Business Models: December 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):

- Mobile Web Bad, Mobile Data Good?
- Verizon Wireless opens to ‘any apps, any device’
- Why Verizon Went Open & What It Means
- Blyk MVNO Claims 43 Percent Click-Through On Its Mobile-For-Ads Service
- Is Verizon’s Announcement Really The End Of Closed Wireless Networks?
- Here Comes Trouble: Infocom vs. Telecom
- Will The Verizon Decision Translate To Wireless Growth In 2008?
- Mobile Apps or Mobile Ads?
- Triple play, go away!
- Verizon Wireless? volte-face: Virtue or Vice?
- Wi-Fi in Handsets - Bright Future or Dismal Prospects?
- The Coming Wireless Wholesale Wave
- Will Open Networks Force Apple To Unlock The iPhone?
- Google Wants It All When It Comes To Wireless
- Another example of why the tech industry and mobile operators don’t get along
- Reinventing Motorola
- Nokia Won’t Play iPhone’s Tune
- AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless swap markets
- Cox Will Bid In 700Mhz Auction
- EchoStar’s Surprising Spectrum Bid
- Harsh Reality Of Verizon?s Open Network
- Motorola C-Suite & The Ex-Factor
- Nokia Could Disrupt Music Distribution Models, Tick Off Its Competition
- Consumers Expect Google Will Innovate and Lower Prices in Mobile
- Is Google Headed in the Wrong Direction?
- AT&T: Mobiles killed the pay phone
- What exactly does ?open? mean?
- Mobile Messaging Recap
- Advertising: The Telco Trojan Horse
- Orange: Success in Access, Failure in Apps - Lessons for mobile business models?
- Mobile Music Shifting from Mobile Operators to Mobile Makers
- Asia’s U.S. Wireless Foray
- Whatever happened to BT Fusion?
- Are clicks, inventory and CPMs the new minutes, messages and ARPU?
- Do promotions, coupons and incentive programs have any value on mobile?
- What Should Google Mobile Do Next?
- Europe’s Top 10 Operators - Still Producing Robust Growth
- Dangerous Reasons To IPO
- VZW’s future network
- Advertising goes mobile
- Is Fixed-Mobile Convergence a Question of Femtocells Versus Wi-Fi?
- Japan and South Korea Leading in Mobile Advertising with Newly Developed Methods
- Carriers Should Brace for a 3-4 Year Investment Before Expecting Profits From Femtocells
- Take This Job And Shove It ? Why I Retired From Telecom
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