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THE AWARD WINNING MAGAZINE FOR THE MOBILE INDUSTRY<br />
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BRIGHTPOINT:<br />
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Editor<br />
Heather McLean<br />
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Contributors<br />
Tomer Lustig – Olista<br />
Chris Gilbert – Ubiquisys<br />
Sean McNeill – Openwave<br />
Mark Seemann –<br />
Genesis Communications<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
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NEWS FEATURES<br />
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06 Samsung number 1 20<br />
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GOT THE FAST TOUCH?<br />
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As fast as your tempo: browse, download, share!<br />
The new HTC TOUCH 3GTM<br />
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A TOUCH FASTER. A TOUCH MORE FUN.<br />
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When<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 1" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=1"> January 2009 www.mbmagazine.co.uk </a> THE AWARD WINNING MAGAZINE FOR THE MOBILE INDUSTRY BRIGHTPOINT: NO STRANGER TO CHANGE Mobile social networking PLUS Growth at Grapevine T
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<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 3" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=3"> THE TEAM Editor Heather McLean E: heather@mbmaga</a>zine.co.uk Contributors Tomer Lustig – Olista Chris Gilbert – Ubiquisys Sean McNeill – Openwave Mark Seemann – Genesis Communications John Ozimek – Mi
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 4" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=4"> CONTENTS 04 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 46. </a> 20. NEWS FEATURES 06 Samsung number 1 20 for pre pay: Exclusive
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 5" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=5"> GOT THE FAST TOUCH? As fast as your tempo: brows</a>e, download, share! The new HTC TOUCH 3GTM A TOUCH FASTER. A TOUCH MORE FUN. Sparkle Blue Sophisticated Brown When
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 6" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=6"> OVERVIEW 06 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 And</a>roid failing to thrash the iPhone November’s launch of Google Android caused immense hype in the mobile world, with a surge in the early adoption of
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 7" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=7"> 20:20 Mobile to partner Tracktech 20:20 Mobile G</a>roup is set to team up with e-solutions company, Tracktech, in a strategic partnership to offer eMERIT, Tracktech’s innovative secure credit card tran
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 8" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=8"> OVERVIEW 08 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 BT </a>Tradespace announces business social networking is an untapped goldmine Latest research from BT Tradespace with Vanson Bourne has revealed that the u
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<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 10" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=10"> NEWS 10 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 BOOMING</a> SALES FOR EMBEDDED BROADBAND IN LAPTOPS Reports that demand for 3G embedded laptops has been overestimated have been negated by new figures from mob
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 11" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=11"> Get recognised for your success in the Channel! </a> Independently judged, the Comms Business Awards 2009 are designed to recognise excellence in the Channel. These awards are the industry’s mos
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 12" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=12"> NEWS 12 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 Dojo un</a>ites phones and computers for the first time Cubed Addict is the first game from Dojo and is the latest videogaming craze sweeping the internet aroun
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 13" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=13"> 9/10 customers would recommend Ø Home</a> Broadband Free 24/7 UK based customer service Unlimited downloads Prices from just £7
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 14" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=14"> NEWS 14 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 Mobile n</a>etwork infrastructure vendors start to feel the heat Nortel’s share price recently dipped to about 40 cents. While ABI Research in no way singles out
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 15" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=15"> TomTom announces five millionth Map Share improve</a>ment report TomTom, the navigation solutions provider, has announced that members of the TomTom Map Share community have made a total of five million
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 16" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=16"> Q1 Have you lost </a>mobile sales to fixed-line rivals moving into this channel? Yes/Agree: 37% No/Disagree: 6
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 17" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=17"> Join Data Select and LG in Bardonecchia for the F</a>IS Snowboard World Cup. The winter sports event you don’t want to miss. 15 dealers will be joining Data Select and LG in Italy for three days on the
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 18" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=18"> Competition Win a Toshiba Portégé G710 Toshiba</a>’s Portégé range of business handsets targets busy professionals looking for a comprehensive mobile communications solution. Incorporating Windows Mo
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 19" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=19"> Business leaders’ optimism gives industry hope fo</a>r 2009 T owards the end of last year the great and the good of British
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 20" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=20"> COVER STORY 20 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 STA</a>YING BRIGHT IN 2009 WITH BRIGHTPOINT Hugh Symons Telecom is no stranger to change, having adapted and evolved Whilst the name and brand
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 21" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=21"> experience in managing Brightpoint Inc. entities </a>and pan-European initiatives, which will eventually be localised and rolled out to the UK. Egeskov adds: “It was obvious from day
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 22" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=22"> This month Comms Business Magazine and sister tit</a>le Mobile Business have launched their new mobile websites, allowing readers to view the sites on the move anywhere in the world and on any mobile pho
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 23" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=23"> p Chris Brassington Group Managing Director</a> 2ergo quickly and easily, wherever they are, on their mobile phone. We will be developing our offering further throughout 2009 to add additional ser
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 24" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=24"> MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING 24 MOBILE BUSINESS JANU</a>ARY 2009 SMALL SCREEN SOCIAL SOCIETY The huge popularity of online social networking has transformed the way people communicate, establish and develo
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 25" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=25"> MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY </a>2009 25 p Christophe Hocquet, CEO p Declan Pettit, UK country p Guy Reiffer, vice president p KF Lai,
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 26" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=26"> MOBILE SOCIAL NETWORKING 26 MOBILE BUSINESS JANU</a>ARY 2009 p Dr Nagappan Arunachalam, chief p Robert Ainger, director of corporate p Steve Ives, chief executive officer at
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 27" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=27"> The new Frontier for profit Want t</a>o offer landlines? Looking for a good partner? Get paid in the same way as mobile with ongoing commissions by Frontier Talk profit with Fr
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 28" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=28"> Telecom Contract Killers Wanted... </a> 500% cash paid per fixed line contract in 14 days call: 0800 019 8900 email: 500@chesstelecom.com www.chesstelecom.com/partners Award Winning Bu
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 29" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=29"> Grapevine Telecom on the up Grapevine Telecom is </a>growing. It has recently moved into new, purpose-built offices in Bath with its crew, after 15 years in the office it was founded in. Things
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 30" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=30"> At the start of the New Year, what do you see as </a>being the big trends for sales and products in the mobile marketplace in the UK over the coming 12 months? Oliver Chi
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 31" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=31"> Ben Dowd, O2 UK bu</a>siness sales director: We have seen continued demand from both our consumer and business
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 32" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=32"> Understanding the opportunity for mobile b</a>usiness customers F emtocells have created quite a buzz in the mobile industry since their rise to prominence over the pa
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<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 34" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=34"> Take the right steps to a thriving New</a> Year at the Convergence Summit North 2009! Exchange Hall Manchester Central 17th – 18th March 2009 Main sponsor:
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 35" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=35"> Be part of the ONLY channel event in the N</a>orth! Largest UK trade event for mobile Longest running exhibition in the Comms Channel Last year’s Northern event was so successful, we are moving t
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 36" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=36"> Each month the IMPDA asks a panel of dealers how </a>they feel about the hottest topics affecting the channel community. This month, we are looking ?rstly at 2008. Last year was a struggle for dealers al
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 37" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=37"> MVNO's are an avenue that many companies, like Mf</a>onex and Topaz Mobile, are becoming well known for in the mobile market, with Virgin and Tesco in top positions. Do you think that more companies in 2
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 38" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=38"> HOW TO SELL 38 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 Sat</a>isfying the SME Over 98% of UK businesses are small businesses. These companies represent a key part of the UK economy and they will always play a ma
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 39" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=39"> p Microsoft’s Michael Weening, senior dire</a>ctor for its communications sector UK them with their day to day running and make recommendations about how their performance can be enhanced.”
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 40" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=40"> HOW TO SELL 40 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 </a> p Andrew Boden, Mainline’s managing director economic trends and how these are affecting the SME market in particular, states See
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 41" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=41"> 2009 opportunities with Mobile Business - the a</a>ward-winning magazine for the mobile trade Make sure Mobile Business is part of your marketing plans for 2009 with an array of advertising, edito
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 42" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=42"> T he benefits of mobile broadband are</a> clear; secure access to emails and the internet on the move. This is perfect for those who travel constantly and need connect
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 43" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=43"> Wax lyrical with VoxSciences It used to be the c</a>ase that if you urgently needed to get hold of someone, you’d contact them by phone first, and then email. Now, however, people tend to be far easier
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 44" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=44"> There are billions of devices out there now, and </a>all are using the same internet and all demand access from anywhere and everywhere. Here, Sean McNeill, vice president and general manager of service
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 45" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=45"> INSIDER KNOWLEDGE open internet platform tha</a>t collectively makes the mobile internet experience far superior for the consumer than if they venture beyond the walled garden using just their mobil
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 46" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=46"> HANDSETS 46 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 Hot to</a> Trot for 2009… Mobiado 105GMT u The 105GMT GOLD is the first mechanical watch mobile phone from Mobiado, following on from Motorola’s recent releas
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 47" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=47"> HANDSETS MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 47 Someth</a>ing to prove! Nokia N97 u Set for release in the first half of 2009, the Nokia N97 is here, in all its sparkling white glory, Ovi-compatibility, and
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 48" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=48"> ACCESSORISE 48 MOBILE BUSINESS JANUARY 2009 </a> THUMBS UP FOR I3G POWER STATION An essential iPhone 3G accessory from Thumbs Up, the i3G Power Station is a handy pocket sized iPhone or iPod backu
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 49" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=49"> Become the Oracle How operators can become </a>‘the source’ for understanding mobile internet customer behaviour M obile content demand is
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 50" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=50"> L ast week one of our US mobi</a>le meaningless label. It’s a knee-jerk of a word clients visited London. With a few that lets industry
<a title="Mobile Business - Jan 2009 page 51" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wrhthw&pageid=51"> INFLUENTIAL BREAKING NEWS AUTHORITATIVE MUS</a>T READ Industry News The Latest Products Reference Guides Jobs Board Plus, be the ?rst in the know with the Mobile Bus
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