January 2011 issue now ready to read
Remember Europe in 2010? Collapsing government finances, flu epidemics, harsh weather, austerity programmes, popular unrest being quashed by heavy-handed authorities, Barcelona playing football as if it were a game invented by J S Bach and perfected by Mozart?
I’m sure that you have all, aided by doses of optimism, Speyside’s finest single malts and the promise a bright new year, forgotten all about that. Indeed, I know that you are a forward looking bunch, with little to constrain you as you head into the year, save for a nagging doubt that you may be on the wrong roaming tariff.
I know this because so many of you took part in our Mobile Europe Ones to Watch in 2011 survey, and provided so much good comment. Now, I am sure that you have been thinking of little else as you stuffed the in-laws and roasted stockings over an open fire so I am happy to tell you that the wait is over, and the results of our survey are now public.
Just to remind you, we asked what services you thought would have most impact in 2011, what the top areas of operator investment would be, and which would be the companies and people to watch. We also asked you to get your pet peeves off your chest (a very popular section, this one) and what you thought was over-hyped.
If you would like to read the full results, and frankly I think you should because you were a part of them, then you can do so here. Thankfully there are some surprising answers, as well as some pretty predictable ones, and some good rants in the “rant box”.
And as the results are out that also means that our December/January issue is out, bringing with it not just the goodness of the 2011 predictions survey, but also the analysts’ take on 2011, as well as a full slate of essays from industry participants on the year ahead. So there’s plenty to read there as you seek to remind yourself what this year could bring.
Not only that, but we carry a fine report on the mobile cloud services opportunity, and what operators will need to do to be fully cloud enabled, from Michael Knuckey, editor of Cloud Vision.