Just before Christmas we spoke to some of Tieto’s Telecoms and Media group for an update on their mobile strategy. We found them emerging successfully from a transition year. Tieto is an IT services company of around 16,000 people, of which 6,000 are in the Telecoms and Media group. In the past, the focus for [...]
Posted By Martin Garner On January 13th, 2010
One of the big stories to come out of Nokia’s Capital Markets Day was the revelation that it plans to cut its smartphone portfolio in half (see CCS Hotline about the event here). It set me thinking, “Is this a bold move?”
It’s quite easy to argue that it probably is. Why? Because it risks opening [...]
Posted By Ben Wood On December 7th, 2009
While setting up a new PC over the weekend, I ran through the usual checklist: tweak the operating system, install software, copy over bookmarks and peel off the small stickers that manufacturers think will enhance any glossy surface.
Taking the stickers off took almost as long as everything else, thanks to their particularly strong glue. As [...]
Posted By Robert Caunt On November 11th, 2008
Earlier this morning, Nokia announced it would buy the 52.1 percent of Symbian shares it doesn’t already hold, merge the company with its own S60 organisation and create the Symbian Foundation. This new entity will introduce an open-source licence model for the Symbian operating system and the S60, UIQ and MOAP platforms. The move’s a [...]
Posted By Geoff Blaber On June 24th, 2008
