By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Saturday, February 7th, 2009 at 9:26 AM
At the recent World Economic Forum meeting, The giant China Mobile was in a particularly ebullient mood – it’s Chairman Wang Jianzhou said that the company is still growing despite the recession (impressive..), and is even looking at acquisitions!
Given the dire state of some mobile-involved companies right now, I’d say the shortness of that statement says A LOT. It could be a handset vendor, another operator, or maybe even – an operator group?
Recessions are great if you are a cash-rich growing company – it makes your purchases much cheaper! So could we see China Mobile snap up one or more companies? Quite possibly.
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and
infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the
occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience
in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with
regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
clear
I heard 3G is starting to be implemented in 10 major cities in China next month. China Mobile is still doing alright despite the economic troubles.