Following my previous post on increased Handango Commission, I learnt today that Handango has just secured $9.5 Million in Venture Funding.
Handango started in 1999 and I find it hard to believe it still needs venture funding, especially when it has been charging developers such high commission fees. Something seems wrong here.
Meanwhile, the press release […]

Handango seem to have alienated developers yet again. While I also feel 50% commission is too much, Handango is currently the only option if you want to distribute your applications to as great a number of people as possible.
As with most things, people like complaining but aren’t willing to do anything about it. Handango’s […]

Gartner has an interesting press release relating to m-commerce. The key finding to come out of their research is that…
"Consumers are more likely to shop rather than to buy from a mobile phone"
People want to use the mobile phone to compare prices, find products and stores. However, most currently don’t want to pay via the […]

Netsize have just published their (free to download) Netsize guide…
"The Netsize Guide is a comprehensive annual industry report, documenting the state of the global mobile content and services market. Drawing on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with industry executives and opinion-makers, it provides professionals an essential snapshot of the developments that have taken place and […]

There’s so much buzz about mobile advertising at the moment. But what happens when people reach their advertising led destination? Much of the current mobile web advertising is actually for mobile content. If you are a smaller publisher of content, how can you present it in a way accessible to mobile phones? How can you […]

There is a fascinating interview with Arun Sarin, Vodafone chief executive, on the FT site today. It gives an insight into Vodafone thinking. I particularly liked the following part…
"Q: Given the entry of Google and Nokia, all pushing on mobile services, how do you avoid Vodafone becoming a pipe down which others send services?
A: Most […]

Octegra have a great whitepaper showing how mobile content revenues based on Premium Rate SMS create an unfair division of revenues leading lower revenues for both the mobile and content industries.

Octegra propose that network operators should adopt a direct-to-bill payment mechanism. I personally can’t see this happening. Network operators would see this as a reduction in their […]