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MWC 2010 Round-up: ABI Research Analysts Reflect on Four Days in Barcelona

For four days in February, a team of ABI Research analysts scoured exhibits, attended seminars, and participated in panel discussions at the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, coming away with a variety of impressions, some reinforcing ABI Research’s current views, others prompting thinking along new lines. On the navigation front, Mobile World Congress ...

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

What do you do when disaster strikes? Does your company have a business continuity/disaster recovery plan? Are you ready for what happens when the power goes out, and stays out for hours or days? Have you planned for the possibility that a fire in your building could bring operations to a halt for days, or longer? ...

Nokia, Samsung Better Watch Out For The Natives

With inexpensive and reliable phones that cater to local needs, Nokia and Samsung have held near monopolies on the mobile markets in developing countries for a long time now. The big fear in 2009 was that the rise of knock-off “Shan Zhai Ji” handsets in China would hurt – or even kill off – mobile growth in developing markets, but with poor distribution, poor servic...

MWC 2010 Round-up: ABI Research Analysts Reflect on Four Days in Barcelona

For four days in February, a team of ABI Research analysts scoured exhibits, attended seminars, and participated in panel discussions at the 2010 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, coming away with a variety of impressions, some reinforcing ABI Research’s current views, others prompting thinking along new lines. On the navigation front, Mobile World Congress ...

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

What do you do when disaster strikes? Does your company have a business continuity/disaster recovery plan? Are you ready for what happens when the power goes out, and stays out for hours or days? Have you planned for the possibility that a fire in your building could bring operations to a halt for days, or longer? ...

Nokia, Samsung Better Watch Out For The Natives

With inexpensive and reliable phones that cater to local needs, Nokia and Samsung have held near monopolies on the mobile markets in developing countries for a long time now. The big fear in 2009 was that the rise of knock-off “Shan Zhai Ji” handsets in China would hurt – or even kill off – mobile growth in developing markets, but with poor distribution, poor servic...