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Bluephone continues despite standards group's demise
News Bluephone's main aim is to gain experience for BT, before "real" converged services based on the SIP protocol emerge, according to analyst Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis. This increases cellular coverage," said Bubley.
[May 23, 2005, 13:10]
Free support for smartphones tipped to end
News Dean Bubley, ex-Datamonitor analyst and founder of consulting firm Disruptive Analysis, said that because mobile phones have evolved from being completely reliable, single-use devices into complicated multi-functional devices, network operators...
[November 27, 2003, 10:05]
Nortel eyes up SME market
News Dean Bubley, chief analyst with Datamonitor believes Nortel has been forced to recognise the importance of the SME market, following in the footsteps of 3Com and Cisco who have both been making a noise about the potential of SMEs for some time.
[November 23, 1998, 8:40]
BT on the verge of launching Bluephone
News This is an early example of something that will be a reasonable success into the long-term," said Dean Bubley, an analyst at Disruptive Analysis. Bubley feels that the significance of Bluephone lies not so much in what it purports to do, however...
[June 9, 2005, 15:45]
Should Vodafone buy BT?
News Vodafone painted themselves into a corner with their mobile-only strategy," said Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis. According to Bubley, buying a share in Verizon was exactly the wrong thing for Vodafone to do.
[March 13, 2006, 15:55]
O2 enjoys early i-mode success
News Analyst Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis believes there is a "gap in the market" for optimised mobile versions of such sites. However, Bubley remains sceptical about the mobile operators' claims that their IM clients would be truly interoperable.
[June 7, 2006, 11:15]
Industry cautious over 4G auctions
News People are now a lot more intelligent about the timing of when they can launch," Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis told ZDNet UK on Monday. Referring to the "awfully long time" it took for operators to see a return on their investments in 3G...
[June 27, 2006, 11:15]
Qualcomm builds NFC into mobile chipsets
News However, telecoms analyst Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis told ZDNet UK that he doubted NFC would take off in the short to medium term. There is an interest around travel ticketing, but you'll probably see that adopted in a patchy fashion...
[February 11, 2009, 16:17]
Chip ushers in the disposable mobile
News Dean Bubley, founder of analyst firm Disruptive Analysis, believes that it could help to push the cost of making a basic mobile phone as low as $25 within a couple of years, which would mean handsets could actually be given away.
[January 25, 2005, 13:20]
BT slashes Wi-Fi tariffs
News It's more that BT has been doing what it usually does and skimming the top end of the market while it can," said Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis. Bubley believes that the £25 per month tariff is 'about right', but isn't impressed that a single...
[July 27, 2004, 13:40]
Analysts split over HSDPA vs WiMax
News Disruptive Analysis’s Dean Bubley told ZDNet UK that, although HSDPA would certainly be "a lot more prevalent by 2008 in handsets", it was not necessarily going to be used much more than 3G is currently.
[June 15, 2006, 12:45]
Micro-USB to be phone-charger standard
News Telecoms analyst Dean Bubley, of Disruptive Analysis, pointed out the possible implications for some manufacturers. This is cheaper to the manufacturer, and also results in a smaller, less heavy box — which reduces on shipping costs, storage costs...
[September 20, 2007, 12:30]
O2 snaffles The Link in shopping spree
News From O2's point of view, if their retail strategy is working, then getting more of it seems like a good idea," said Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis. Bubley believes O2 is getting "quite a good bargain" on the deal, due to the costs involved in...
[June 21, 2006, 13:15]
Internet giants threaten mobile operators
News Technology analyst Dean Bubley agreed that Internet companies pose a serious threat to mobile operators. This might be true at the moment for voice telephony, but for interactive services they are very far behind," said Bubley, founder of...
[April 7, 2006, 15:50]
Carphone Warehouse freezes Satio phone sales
News According to mobile analyst Dean Bubley, Sony Ericsson has had some software reliability issues in the past, but it is not the only handset maker to have done so. Carphone Warehouse's suspension of Satio sales could hurt Sony Ericsson, Bubley said...
[November 23, 2009, 15:15]
Sony Ericsson takes control of smartphone interface
News Most of the investors in Symbian must have been fairly down on subsidising Sony Ericsson's software development," suggested analyst Dean Bubley, of Disruptive Analysis, on Tuesday. Bubley linked the announcement to Monday's news that influential...
[November 7, 2006, 12:37]
T-Mobile UK sees drop in mobile customers
News Telecoms analyst Dean Bubley told ZDNet UK on Monday that T-Mobile UK has strong competition from 3 at the low end of the market, as well as from Vodafone in the SIM-only market. Bubley also noted O2's success with the iPhone in the UK.
[February 2, 2009, 14:11]
AOL UK to partner with Vodafone?
News Analyst Dean Bubley agreed that a partnership with a company like Vodafone "could potentially work well". However, Bubley also suggested that, while "partnerships are lower-risk.they do tend to have less chance of success as you don't have your...
[June 12, 2006, 12:45]
Dell could start making phones
News Fundamentally, the barriers to creating a Windows-based smartphone aren't that high," Disruptive Analysis' Dean Bubley told ZDNet UK on Tuesday, adding: "It's not as though Dell lacks the resources". Bubley also suggested that Dell would be a...
[February 28, 2007, 12:05]
Callserve Net phone offers 60 percent off BT prices
News said Dean Bubley, director of Datamonitor's technology practice. Bubley also expressed doubts as to the line quality. According to Bubley, telephony over the Internet will only find favour with consumers who would otherwise not be making long...
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