(Mobile phones are) a device that's synonymous with the person as opposed to fixed-line phones. It's inevitable that they're going to exploit that. |
From a practical perspective, any telecom manufacturer has to have a big position in China. |
If you look back at the launch of I-mode it was a couple of months before Panasonic launched its I-mode phone and when it came out, the market really started to take off, |
It's an emerging market that presents a ground zero opportunity for telecom manufacturers. |
It's an ongoing consolidation, |
Microsoft has missed an opportunity to show leadership in mobile security and have the market declare that the company has made Windows Mobile 5.0 secure. |
That has always been the game plan. |
The Indian market is really picking up now. Finally, the market is starting to see some serious growth and that's good. |
The Japanese obviously see China as a key market, |
There's a place for high function, multi-purpose devices but it is a relatively small market. |
This is a fairly cost effective way of extending its presence in the U.S. market and in the CDMA business without making huge new rounds of investments. |
This is a fairly cost effective way of extending its presence in the US market and in the CDMA business without making huge new rounds of investments. |
Vodafone's worldwide acquisition strategy is of getting controlling stakes in investments. They think that's the way to create value as a global mobile operator, |
We now have some reasonable experiences with what to expect in 3G ... what's possible, what's selling and what's not. |
You can't expect one device to answer all requirements, |