Industry review: Tough 2009 raises hopes for 2010 turnaround
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Industry review: Tough 2009 raises hopes for 2010 turnaround
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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