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Note to exhibitors at 3GSM/MWC
Blog No, not a please-leave-me-alone note like analyst Dean Bubley has recently posted (although if your company does not have any relevance to business tech, then do please leave me alone) but rather this:
[January 25, 2008, 13:34]
Old School GSMA
Blog Check out this post from the always well-informed Dean Bubley. Anyway, as per usual Dean is spot on. We received this press release too, but with all the hectic redesign stuff going on (how's the new site, by the way?
[October 31, 2006, 8:27]
Analyst sees big future for VoIP-over-3G
News According to analyst Dean Bubley, of Disruptive Analysis, there could be over 250 million "VoIPo3G" users by the end of 2012. However, according to the VoIPo3G Business Models report, which was produced by Bubley's company and released on Tuesday...
[November 16, 2007, 15:12]
TeleWare unveils private mobile network
News Analyst Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis told ZDNet UK that TeleWare was better placed than its potential competitors to introduce such a scheme, due to its history of working with enterprise customers.
[October 25, 2006, 10:30]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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...
[September 24, 1999, 16:12]
Analysts welcome 3's flat-rate broadband
News Analyst Dean Bubley pointed out that 3's package "looks like it is starting where T-Mobile's pretty decent Web'n'Walk leaves off". Not trying to do something idiotic like creating an own-brand IM is a sign of real-world Internet-savvy maturity that...
[November 17, 2006, 12:31]
