10 most read #telecom articles from last week

Here's what people were reading in their first week back at work, from the latest news by Total Telecom:

Huawei says 2014 revenue hit $46bn

DoCoMo tackles Tata on India stake sale

Android market share falls in Europe, US

T-Mo posts strong Q4 net adds, but is likely still behind Sprint

Global tablet market still stagnant - analysts

T-Mobile US to trial LTE on unlicensed spectrum

Nokia completes Panasonic base station buy

New year in telecoms, same old story

Verizon mulls AOL deal, but CEO says no to takeover

Bezeq appeals competition ruling

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Reasons to be happy #1 no zooming

It's the little things that make you happy, like being able to read the latest issue of Total Telecom+ on the  iPad without pinching and zooming.

That's right, we've being working on a refresh for our popular monthly analysis, Total Telecom+ with the big change being that it is specifically designed for reading on a tablet computer or a Smartphone.

To this end we have updated the Apps for Apple iOS and also for Android, but we've retained the eternally popular PDF.

Sorry, but if you were a fan of the online page turning replica magazine, it is no more!

So what are the big changes:

• first up pages you can read without needing to zoom
• an image on the front cover - making it easy to identify individual issues within an App
• greater focus on news analysis
• new infographic sections
• events calendar
• and for advertisers, new advertising positions

We hope you like the new look. Let us know your thoughts (info@totaltele.com)

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So what #phone will you take to Barcelona?

Mobile World Congress will no doubt reveal the latest innovations in smartphones, so have you considered what you will take with you?


This isn't an issue of phone envy as yours looks shoddy alongside the latest gleaming offerings, but according to dating site Match.com, more an issue of what your phone says about you...


Their recent survey, reported by VentureBeat reveals that Android users are most likely to have visited an online dating site, whilst iPhone users are the quickest to follow up after a first date (good news in the limited timespan of MWC?). As for Blackberry users, they fall in love and first sight, then get drunk! Read the results in their full glory here.


What the survey doesn't make clear is what impact, if any, these perceptions have on the brands using these operating system. We'll have to ask our friends at Brand Finance if they considered romantic connotations when compiling this years telecom brand valuation, including the Top 10 Handset Makers, which you will find on page 13 of this months Total Telecom+


RELATED CONTENT:
Mobile device developments: Phoney War (Total Telecom+ Welcome to 2012)
Top 50 Telecommunications Brand Ranking (Total Telecom+ February 2012)

The Year of the Device

It's official, 2011 has been the year of the #device. Apple, Android, HTC, iPad, iPhone, iOS, even dare we say Nokia have all been prevalent buzz words amongst news stories this year, with the most read story of the year being "Rumour mill in overdrive pending iPad 2 launch"

So it's no surprise then that we've added some great analysis to the mix through Total Telecom+. So in case you've missed out during the year, check out the following issues:

October issue - Tablets: No cure-all

Mobile operators are looking to tablets as an area of future growth, but in the face of stiff competition they will need to prove they can add value for users.


November issue - Bring Your Own Device
Mobile operators show BYOD is on their agenda as enterprises deal with the risks associated with employee-owned tablets and smartphones.



December - January issue - Dangerous Duopoly

Vodafone keen to see more competition in the mobile OS space, but analysts and
handset makers believe the battle is already over.

and Augmented Reality: Real world view. Mobile operators are starting to find their feet in a new market segment, but the places in the value chain are still up for grabs.

These links are all to simple PDF downloads, but you can also read these on you mobile DEVICE (Android or iOS) or online

Of course there's no sign of device fever ending any time soon, so why not keep up to date by following Our Devices RSS feed

Warning - Beware of #Android's

There may be a sudden outbreak of Androids, or at least Android editions of Total Telecom+ which is now live in the Android Market.

This new route to access for Total Telecom+ joins the iPad App edition that already has already been downloaded by over 1,800 users.

If you have an iPad, iPhone or Android device, make sure you check out the Total Telecom+ App - we're sure you'll be delighted by the compelling reading, viewing and sharing experience.

The latest publication on the App is the 2011 edition of the Global 100 Operators guide. If you want the full dataset, this will be available shortly in excel format - contact Total Telecom for more information.

Total Telecom+ provides indepth analysis of the issues behind the news from the editiors of Total Telecom and selected contributiors. It is available for tablet devices, as an online page turner and to download as a PDF. Find out more about the latest edition (October) by clicking here. Content includes TABLETS, RISK MANAGEMENT, SATELLITES, NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS as well as the Q4 edition of Tellabs Insight Magazine.