Published by Arsalan Mir on November 16, 2009
under Marketing, Media, Nokia, Telecommunications
Rihanna, international superstar, will showcase new material from her highly-anticipated forthcoming album Rated R exclusively to a Nokia audience via a globally streamed live performance on November 16th 2009. The album’s ‘Social Media Launch’ event in partnership with Nokia will preview tracks from Rated R – set for a November 23rd release worldwide – performed live from a secret London location.
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Published by Babar Bhatti on November 16, 2009
under Information Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Wateen
While browsing Wateen’s website www.wateen.com I noticed a number of usability issues and lack of attention to detail. Telecom is a complex business and a god website is a must for companies to provide information and service to their customers. A website which fails to provide the right information and a good user experience is a business failure. I wanted to highlight a few issues found on Wateen.com in the hope that others will use it for learning on what NOT to do.
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Published by Babar Bhatti on November 16, 2009
under Data, Digital Convergence, Mobile Phones, Networks, Smart Phones, Trend Watch
Here are the results of the poll from October about smart phone data usage. As you can see a majority of users who participated in this poll are power users. This is to be expected as people who read blogs tend to be early adopters and thus more likely to be mobile data users. Also see the results from my own usage as of today. The very obvious trend is that wireless data usage is on the rise and mobile phones are fast becoming the most common device for accessing information. Network operators and service providers need to adjust their business models to take this into account. The pace of this acceleration of data usage varies by geography but its only a matter of time before this becomes a global phenomenon.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll.