Apple & Google – the worst thing happened to carriers
Long gone the days of 2G when carriers controlled how the money flowed in their networks. Everything was limited by voice and SMS, the ecosystem was closed for third-parties and all services brought money in operator’s pockets. 3G was a game changer. In order to bring high speed internet connection to their subscribers and make .. read more
What’s there for mobile carriers in 2012? Part II
So, Apple and Google are slowly taking the advantage of carriers’ 3G channels to deliver the content (apps) from their markets to subscribers. Not only it makes carriers suffer, as they can’t capitalize this channel, it also leaves not so many options for mobile service providers, especially newcomers. It’s not easy for them to contact .. read more
What’s there for mobile carriers in 2012?
As it always happens at the end of every year we should draw a conclusion about things that happened in the industry in the last twelve month and make a prediction about what we are to expect in 2012. This is not about new retina and AMOLED displays, intelligent software assistants and devices that bridge .. read more
Africa, Mobile Services, and Future
The development of mobile telecommunications in Africa is one of the most rapid in history of the industry. Even now mobile penetration continues to grow at 26% rate with 500 million people already having a mobile device. With such a huge numbers one may think that launching a service there is a certain success. However, .. read more
Apple takes almost all money spent on mobile apps. Where are mobile carriers?
Apple controls about 85-90 percent of the money spent on mobile applications, according to a Jaffray Senior Research. Great numbers, but this is not about competition with Android which, by the way, controls 10% that are left. Apple’s App Store has generated nearly $5 billion in revenues and $330 million went to Google. Nothing went .. read more
Why Global?
So why do we call Global USSD (GUSSD) global? And what does the word global means in this context? GUSSD is a platform for delivering mobile services to any mobile network in the world. According to our statistics it is currently working in 80% of mobile networks worldwide. You can check it yourself whether it .. read more
Cloud Mobilizer
Today we have millions of different types of mobile services: financial services, location-based services, informational and content services, etc. As a result of this variety different aggregation projects appear. The problem is that today they focused on specific sectors of services, e.g. mobile payments sector or aggregation of mobile advertising. These aggregation projects also cover .. read more
Global USSD – the point where mobile operators and service providers meet
Much has been said about benefits of Global USSD for service providers. Now let’s talk about mobile operators. If you are a mobile operator and haven’t heard about GUSSD here is a short description for you: it’s a platform for developing mobile services and delivering them to, well, you. What are the benefits? In short, .. read more
mHealth and USSD
Among other things that are big now is of course mobile healthcare. The recent GSMA Mobile Health Summit held in Cape Town stressed the importance of mobile technology in improving the healthcare of people in developing countries. Again, as in the case with financial services, mobile phones are set to improve the lives of poor .. read more
The Role of Mobile Payments in Africa
It is evident now that developing countries will benefit greatly from embracing mobile technology. Mobile financial services will be the most powerful tool for economic and social development in these emerging economies. Improved access to finance fostered entrepreneurship, new business creation and new jobs – these are consequences of using mobile phones that will help .. read more