Features
A year in mobile: advertising - What was driving mobile ad growth in 2008?
Changes in customer behaviour as well as more targeted campaigns, drove mobile advertising growth in 2008, says David Adams. And there will be more to come in 2009
A year in mobile: handset OS - Going open in 2008
The seeming obsession with smartphones and their operating systems reflected market realities, says Tony Dennis
A year in mobile: OSS/BSS - Financial crisis threatens progress
With vendors posting good results, achieving decent valuations when acquired and the first fruits of OSS/BSS transformation feeding through to carriers' bottom lines, 2008 has been a strong year for the sector yet, as the financial storm clouds
A year in mobile: network - Going broadband
2008 was dominated by LTE, backhaul and femtocells, says Keith Dyer, who looks back at some highlights of our network infrastructure coverage
Mobile payments - Money goes mobile
Mobile payments are predicted to grow in value and volume, but the business and operating models are still up for grabs
Mobile social networks - Making money from
Do operators understand what mobile social networks are for, and how they work? If so, how can they generate revenues from them?
Mobile backhaul - Staying flexible
Operators are investing now in multi-service, high bandwidth backhaul solutions. How can they ensure operational flexibility, meeting current and future demands?
OSS/BSS special focus - Moment of opportunity
With an increasing number of applications and services to provision and bill for, operators need flexible BSS that can provide a single customer view across all services, says Gabriel Matsliach