At the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment tradeshow in San Francisco a panel of European and Asian mobile operators were asked what consumer can expect next.

For your enjoyment below their predictions.

1: Mahesh Prasad, Presisdent with Reliance, an Indian CDMA carrier:
Voice recognition services
More localised content (non-western pop music for ringtones)

2: Graeme Ferguson, director of global content development with Vodafone:
Music download services
Mobile TV and messaging

3: JH Kah, vice president of Global with SKT (South Korea Telecom)
3G, as in:
Girls (porn)
Gambling
Games

4: Matt Dacey, head of Content for O2
Mobile blogging and communities: they don't cost operators a thing to create and drive a lot of traffic

From right to left: Mahesh Prasad, Masaaki Maeda (DoCoMo - not mentioned above), Graeme Ferguson, JH Kah, Matt Dacey.

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Tags:  CTIA, CTIA wireless, O2, vodafone, SKT

29 Sep 2005