to Yahoo! Mobile’s Mitch Lazar about its handset strategy, Google’s recent acquisition of AdMob and emerging mobile trends. Mitch also answers our Twitter questions.
“TV Everywhere” – going Mobile
“TV Everywhere” has broad implications for the content industry.
During the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, co-moderator Rafat Ali posed the question about the prospects of “TV Everywhere.”
Bob Mason, CTO and co-founder of Brightcove and Framk Barbieri, CEO of Transpera answer the question!
The End of Single-Purpose Devices
| Jim Rapoza posted this blog in eWeek.
So what am I doing? Am I walking around with an MP3 player, an e-book reader, a digital camera and a digital camcorder? Nope, just one device, my BlackBerry smartphone, which lets me listen to music, read books, take pictures and video, and, oh, yeah, make calls, play games, manage contacts and so on. I do own a nice MP3 player, a very good digital point-and-shoot camera and a Flip camcorder, and, while I don’t own an e-book reader, I’ve had the chance to try out several. But I find that I’m leaving these devices at home more and more and just sticking with one multifunction device. All of these single-purpose devices are excellent and in pretty much every case they are superior to the functionality in my smartphone. But it’s also true that in most cases my smartphone is good enough.” Read the full article at http://etech.eweek.com/content/mobile_and_wireless/the_end_of_single_purpose_devices.html |
What Is Augmented Reality?
CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout previews what’s coming to a smartphone screen near you!
The Progress Project: Mobile Learning Institute
The Progress Project: Improving access to education Mobile Learning Institute (MLI), United States.
theprogressproject.com investigates an initiative that flies firmly in the face of traditional education. Mobile phones, banned in most schools, are here used as a key learning device in the classroom. At a summer camp kids learn to use mobile phones to make a film about the environment.