Industry review: Tough 2009 raises hopes for 2010 turnaround
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No analysis blog would be complete without predictions for the new year. In our most recent set of entries, the GSMA Intelligence team analyses the ten most prolific trends of a turbulent past twelve months as well as forecasting likely developments for the year ahead as the sector returns to growth.
You can find a round-up of these articles below for easy reference. We hope you enjoy these pieces and wish all of our customers the very best over the seasonal break.
- Apple keeps the app store pretenders at bay (Matt Ablott)
- Devices get smart (Will Croft)
- LTE gets into gear. Now don't over rev the engine! (Justin Springham)
- OS wars heat up (Will Croft)
- Network market undergoes shakeup (Justin Springham)
- Operators suffer data network indigestion (Matt Ablott)
- Nokia refocuses for success (Joss Gillet)
- MVNOs break new ground (Jon Groves)
- Industry moves from global recession to rationalisation (Joss Gillet)
- US prepaid market boosted by prepay (Jon Groves)
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