Business Models: October 2007
As the Mobility Era matures, obviously a key question will be “how to make money?”. There are plenty of opinions on the best answer to this question. The below is very inclusive and I provide no editorial functions, so don’t take from my selections, ordering, headlines, etc. any indications of the interests or plans of my employer (if you do, you’ll undoubtedly be disappointed when they don’t play out):
- Disney Mobile, R.I.P.: 2006 - 2007
- Virgin Mobile Plans $467 Million IPO
- Do Walled Gardens Promote Innovation?
- Apple Announces iPhone Developer Kit But Refuses To Really Open The iPhone
- Sprint Realizes That People Hate Forced Contracts, Early Termination Fees
- Will A Google Phone Change The Game?
- Operators Must See the Big Picture when It Comes to Mobile Advertising
- Mobile phone advertising: the next big thing
- There?s more to pipes than smart vs dumb
- Apple: An IPhony to the Channel
- The Rise Of The Affinity Cell Phone
- QualComm: Digging Gold
- Nokia Finds The Shortest Route To Navigation Info: Buys Navteq For $8 Billion
- Apple’s iPhone Walled Garden An Opportunity For Competitors To Make The iPhone The Next Hiptop
- In Retreat, Carriers Find Odd Marching Partners
- Going Over The Top: MXit
- Nokia?s dilemma: operator friend or foe?
- Virgin Mobile USA: Last MVNO Hero
- Mobility Needs To Embrace Innovation And Ditch The Demand For Stability And Control
- For Google, Advertising and Phones Go Together
- Analyst Dismisses Business Model of Mobile Broadcast TV
- Liveblogging Web 2.0 Summit: Evan Williams, Twitter
- New hot: Mobile Media company (mobile operator for the rest of us)
- Empowering the User through CDRs
- Enterprise 2.0: Creating new VAS opportunities for Mobile Operators
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