The Wall Street Journal reports that Intel is in negotiations to acquire the wireless chip business of Germany’s Infineon.   Apparently Intel has made previous runs at competing in the market for chips that power mobile phones and other mobile devices, without great success.  If they did become a power, it would consolidate their position [...]

innovation · Intel · leadership · mobile telecoms · value

Amazon’s  sales initiated through mobile devices have topped $1 billion at an annual rate, the company announced.   That’s about 5% of total sales.  Mobile devices like Kindle and apps for phones and pads are likely to be an ever-growing share of revenues and profits for on-line retailers like Amazon. Here’s the report from Guardian [...]

Amazon · customers · growth · innovation · mobile telecoms · service

This article today from Global Telecoms Business suggests that most of the major mobile operators around the world are planning a channel to sell applications to mobile phone users. The idea strikes at least in part at Apple’s business model of selling apps through its own app store, without sharing revenues with the operators.  It [...]

America Movil · AT&T · business · business models · China · China Mobile · global · innovation · leadership · mobile telecoms

According to blogger Henry Blodgett of Business Insider, apps available for phones running Google’s Android operating system are approaching 100,000.   This is less than the 200,000 I have heard quoted for Apple’s iphone, but according to Blodgett, the Android app base is catching up fast and poses a big challenge for Apple.  Blodgett speculates [...]

Apple · community · Google · innovation · leadership · mobile telecoms · service

We haven’t added Bharti Airtel to our list of Communities of Leadership before now, but in closing its acquisition of African assets from Kuwait’s Zain yesterday for $ 10 billion, the company became the fifth largest global mobile telecoms operator, behind China Mobile (on our list), Vodafone, Telefonica, and America Movil (on our list). Stay [...]

Bharti Airtel · emerging markets · India · leadership · mobile telecoms