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Loyalty cards get smartphoned
The millions of cafe loyalty cards used by Australians each month – which if stacked flat on top of one another would extend about 2.5 times the height of Sydney Tower – are heading for extinction. And it’s all courtesy of the smartphone revolution. Read more…
Despite the trim things still looking dim at RIM
If you think I was hard on RIM and it’s new CEO in my last blog you should read what PaidContent.org has to say. Here are some snippets: There is a business-school case study waiting to be written about this era of RIM, from 2007 through the next few years. It’s a solidly profitable company [...]
Meet RIM’s ‘dynamic’ new CEO – Thorsten Heins
Here is a man brimming with confidence and excited to be filling the shoes (all four of them) of his predecessors. He also talks a lot about how innovative his company is, presumably it is RIM he is referring to. Something isn’t gelling here and one can only hope they are not setting up Mr [...]
BlackBerry bungling twins thorny ending
I’ve just finished reading the New York Times report on the departure of the twin CEOs at BlackBerry HQ, RIM. If the situation were not so critical for RIM shareholders it would actually make hilarious reading, something akin to a black comedy. For a start, how many companies do you know have two CEOs? The [...]
Overtime for answering email out of hours?
Brazil passed a law last month that allowed workers to ask for overtime if they answered emails outside of working hours. Could this be the last nail in the coffin for BlackBerry, after all, what self-respecting boss would willingly supply a BlackBerry to someone who will demand overtime for using it? And what about Twitter use? [...]
Pricing power – telcos only data play
Ovum’s Nicole McCormick outlines why mobile operators are having to use pricing to protect their data revenues.
LTE rollout reality
CSL Hong Kong CTO Christian Daigneault is forthcoming about the challenges faced in rolling out a world-beating LTE/DC-HSPA hybrid network in this interview with Tony Poulos.
Greek Economics 101
From the country that brought us philosophy, democracy, ouzo and language (all the previous words are Greek), comes some economic theory to bring Greece and Europe out of the economic doldrums. It’s doing the rounds via email but it is so brilliant in its simplicity I felt it worth sharing here. It is a slow [...]
RCR Wireless talks with Tony Poulos
RCR Wireless got the chance to talk to Tony Poulos (Market Strategist, TM Forum) at TM Forum’s Management World 2011 in Orlando.
Let’s cut ‘em off at the pass, Tonto!
Paranoia reached new heights with news out today that a US government committee has launched a full investigation into the potential security threat of Chinese telecom equipment companies operating in the United States. TelecomAsia reports that the House permanent select committee on intelligence (HPSCI) said in a statement that a preliminary 10-month review of Huawei [...]