Posts Tagged ‘mobile’

Have service providers missed the boat in offering Rich Communication Services?

BLOGGER: TSAHI LEVENT-LEVI Once upon a time, we used to talk on the phone. (Remember those days?) Then we all started texting each other. And then, in the relative blink of an eye, everything changed.  According to “Comics about Technology”, when it comes to communicating with each other, we now have 10 levels of intimacy, nicely [...]

Is instant messaging still seductive enough?

BLOGGER: GAYLE RINOT Did you know that “naughty” texting (also known as “sexting”) has changed the way we flirt? Or that the idea of instant messaging was invented while eating a pizza?  These are two of ten astounding facts about the humble SMS whose technology has remained pretty much the same for the past 20 [...]

Playing it safe can be expensive

BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK A few months ago, a friend of mine finally gave in to temptation by purchasing her first (and much-debated) smartphone, and in doing so, entered the unknown world of data tariffs. Would 0.5Gb be enough? 1Gb? In the end, she decided on 2Gb, “just to be on the safe side” but she [...]

Are we there yet?

BLOGGER: SHAHAR YARDEN At the same time that the Super Bowl 2010 was taking place, I was boarding a flight from the US. As the plane left the gate, the pilot announced “Please turn off all your electronic devices … and that includes your NFL (National Football League) iPhone application!”  Looking around me, I watched [...]

Mobile VoIP: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

BLOGGER: AMNON EKSTEIN Mobile VoIP services are growing, presenting a serious threat to many mobile operators’ traditional services. These operators are concerned they will lose control of voice-based services and the revenue they have become used to receiving from it. Research companies predict that mobile VoIP users will exceed 100 million by 2012 (Jupiter Research) [...]