CIC’s first Mobile World Congress is over and it’s been almost impossible to keep up with the stream of news that came out of this year’s event. According to the Fitbit that I picked up at the show between Monday and Wednesday I walked over 18 miles which should provide a sense of scale. Amongst [...]
The press has been awash in the last week with speculation over the Microsoft and Nokia deal. The reality is that this is a deal that has been almost two years in the making and not something new. What everyone is trying to work out now, is will this save Microsoft, the Nokia phone business [...]
It's easy to look at Nokia over the last 18 months and forget that they were once the primary driver for so much phone and mobile software development for over two decades. In some countries of the world, low end Nokia phones are still the dominant brand. Yet it is in the high value, high [...]
On 27 October 2011, Sony finally bought out the 50% of its joint venture with Ericsson, giving it sole control over the phone business. This is a move that not only makes sense for Sony but one that could finally put some sparkle back into the company. For Ericsson, it was clearly an opportunity to get [...]
