Is it just me or are O2 way out there in the lead with their marketing intiatives right now? Let me think about all the stuff that’s happening or rumoured: Ongoing sponsorship of England and Ireland Rugby (well it’s the best sport anyway) 😉 Name plastered on the old Millenium dome, now = “The O2”…
Endemol’s views on Mobile
 I read with interest an interview with Endemol MD Peter Cowley, and his views on Mobile TV. For those of you that don’t know, Endemol have some extremely successful TV properties such as Big Brother, and Deal or No Deal – and in parallel have spent a lot of time and effort previously, feeding…
Businessmen Want that Mobile Video when they are travelling!
Ericsson and CNN have conducted a consumer “behaviour study” (whatever one of them is….), which shows that top execs are accessing content more and more whilst on the move, and sharing UGC (user-generated content). Interestingly, the survey showed that 56% of people with mobile InterWeb access use it whilst on the move. 73% apparently share…
O2 offers simplicity SIMs to share unlimited O2 calls and O2 texts between friends & family
 O2 is launching a new proposition which offers customers up to four SIMs to connect to the O2 30-day online simplicity tariffs. The first customer can give the three other SIMs to friends and family which, once connected, will give them unlimited O2 to O2 texts and unlimited O2 to O2 calls. There are…
O2: Leaving messages for 20 years!
 So I have been reading the O2 website and it turns out they launched voicemail 20 years ago! Wowzer! When I first started in the Mobile Industry, my first and second jobs were working closely with Voicemail – but that was 11 years ago! I feel so young all of a sudden! I’ll let…
Check out the British Music Experience at The O2!
 The O2 has now got an awesome exhibition called the British Music Experience – it’s an interactive walk through the history of music that made this country great – as they say: Whether you’re more of a ‘Wannabe’ than a ‘Living Doll, prefer ‘Anarchy in the UK’ to ‘Life on Mars’ or you’re feeling…
Orange and Barclaycard form strategic partnership for Mobile payments
 Orange and Barclaycard today announced a long term strategic partnership to develop a range of mobile, financial and payment services that will “change the way we pay”. Orange and Barclaycard will launch new co-branded products and services to make the buying process more convenient, simpler and faster. With a history of innovation and a…
3 Sweden/Denmark Select Vidiator Xenon Hosted Delivery Platform (XHP) to Power its Planet3 Portal
3 Sweden/Denmark has selected Vidiator Xenon Hosted Delivery Platform (XHP) to power its Planet 3 Portal and enable more efficient access to applications and downloads for subscribers, the two companies announced today.  Xenon Mobile Streaming Platform has become popular indeed, with 20 operators and content providers in 20+ countries including: ‘3’, PCCW, Vodafone, NTDoCoMo,…
UK: Mobile retailers snap up cheap leases
Well it’s not all doom and gloom in UK retail areas it seems – Mobile Today is reporting that Mobile retailers are taking advantage of cut-price leases in shopping areas! Apparently Vodafone, Virgin, and Orange are amongst the various mobile frms using the drop in charges to help them expand. Interestingly, some believe that there…
SpinVox and Skype team up
SpinVox – ah yes, my fave voice-to-text company…… 🙂 I still use their service (or rather the people leaving messages for me do!) on a daily basis, and the logic of converting voice-to-text is something that all voicemail services should offer. Who wants to call voicemail when you can read what’s on it?! Well now…