Mobile application development is full of hard choices. Although there is a seemingly insatiable appetite for ever-smarter handheld mobile devices and the applications these platforms encourage, developers have to decide which subset of the available mobile market they want to write applications for, in order to get a profitable return for their effort. ...
18/02/2010 | QUO memo2.pdf | VIEW
The increasing demand for mobile data access alongside traditional telephony services is stressing mobile operators’ networks as never before. The extra load from data services is especially hard to manage when there are unexpected peaks in demand. One way to gain better control is to deploy application delivery controllers to manage mobile data applications and the traffic they generate, optimising the user experience and minimising their impact on bandwidth-constrained resources. ...
13/05/2010 | Quocirca - MNO-ADC WP - Feb 2010 - final.pdf | VIEW
Managing mobile costs is a challenge for all organisations, especially as responsibilities and budget authority may often sit in several places—IT, finance, personnel, managers and, of course, the employees themselves. This situation becomes even more complex and problematic for those organisations that span across countries or have to use multiple suppliers within one country. Getting to grips with these costs in a way that does not undermine the value of mobile flexibility is paramount, and organisations need to gather sufficient detail to effectively manage and analyse their mobile costs. ...
14/05/2010 | tt big picture.pdf | VIEW
In challenging times, communications technology needs commercial flexibility Business communications needs are changing rapidly. Internally, there are new technologies and changes in working styles to deal with and now the increasing influence of social and consumer choices. Unpredictable external factors are also having a significant effect, from turmoil in financial markets and political upheaval to travel disruption and natural disasters. With so many options and diverse demands, it is even harder to make long term decisions about technology solutions. Organisations need to adopt a far more flexible approach to meeting their ongoing communications needs to ensure they have sufficient agility for dealing with shifting commercial, technical, environmental and social issues. ...
03/06/2010 | Agility paper final.pdf | VIEW
The communications provider landscape is evolving as the demand for data—in fixed locations and on the move—outstrips the still growing demand for voice communications. New entrants from the worlds of IT, media and the internet are competing—directly and indirectly—with established telecommunications providers. At the same time, new technology innovations and integration are turning once-profitable services into low margin commodities. Telecoms companies need to adapt and rapidly to these new threats to ensure they can survive, and hopefully thrive, on some of the new opportunities that emerge. ...
06/07/2010 | ATG paper3 finalproofed.pdf | VIEW
The expectations, working methods and tools used by employees in all organisations have changed as a result of advances in communications technologies. Mobile technology has had the greatest impact; while the mobile phone initially seemed like a simple extension of the familiar desk phone system, the evolution of mobile networks from mainly carrying voice traffic to predominantly carrying data, has created a more sophisticated and complex challenge for those responsible for managing fleets of mobile users. ...
29/09/2010 | Orange paper - final.pdf | VIEW
In less than a couple of decades, the mobile phone has moved from a clunky accessory for city types and then for certain self employed groups to a ubiquitous communications tool. ...
04/10/2010 | QUO Enterprise smartphones.pdf | VIEW
Technology innovation is often hard to demonstrate to those in senior decision making roles in most organisations, and generally for very straightforward reasons. Many vendors pitch their products or services as being full of benefits, but often these are simply features dressed up with a few marketing buzzwords ending in ‘ability’. ...
27/09/2010 | QUO innovation.pdf | VIEW
The numbers of employees using some form of mobile technology while working has soared. The benefits to the organisation are well documented; employees are more contactable, will probably extend their working days and should be more productive. However, this is not a one way street; employees are avid consumers of all things mobile, as much for personal use as business use – be it phone calls, texting, music downloads, apps, web browsing or social networking – it all extends into the workplace, potentially adding huge costs to mobile contract bills. ...
22/11/2010 | socialmobile final.pdf | VIEW
This video, with Peter Readman of ttMobiles, uses research conducted by Quocirca to identify where businesses can drive savings in a business. ...
22 minutes | 19/01/2010 | 544 | VIEW
