Text Messages and What They Tell Us About the Future
Stephen Connell, MORPACE International Ltd.
In early 2002, the future of the mobile phone industry can only be seen through a fairly cloudy window: whilst there is enormous technological optimism, expressed most tangibly in the sums paid in Europe for 3rd Generation service licenses (a total of $100 billion), there are also some strong doubts about the schedule for delivery of new handsets, the capabilities of the network technology and likely patterns of demand for new services. This tangle of uncertainties is particularly acute since the next generation...