Skype Moves To The Shop Floor
News Besides growing competition, another obstacle Skype faces is entrenched consumer behaviour, said Charles Golvin, a telecommunications analyst for Forrester Research. It removes one of the fundamental impediments to its business: it puts the...
[November 21, 2005, 10:50]
Wi-Fi Tweak Catches Dropped Calls
News People can't afford to have dropped calls whenever they need to go somewhere," said Charles Golvin, a senior analyst at Forrester Research. Golvin said that extending cellular coverage and offering WLAN capabilities at the same time is "a nice way...
[August 20, 2003, 12:20]
'Gphone' Rumours Hit Fever Pitch
News Look for applications like "search, mapping, communications, like Google Talk instant messaging" with ads, said Charles Golvin, an analyst at Forrester Research. There are going to be a billion or more mobile-phone subscribers in the next few years...
[October 25, 2007, 12:24]
Palm Plans Resurgence
News Rubinstein is a good addition for them," said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. Dealing with carriers who distribute the phones and competing against entrenched handset makers that are much larger than Palm are only some of the...
[June 5, 2007, 17:51]
Social Networking: 3G's Killer App?
News Carriers have invested a lot of money in their networks," said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. And some experts, such as Forrester Research's Golvin, are sceptical that mobile phones will ever be able to offer enough...
[April 12, 2006, 11:20]
What The Future Holds For Google's Android
News While I believe the effort by the Open Handset Alliance will have a significant impact on the market, I think it will build slowly over time," said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. The long-term potential impact is to drive the...
[November 6, 2007, 8:21]
The PDA: It's Not Dead Yet
News Analyst Charles Golvin with Forrester Research, which does not publish quarterly sales and shipment information, said the biggest problem for PDA makers is that the purchases are coming from existing users more than newer ones.
[August 3, 2005, 9:30]
AOL Withdraws From Enterprise IM
News Charles Golvin, an analyst at Forrester Research, feels that outfits such as IBM's Lotus group, Microsoft and Oracle have a better chance to effectively deliver IM for businesses. IM is all about presence and availability, which means to operate it...
[June 22, 2004, 8:25]
Generation Y Keeping Companies On Their Toes
News Charles Golvin, principal analyst at Forrester Research, said Generation Y is the audience companies are most struggling to understand — a key issue due to their importance for future revenue growth. Golvin said the key distinction between...
[July 28, 2008, 8:50]
