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Regular users of mobile internet love their operator more!

By Ewan on April 14, 2011 in Devices, News

An interesting one in this morning from On Device Research. They’ve completed an international survey, conducted entirely via mobile internet, that has established frequent mobile internet users appear far more satisfied with their operator, compared to those who use the mobile internet now-and-again. Alistair Hill, the managing director of On Device Research, reckons this trend is [...]

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‘At the carphone warehouse, you won’t pay extra for internet’

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Operators, Services

That headline is a direct quote from a radio advertisement I heard just now from the Carphone Warehouse. Bad news for the market. Bad news for the data crunch. Bad news for the end customer. Very bad news. It’s bad news because it’s educating consumers that the internet has little value. So little value that [...]

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Mailsuite’s 98% data compression means non-RIM devices don’t suck when roaming

By Ewan on March 16, 2011 in Applications, Services

I got this text in from Dan Field just now. Dan is one of the founders at Mailsuite. He sent me a tweet-reply this afternoon pointing out that Mailsuite’s services can really help with the issue I wrote about this morning. I challenged him to write a quick reply. Here we go: – – – [...]

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Video: My Abroadband SIM has arrived

By Ewan on March 12, 2011 in Operators, Services

My Abroadband SIM arrived yesterday — finally. DHL tried to deliver it just a few days after I placed the order but there was no one home hence the delay. I’m delighted to say that it’s everything I expected: Clear packaging, simple instructions, evidently the output of a team of smart people who’ve really thought [...]

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How Facebook could really nail the mobile operators

By Ewan on February 22, 2011 in Operators

I participated in an array of superb briefings last week at Mobile World Congress. The issue of the ‘data crunch’ was never far from the conversation. One company I met on Sunday morning prior to MWC was apoplectic with rage about Facebook, Google and Apple. I won’t go into detail about the company’s identity except [...]

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On the road again: 3UK is rocking my world

By Ewan on February 21, 2011 in Devices, Operators

Fresh from Barcelona, it was nice to be back in the heavily connected HSPA+ (or is that HSPDA+?) United Kingdom for a few days. Alas now I’m off to Paris. Which means I’m doing about 120mph+ on the Eurostar right now. I’m in the United Kingdom at the moment (barely — the Channel Tunnel is [...]

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Back to connectivity

By Ewan on February 19, 2011 in News

Well then, that’s me almost back to connectivity. I’m not sure what it is about Barcelona — whenever I find myself needing an internet connection, there’s usually some kind of impediment in the way. This year I shared an apartment with Ben Smith of Wireless Worker. Ben located the flat a few months back after [...]

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Unlocked by 3 MiFi unit and now I’m flying

By Ewan on February 15, 2011 in Devices, Operators

I picked up a sim card from Vodafone the other day. But I couldn’t really use it until I unlocked the MiFi unit. Thank you to the many readers who suggested an array of sites to help unlock Huwaei devices. I’m delighted to say that Paul Shadwell’s fantastic guide worked perfectly for me. I paid [...]

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Three and o2: Faster, better, quicker?

By Ewan on February 14, 2011 in Devices, Operators, Opinion

Does anyone remember the post I wrote a little while ago about Network Controlled Fast Dormancy? I titled it, ‘Nokia Siemens Networks makes your iPhone battery last longer‘. Quite a lot of UK readers were rather keen to find out if their network supported the NSN technology which, if implemented fully, should (amongst other things) [...]

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While I’m at it, 3UK’s roaming deal is a bunch of bollocks too

By Ewan on February 12, 2011 in Devices, Operators

Kudos to Vodafone for actually ponying up the balls to charge users just £2 for the first 25mb of roaming data. Yes I’m flipping annoying that charging reverts to £1/meg after that amount, but at least we’re getting somewhere. £2 is highly reasonable in the context of Three’s pricing charges. By default, 3UK insist you [...]

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The Data Capacity Crunch, Part 2

By Ewan on November 1, 2010 in Opinion

The Data Capacity Crunch In Part 2 of our video series focusing on the data capacity crunch, we talk to Sky’s Business Development Director, Emma Lloyd, to find out her perspective on the issue. Over to Emma… This series is jointly produced with the talented people at Mobile Entertainment magazine‘s ME TV channel.

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The Data Capacity Crunch, Part 1

By Ewan on October 24, 2010 in Opinion

The Data Capacity Crunch In Part 1 of our video series focusing on the data capacity crunch, we talk to o2′s Head of Consumer Marketing, Jonathan Earle to find out his perspective on the issue. Over to Jonathan… This series is jointly produced with the talented people at Mobile Entertainment magazine‘s ME TV channel.

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