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Orange Business Services Brings Out Unik for Business Consolidating its FMC Advantage
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jul 03, 2008]
Orange Business Services launches Unik for business in four
European countries offering integrated fixed/wireless services.
The product has a number of attractive features and is hitting
at an expansive target market.
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Service Providers; If You Don’t Offer Real ITIL Expertise, You Are About to Miss the Boat!
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| Advisory Report |
Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jun 24, 2008]
ITIL is the language of service
management; a few key telecom
service providers have integrated this as
an integral part of
their business services market strategy.
To play well in the
converged ICT market there is no other
way than ITIL.
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Belgacom Enhances Its Hosted Push Email Service to Business Clients with a Flavor of SaaS
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- BeNeLux [Jun 05, 2008]
Belgacom announces an upgrade to its existing hosted mobile
email service with Windows Mobile and now BlackBerry. While the
new initiative will receive some attention, it represents only
minor adjustments from the previous version of the service.
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Mobistar Announces Its All in One Service to SoHos
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 30, 2008]
Mobistar unveils a new bundle of fixed, mobile and Internet
services under one single bill, although this initiative is
claimed to be unique in Belgium, rivals such as Belgacom in
cooperation with its subsidiaries offers similar services.
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O2 UK Makes Another Move, This Time Offering New Managed Email Services for Larger SMEs
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 27, 2008]
O2 unveils managed services for mobile email to help clients
focus on their core business. This initiative strengthens O2’s
market position in the UK, but it’s questionable if O2 can
claim differentiation from rivals who are doing similar things.
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Orange Unveils Lowered Data Roaming Charges via Its New ‘Travel Data Daily’ Postpaid Service
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 27, 2008]
Orange unveiled a postpaid option for
lowered data roaming
charges ahead of the July 1 deadline set
out in February by the
EU Commissioner. While this action was
required, it arrives
later than its key rivals and needs further
explanation.
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RIM’s on the Move – Wireless Enterprise Symposium Wrap-Up
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 22, 2008]
RIM’s WES last week, including the HSDPA BlackBerry Bold,
demonstrates solid momentum including business application
partners. RIM’s position in the US is strong while Europe will
need more work.
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HP’s Power Play for EDS Delivers Dubious Synergies
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Business Network Services - U.S., Enterprise Network Systems, Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Application Infrastructure, Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Telecom Infrastructure Services
- [May 16, 2008]
HP’s agreement to shell out big money to
bolster its services
portfolio by acquiring EDS appears a safe,
but expensive and
uninspired move. The synergy is about
additive finances, not
revolutionary new ideas, and IBM’s
position is not threatened.
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Mobile Device Management Is Essential to Capture Market Share and Satisfy Business Clients!
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 13, 2008]
Mobile device management solutions
should be included in every
enterprise mobility player’s value
proposition. While there
are some interesting offerings in place,
the overall market is
new and fragmented.
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Selling Enterprise Mobility In a Crowded Environment, Better Find Your Spot!
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 05, 2008]
Today there are different European
players going after the
enterprise mobility space. While there are
some differences,
the real recipe for success will be the
ones who can position
themselves away from the rest by
creating a unique proposition.
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Orange Makes a Fixed and Mobile Bundle Move to Outperform French FMC Rivals
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [May 05, 2008]
Orange announces a new but limited edition for fixed and mobile
services for SOHO/SME to counter rivals latest offerings.
While this is an interesting move to enhance Orange’s
competitiveness, French rivals will soon counter with better
offers.
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O2 Launches UK Support for Mobile Applications Development for Partners Targeting Corporate Clients
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 28, 2008]
O2 announced a new program designed
to help partners meet the
needs of business customers. This action
will improve O2’s
market position in the UK, but it will not
have a huge impact
in a dynamic market where rivals are
doing similar things.
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Orange Business Services Strengthen its Unik FMC Proposition to French Business Clients
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 18, 2008]
Orange Business Services makes another move to enhance its Unik
FMC service. While the company unveils an interesting PBX
extended service to mobile phones, the event is overshadowed by
other services being announced at the same time.
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Telefonica’s Movistar Launches a New Push E-mail Service to Spanish SMEs
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 18, 2008]
Movistar unveils its new push e-mail based on SEVEN’s
technology and a HTC touch phone device for the SME and SOHO
segment with two pricing options. However, while it will create
interest it remains to be seen how successful it will be.
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Orange Business Services Offers Mobile Access to Business Talk
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 10, 2008]
Orange Business Services is now offering
mobile access to
Business Talk, giving customers the
ability to divert their
international mobile calls across an IP
network from 22
countries. It now has a credible
response to the BT
proposition.
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Microsoft Smartens Up Its Enterprise Mobility Offer to Capture More Market Share
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Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 03, 2008]
Microsoft unveils its Windows Mobile 6.1 making it easier for
IT departments to deploy, manage and secure Windows Mobile
phones with access to corporate VPNs. This increases the
temperature in a growing enterprise mobility services market.
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CTIA Wireless 2008: Qualcomm’s Gobi Shows the Way to Speed Up 3G Laptop Usage In the Enterprise Mobility Arena
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| Show Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 03, 2008]
Qualcomm demonstrates good market
insight with its enhanced
chipset support of multiple WWAN
options, potentially providing
a boost to European 3G laptop growth
with already certified
major European mobile operators on
board.
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iPass Unveils Its Free WiFi Hotspot Finder for Smartphone Users
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Apr 02, 2008]
iPass is launching a free WiFi hotspot finder for handhelds to
make it easier to locate access points. Although this is new
because rivals don’t have a similar capability in place, the
uniqueness will be short lived as rivals will respond soon.
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iPhone Opens for Business: The Case For and Against
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Mar 26, 2008]
The iPhone has everything to prove from
the enterprise perspective, and it will
face fierce competition from proven
BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian
smartphones that even Apple’s legendary
marketing muscle may find difficult to
overcome.
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Neuf Cegetel Plays the FMC Card to Bring French Smaller Business Clients On Board
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- Southern Europe [Mar 20, 2008]
Neuf Cegetel announces unlimited and secure fixed and mobile
data access service for SOHO/SME. While this is a positive move
to enhance its market position rivals will soon counter with
similar or better offers in a dynamic market.
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Cable & Wireless UK Aims Enterprise FMC at Mobility Share of Wallet
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- UK/Ireland [Mar 11, 2008]
C&W’s inaugural entry into the UK
enterprise FMC market expands
the options for large enterprises,
enhances the carrier’s
status and mounts a credible response to
BT Corporate Fusion,
but the jury is out on the winning
enterprise FMC formula.
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Mobile Device Management in Europe Has a Bumpy Road Ahead
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Mar 11, 2008]
Mobile device management is in high
demand from large
enterprises and it has a lot of appeal to
verticals, yet the
market is at an early phase and uptake is
low. This advisory
looks at the current state of the
European market.
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CeBIT 2008: T-Mobile Germany Scores Microsoft SCMDM First, but Not for Long
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Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Mar 07, 2008]
T-Mobile Germany’s Microsoft System Center Mobile Device
Manager (MSCMDM) ‘Big Package’ for enterprises is unlikely to
stay unchallenged for long and support for the platform needs
to be extended beyond Germany and the MDA Compact IV smartphone.
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What It Means to Be ‘‘Green:’’ Environmental Responsibility in the Telecom Industry
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| Advisory Report |
Data Management, Business Network Services - U.S., Carrier Infrastructure , Enterprise Network Systems, Broadband Infrastructure , Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Optical Infrastructure , Wireless Services - Europe, Solutions Assessments, Application Infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure , Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, Carrier IP Telephony , Wholesale Telecom Services , Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Digital Media Infrastructure, Telecom Infrastructure Services, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- BeNeLux, Central Europe, China/Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nordics, Pan-Asia, Pan-European, Singapore, Southern Europe, UK/Ireland [Mar 07, 2008]
As Kermit once said, “It’s not easy being
green.” Current
Analysis recognizes the challenges and
opportunities associated
with environmental sustainability and it is
taking a
comprehensive approach to analyzing the
key issues in this
movement.
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CeBIT 2008: BT Germany Announces Mobile Access with Onevoice
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| Show Update |
Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- Central Europe [Mar 05, 2008]
BT Germany has announced the availability of BT Onevoice Mobile
Access offering customers the ability to divert their
international mobile calls across the BT network. This shows BT
is serious about mobile integration.
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RAS Market Sees the Rise of 3G and Mobile Devices
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Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Mar 04, 2008]
While RAS providers have been silent on
new announcements for
the last six months, 3G is clearly on the
rise as WiFi tapers
off. Competition continues between
carriers and VNOs, and the
race to integrate 3G for laptops and
handsets just beginning.
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TeliaSonera Launches Mobile Phone Management SaaS
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 28, 2008]
TeliaSonera launches a flexible mobile
handset management
service, where customers pay a fixed
monthly fee for the SaaS.
Initially it only supports Windows and
Symbian handsets, but
the underlying Intellisync platform is
expandable.
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Vodafone NL Plans to Offer Fixed-line Services for Business Customers
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 28, 2008]
Vodafone NL plans to offer fixed
telephony services from H2
2008. While this advances Vodafone’s
Total Communications
proposition, it will have an uphill battle in
gaining market
share against established competitors.
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European Data Roaming Price Cuts: Mobile Operators Leave Out the Devilish Details
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 22, 2008]
Europe’s mobile operators have
collectively and hurriedly
agreed to reduce data roaming charges,
but so far, vague
promises indicate they are nowhere near
working out the best
way to do it without significantly
impacting their own
revenues.
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Vodafone UK Tests Demand for Neverfail Managed BlackBerry Services
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Vodafone’s new Neverfail service to
protect BlackBerrys from
outages looks like a timely marketing
ploy, but it is unclear
how many UK companies consider the
devices unreliable or mobile
e-mail sufficiently mission-critical to buy
the service.
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Mobile World Congress 2008: Mobile Carriers and Vivienne Reding Spar Over Roaming Data Pricing
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| Show Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- Pan-European [Feb 12, 2008]
TeliaSonera steps up to the plate and lowers its data roaming
tariffs 50-70%, but does not specify how widespread the offer is
or what kind of services they will offer to get business users
to integrate high-speed roaming data services.
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O2’s Professional Services Team Starts Off Small in the UK
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Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 11, 2008]
O2’s newly created professional services team should appeal to
enterprises requiring customized mobility solutions, but is
limited to the UK, has fewer experts than Vodafone or BT Global
Services, and covers only a small number of applications.
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BT Spain Extends Beyond Traditional Fixed Role with Mobility Services and Convergence
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Feb 11, 2008]
BT Spain announced new corporate mobility solutions fully
integrated with its fixed-line services, effectively closing a
gap in the carrier’s overall offering to Spanish business. A
weak product brand and low marketing momentum are concerns.
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Vodafone Germany Unveils IP-Phone Pro for SMEs
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jan 24, 2008]
After a year in hibernation, IP-Phone Pro
is due to make a
March service launch debut at CeBit. The
level of fixed-mobile
integration is impressive, but the
business-centric, value-
added features are limited.
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Telefonica Movistar/O2 Makes Data Roaming Price Cuts Ahead of EU Pressure
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jan 22, 2008]
Telefonica/O2’s plan to lower data
roaming rates by 40% across the board,
including a flat-rate EUR 50 monthly levy
for 50 MB of roaming data download for
business users, leaves competitors
lagging behind.
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T-Mobile UK Uses Free WiFi to Set Its Mobile Broadband Apart
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jan 17, 2008]
Bundling free WiFi access with 3G data
gives T-Mobile UK a competitive
advantage over rival MNOs that charge
separately for WiFi access, but the offer
is limited to a couple of high-end
contracts and applies only to UK hotspots.
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3 UK Enters into First MVNO Deal with Gamma Telecom to Target SMEs
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| Competitive Update |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Jan 14, 2008]
Gamma Telecom will use 3 UK’s mobile
network to deliver mobile
voice, text and data services to its
existing SME customers,
but it is unlikely to pose much of a threat
to the established
subscriber bases of existing UK MVNOs or
MNOs.
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Vodafone NL Opens Door to Mobile Broadband with Lower Roaming Tariffs
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- BeNeLux [Jan 07, 2008]
Combining both national and international data roaming tariffs
into the same bundle is an innovative new model from Vodafone NL
that could alter the mobile Internet landscape; other mobile
network operators (MNOs) should be paying close attention.
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Orange Business Services’ ‘Connect-and-Go’ USB Modem Mobilizes Business Everywhere
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Dec 21, 2007]
Orange Business Services is raising the
bar in the mobile
broadband and RAS market with a new
mobile data USB modem,
initially available in the UK for Business
Everywhere end
users. The operator plans to add France,
Spain and Romania
rapidly.
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Top Ten Enterprise Mobility Trends for 2008
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| Advisory Report |
Enterprise Mobility - Europe
- [Dec 11, 2007]
As enterprise mobility establishes itself
as a strategic growth area, opportunities
and pitfalls abound for service providers
addressing the European market; this
report identifies our top ten trends in
enterprise mobility for 2008.
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