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Articles tagged with: Ovum and Target
Opinion by Charice Wang and Raymond Yu, analysts at ovum
On Monday, the Indian government finally gave the go-ahead for mobile virtual
network operators (MVNOs) to enter the market. This follows a recommendation
back in August 2008 from India's regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority
of India (TRAI). The government is expected to release detailed guidelines for
MVNO entrants soon. We believe this approval will benefit both existing MNOs and
new entrants.
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Related Tags: 3g, sim, eu, rural, mvno, compete, trai, 3g-licence, lebara, auction, India
Facebook-Twitter talks break down
Opinion piece by Madan Sheina, principal analyst at ovum
What would have been the first major consolidation between two social
networking giants has failed to materialise, as Facebook's attempts to woo
Twitter with an all-stock offer fell on deaf ears. Facebook's valuation seems
to have been the sticking point. But with neither company as yet able to
demonstrate that it can make money on a scale that matches its number of users,
the outcome might not be a bad thing.
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Related Tags: google, microsoft, sms, social-networking, twitter, ofta, yahoo, compete, text-messages, facebook
Mobile broadband: Prepaid key to growth in Western Europe
Operators should look to prepaid offerings to maximise the mobile broadband opportunity in Q4 2008, rather than pinning their hopes on mobile broadband substituting fixed services - says a new report by ovum. The research, which highlights the approaches available to operators in maximising the opportunity for mobile broadband, finds that mobile broadband services are best positioned as complementary to fixed. more
Related Tags: wind, usb-modem, mobile-broadband, compete, usb-modems, iptv, usb, students, modems, true
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