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Next session is March 29th starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
Coffee etc. served. See you there.
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Topic:
Devices, Gadgets and Tools for the workforce – from Apple to Laptops what are mobile workers using and why.
Speakers will include: Palm, Allegro, IT Reporter.
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Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study.
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1) Articles:
1 Billion handsets; Text Messaging rises; Mobile Gaming is big money
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Mobile Monday Toronto presents an evening discussing Venture Capital and the Mobile market in Toronto.
On February 5th, three mobile moguls will have an opportunity to pitch their hot ideas to venture capital companies for money.
Location and time:
Fort York Armory, FREE parking behind the Armory (north side)
Address: 660 Fleet Street, Officer’s Mess Hall, 2nd Floor
Phone: (416) 755-1727
Start Time: 6:30pm
See for details and to register.
Panelists:
Sean Wise, Wise Mentor Capital
Ted Anderson, Managing General Partner, Ventures West
Steven Bloom, CFO, Brightspark
Marc Faucher, Toronto Principal, BCE Capital
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Nokia and Motorola take 57% of global phone market
Timo Poropudas, 27 Jan 2007
M600i: Sony Ericsson has become a power in the top and medium prized mobile phone category. Nokia and Motorola increased their share of the global cell phone market in the fourth quarter. Asian makers Samsung and LG Electronics were the losers.
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Every fourth mobile phone to cost under USD 20 in 2011
ABI Research
Motorla has gained market share with GSMA contracts, but it has hurt margins. The global market for sub-USD 20 ultra low cost handsets (UCLH) will be over 330 million units in 2011. A new study from ABI Research finds that over 50 percent of these handsets will be shipped in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific and the remainder in markets of Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
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Verizon, Nortel strike a deal
By: Nestor E. Arellano (02 Feb 2007)
Nortel Networks Corp.’s recent US$2 billion contract to supply equipment and services to telecom firm Verizon Wireless is a huge shot in the arm for Nortel — as well as Canadian telecommunications, according to one industry insider.
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Mobile Technology shorts:
1 Billion ! handsets shipping in 2006
Cellphone makers shipped more than 1 bln handsets for the first time in 2006, driven by a strong holiday season in which shipments rose nearly 20% to a record 295 mln devices, in the newspaper USA Today.
US text messaging rapidly increasing
Although 79% of consumers find the idea of mobile ads annoying, early efforts at mobile marketing have revealed that consumers will happily engage in campaigns as long as marketers deliver valuable information or content. According to Forrester Research,
, creating a viable audience for mobile marketing. 35% of US households that own a mobile phone currently engage in text messaging and 11% access the mobile Internet
$1.6 Billion in revenues from Mobile Gaming in Asia
Mobile gaming in Asia/Pacific has been successfully established, with revenues reaching $1.56 bln in 2005, reports In-Stat. Mobile gaming in Asia/Pacific will reach $4.4 bln in 2010. 3G users spend 70% more per month on mobile gaming than 2G users. Interest levels in mobile gaming are low, with more than half of both 2G and 3G users indicating they would be unlikely to play mobile games within the next six months.
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