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Making Money with
Mobile Services(keynote address)
Tomi T Ahonen, MBA
Author and Consultant
Mobile Squared
Camerjam Singapore 5 May 2010
"The mobile phone is the only device that 30% of the world's population carry"
says Tomi Ahonen The Financial Times 1 Sept 2005
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4.2 B people have toothbrush
• Yes, we've run out of technologies to compare mobile
phones. Its been said more people have a mobile
phone subscription than have access to running
water or a toilet.
• At the MMA Forum Asia conference it was said 4.2
Billion people have a tootbrush but 4.6 Billion people
have a mobile phone subscription..Source: MMA Forum Asia 12-14 Apr 2010
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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4.6B Subs, 3.9B phones, 3.4B Uniques
Source: Tomi Ahonen Amanac 2010 - sample pages at: www.tomiahonen.com
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The 8 Benefits of the 7th Medium
Better than the internet or television
Wikipedia page: Seven Mass Media
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The 7 Mass Media
1st mass medium Print 1500: books, newspapers, magazines
2nd medium Recordings 1890s: music, games, movies
3rd medium Cinema 1910s
4th medium Radio 1920s
5th medium TV 1950s
6th medium Internet 1995s
7th medium Mobile 2000s
Source: Ahonen book Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media, 2008
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Source: Tomi Ahonen book
Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media, 2008
Mobile Has 8 Unique Benefits
1. Mobile is first personal mass medium
2. Permanently Connected
3. Always Carried
4. Built-in Payment Channel
5. Available at Creative Impulse
6. Has Most Accurate Audience Info
7. Captures Social Context of Consumption
8. Enables Augmented Reality
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Unique benefit number 1 of 8:
Mobile is first personal mass medium
First four benefits identified by Tomi T Ahonen about 7th Mass Media in 2006
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• Similar to the finding from Australia..
• Best Buy Mobile ran survey of 1,000
US consumers and found one in
four will snoop inside the phones
of spouces, partners or children
without their permission
• 51% read messages while driving and
34% have sent text messages while
driving
• 23% have sent text messages while drunk
Source Wall Street Journal 24 June 2009
One in Four Snoop Your Phone
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AXE Wake Up Girl
• AXE deodorant brand offered personalized wake-up
for mobile phone users in Japan
• Featured 1 of 14 avatars made based on real girls
• Wake-up girl also to laptop PC. Collect all 14 girls,
featured videogame where
object to discover hidden
treasures.
• 200,000 unique users
• Created by Bascule for Unilever
Japan
Source: Infinita Japan November 2009
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Unique benefit number 2 of 8:
Mobile is permanently connected
First four benefits identified by Tomi T Ahonen about 7th Mass Media in 2006
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• Yes, we've heard that we sleep with mobile phones.
• Now latest research by Lightspeed Research reveals
that 67% of UK citizens not only take their phones to
bed with them (ie use alarm clock) but yes, two out of
three actually keep the phone on and connected - to
receive SMS or calls at night.
• And only 14% will switch the phone to silent. So 53%
will sleep with the phone not just on, but so that it
will wake you if a message or call arrives at
night..
Source Mobile Europe 30 June 2009
Reaches You When You Sleep
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M-Newspapers Eat 39% of China
• Morgan Stanley measured mobile
newspapers in China. China Mobile has
40M paying users, on SMS and MMS based
twice-daily 'headlines' services of branded
newspapers' mobile versions
• Note China daily circulation of newspapers
is 109 million. So paid mobile phone
newspapers have cannibalized 39% of
Chinese newspaper market
Source: Morgan Stanley Mobile Internet Report Dec 2009
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Unique benefit number 3 of 8:
Only mobile is always carried
First four benefits identified by Tomi T Ahonen about 7th Mass Media in 2006
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• Finnair started mobile check-in late in 2001.
• Initially offered to frequent fliers, now for
all. Check-in is offered often
on the night before.
• 2% of global
air travel uses it (IATA 2008)
• By 2008 - over 50% of Finnair passengers on some
short haul business flights use mobile check-in
• Lufthansa 10% of total passengers use Sources: Book It 2008 and Paul
Berney MMA 2010
Evolution since - Mobile Check In
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Babajob India
• As cities expand and become more congested, the
poor have ever less ability to seek work and are
forced to explore opportunities in ever smaller areas
• But Babajob offers mobile phone based work search,
using basic phone services, SMS, WAP and IVR
• 100,000 already signed up to find work in Bengaluru
• Won jury's award at MoMo Global awards 2009.Source: Mobhappy 24 February 2009
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Unique benefit number 4 of 8:
Mobile has built-in payment channel
First four benefits identified by Tomi T Ahonen about 7th Mass Media in 2006
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m-Banking 49% of Kenya Banking
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• M-Pesa by Safaricom is now 3 years old. Rival Zain's
Zap is also widely used in Kenya
• In Kenya (pop 38 M) only 7.6M people have a 'real'
bank account. But 7.4M people have transferred
money using a mobile phone. 49% is now mobile
• Transactions 1.4 per active user per month
• Central Bank of Kenya says daily transaction value is
1B Kenya Shillings ($10M) ie average transfer $29Sources: Reuters 31 May 2009,
AllAfrica.com 8 Jan 2010
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Real Madrid Fan Club
• Real Madrid the soccer/football club has launched a
mobile fan club
• It has typical fan club elements, club news, stats,
pictures, video clips, player biographies etc
• Also has fan chat, various offers like buying club
jerseys etc
• Has 100,000 subscribers, earns 12
Euros per month 14.4 M Euro/year
• Fan club gets new members at
6% per month, and sees 1.5%
churn of members not renewing
Source: Real Madrid presentation to FIFA
2010 Conference London 21 Jan 2010
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Unique benefit number 5 of 8:
Mobile is available at creative impulse
Thank you Tony Fish for discovering this fifth benefit in 2007
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Mobile as Addictive as Smoking
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• An Australian study of addiction at Queensland
University finds that mobile phones are as addictive
as smoking cigarettes. This follows up on similar
findings by research at Catholic University of Leuwen
in Belgium first proving mobile phone addiction
• Also removing mobile phones produces similar
withdrawal pains as attempting to stop smoking
• A fascinating comparison in findings - mobile
phones MORE addictive than personal computersSource: Tomi Ahonen book Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media, 2008
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400K m-Study in Bangladesh
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• Financial Times reported that m-learning offering
English via mobile, cost less than a cup of tea, was
targeted for 25,000, but achieved over 300,000Source: Financial Times 13 Nov 2009
• UDDATE - by Dec 13 the number is 400,000. Daily 3
minute lessons cost 4 cents; basic speaking course
runs 78 lessons ($3.12 total). Advanced lessons also
available. If Bangladeshi gets English speaking job,
gets 20X better salary in country where minimum
wage = 25 dollars/monthSource: AFP 13 Dec 2009
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Unique benefit number 6 of 8:
Mobile measures audience accurately
Thank you AMF Ventures for discovering this sixth benefit in 2007
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• AMF Ventures has measured the accuracy of the
three biggest media
• On TV audience accuracy is of the magnitude of 1%
of total customer data captured
• On the internet accuracy is about ten times better,
with about 10% of customer data currently captured
• But on mobile it is nearly 10 times more accurate
once again, with 90% of customer behaviour that can
be accurately captured
Source:
AMF Ventures May 007
Customer Data Accuracy
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Customer Data Accuracy
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• AMF Ventures has measured the accuracy of the
three biggest media
• On TV audience accuracy is of the magnitude of 1%
of total customer data captured
• On the internet accuracy is about ten times better,
with about 10% of customer data currently captured
• But on mobile it is nearly 10 times more accurate
once again, with 90% of customer behaviour that can
be accurately captured
Source:
AMF Ventures May 007
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• AMF Ventures has measured the accuracy of the
three biggest media
• On TV audience accuracy is of the magnitude of 1%
of total customer data captured
• On the internet accuracy is about ten times better,
with about 10% of customer data currently captured
• But on mobile it is nearly 10 times more accurate
once again, with 90% of customer behaviour that can
be accurately captured
Source:
AMF Ventures May 007
Customer Data Accuracy
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Hong Kong Guinness & Rugby
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• Guinness adver-app Guide to HK Sevens rugby trmnt
• Included free tournament guide, players, stats etc
• Was also Hong Kong tourist guide, maps, etc
including of course pubs serving Guinness
• Translator English to Cantonese basic tourist phrases
• Generated 25% more Guinness sales, said Sean
Rach of Ogilvy (2010)
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Unique benefit number 7 of 8:
Only mobile captures social context
Thank you Alan Moore and Xtract for discovering this seventh benefit in 2008
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Value of Recommendation
"64% of consumers will try something recommended by a friend.
69% of will forward something they like to from 2 to 6 friends."
- Jupiter Research Sept 2006
Source: Xtract 2008
Used with Permission
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• At 2008 Shanghai F1 race, Puma created a mobile
advergame campaign to engage with its customers.
F-Wan (means "play" in Chinese)
• The game featured a racetrack
in the shape of Puma's logo
• Game allowed 4 multiplayer
• Top scores and Viral spreading
earned Puma merchandise
• Footfall to 350 Puma stores by
MMS coupon for mobile content
Source; MobiAd News 8 January 2009
China - Puma and Formula One
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
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Unique benefit number 8 of 8:
Mobile enables augmented reality
Thank you Raimo van der Klein of Layar for discovering this 8th benefit in '09
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Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
Mobile Virtual Worth $2B
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
• Morgan Stanley measured the total
value of virtual goods (avatars, etc)
worth 2 Billion dollars in 2009
• The world's largest provider of mobile
virtual goods is China's TenCent
(as QQ brand)
• Similar to Habbo Hotel, Cyworld,
Flirtomatic etc, only 9% of TenCent
virtual services users are paying users,
yet generated 725 Million dollarsSource: Morgan Stanley Mobile Internet Report Dec 2009
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Vesseltracker
• German company Vesseltracker offers augmented
reality view of ships and boats in harbor, to let mobile
phone be used as a radar replacement. Uses Layar
for AR overlay, and collects harbormaster's radar
data for ship positions and directions of movement
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Newer Business Models
"Mobile is the magical money-making machine"
- Tomi T Ahonen
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6 Primary Business Models
• Mobile social networking has expanded to offer five
valid business models - and any combination of them
• 1 - User pays
• 2 - Advertising
• 3 - Personalization
• 4 - Pay-per-view with revenue share
• 5 - Gifting
• 6 - Ego-services
Source: eBook Tomi Ahonen Pearls
Vol 2: Mobile Social Networking 2009
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4.6B Subs, 3.9B phones, 3.4B Uniques
Source: Tomi Ahonen Amanac 2010 - sample pages at: www.tomiahonen.com
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Mobile Industry Revenues 2009 & 2008
Source: TomiAhonen Almanac 2010
2009 2008 Growth
Mobile Services $ 865 B $ 810 B 7%
Voice $ 615 B $ 602 B 2%
Data $ 251 B $ 208 B 21%
Messaging $ 153 B $ 137 B 12%
SMS $ 113 B $ 106 B 7%
MMS $ 29 B $ 26 B 12%
VAS Data $ 98 B $ 71 B 38%
Mobile Advertising $ 6 B $ 3 B 85%
Handset Sales $ 160 B $ 155 B 3%
Network Infrastructure $ 45 B $ 45 B 0%
TOTAL $1,070 B $1,005 B 7%
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Digital Divide, Penetration Rates
Industrialized World Developing World
1.2B population 5.6B population
600M cars 50% pene 320M cars, 6% pene
675M PCs 56% pene 425M PCs 8% pene
725M landlines 60% pene 425M landlines 8% pene
950M TVs 79% pene 550M TVs, 10% pene
950M w Bank Acct 79% 1.3B w Bank Acct 22% pene
2.7B FM radio 225% pene 1.2B FM Radio 21% pene
1.6B mobile 133% pene 3.0B mobile 56% pene
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T Ahonen
Source: Tomi Ahonen Amanac 2010
- sample pages at: www.tomiahonen.com
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Started with joke on Phone Booth
• Mobile is most widely spread technology
• Mobile is the 7th mass medium - it is as different from
older media like the internet, as TV is different from
radio
• Mobile has 8 unique benefits that cannot be
replicated in older media
• We can make new, magical and money-making
services with mobile
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4.6B Subs, 3.9B phones, 3.4B Uniques
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Mobile Industry Revenues 2009 & 2008
Source: TomiAhonen Almanac 2010
2009 2008 Growth
Mobile Services $ 865 B $ 810 B 7%
Voice $ 615 B $ 602 B 2%
Data $ 251 B $ 208 B 21%
Messaging $ 153 B $ 137 B 12%
SMS $ 113 B $ 106 B 7%
MMS $ 29 B $ 26 B 12%
VAS Data $ 98 B $ 71 B 38%
Mobile Advertising $ 6 B $ 3 B 85%
Handset Sales $ 160 B $ 155 B 3%
Network Infrastructure $ 45 B $ 45 B 0%
TOTAL $1,070 B $1,005 B 7%
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Digital Divide, Penetration Rates
Industrialized World Developing World
1.2B population 5.6B population
600M cars 50% pene 320M cars, 6% pene
675M PCs 56% pene 425M PCs 8% pene
725M landlines 60% pene 425M landlines 8% pene
950M TVs 79% pene 550M TVs, 10% pene
950M w Bank Acct 79% 1.3B w Bank Acct 22% pene
2.7B FM radio 225% pene 1.2B FM Radio 21% pene
1.6B mobile 133% pene 3.0B mobile 56% pene
Pearls: Real Mobile Services
collected by Tomi T AhonenSource: Tomi Ahonen Amanac 2010
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3 B SMS Users, 1.7 B Premium Data
Subscribers, Messaging Users, Data Users
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Messaging users
Premium data users
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Shift of Mobile Phone Installed Base
Installed Base of Mobile Phones by Generation
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Regional Split of Mobile Media Income
Mobile Media Markets Regionally by Revenue
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Tomi Ahonen Almanac 2010 Table of Contents171 pages, eBook format only, February 2009 - Cost 9.99 Euro
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Size of Mobile Industry
Chapter 3 - Customers
Chapter 4 - Handsets and Smartphones
Chapter 5 - SMS Text Messaging
Chapter 6 - Mobile Internet
Chapter 7 - Seventh Mass Media Channel
Chapter 8 - Music on Mobile
Chapter 9 - Mobile TV and Video
Chapter 10 - Mobile Gaming
Chapter 11 - Mobile Social Networking
Chapter 12 - Other Mobile Content
Chapter 13 - Mobile Advertising and Marketing
Chapter 14 - Voice Calls
Chapter 15 - Business/Enterprise Services
Chapter 16 - Other Mobile Data
Chatper 17 - Network Infrastructure
Chapter 18 - Mobile History and Milestones
APPENDIX
Index of Mobile Leadership
60 Major Countries in Mobile
20 Biggest Mobile Operator Groups
Bibliography, Good Websites
About the Author
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Tomi T Ahonen, Author & ConsultantCompetitiveness, Business Case, Marketing, and Profitability
• Provides workshops, training and consulting in how to
make money with mobile adn converged services.
• The world's most prolific new mobile service evangelist,
has introduced over 1,000 new service concepts at
public conferences; he is quoted in 60 books by his peers
• Quoted in over 300 press stories in a dozen languages;
keynotes at over 200 major conferences on 6 continents;
his daily blog is syndicated on CNBC, NY Times, etc
• Lectures at Oxford University on 3G and Convergence
• Available as a motivational speaker in telecoms
marketing, sales, product development and innovation.
• Read his books "Digital Korea", "Communities Dominate
Brands", “m-Profits", "3G Marketing","Services for UMTS”
website: www.tomiahonen.com
e-mail: [email protected]
blog: www.7thMassMedia.com
twitter: @tomiahonen
• Tomi's new book "Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media"
Earlier Tomi Ahonen has set up &
run Nokia’s 3G Business
Consultancy. Previously he
worked for 3 operators where he
created the world’s first fixed-
mobile service bundle and set a
world record for taking market
share from the incumbent
"Service creation and marketing will be key to 3G," Ahonen said. Total Telecom 12 October 2000
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Tomi Ahonen eBooks
Pearls Vol 2: Mobile Social NetworkingForeword by Mark Curtis, CEO of Flirtomatic,
171 pages, eBook format only, April 2009 - Cost only 9.99 Euro
Tomi's second volume of "Pearls", has 50 case studies of
real world services around topics of mobile social
networking and digital communities covering all biggest
stories including Mixi, Mobage, Flirtomatic, Itsmy, Qik,
Twitter, Cyworld, Habbo, Mogi, Tohato, MTV, i-Report etc.
Pearls Vol 1: Mobile AdvertisingForeword by Russell Buckley, SVP Admob, Chairman Mobile
Marketing Association
171 pages, eBook format only, January 2009 - Cost only 9.99 Euro
Launching an eBook series of Tomi's "Pearls", this first
volume has 50 case studies of real world services around
topics of mobile advertising and marketing from 19 countries
including location-based, coupons, viral, advergaming etc
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Tomi Ahonen Almanac 2009171 pages, eBook format only, February 2009 - Cost only 9.99 Euro
Comprehensive industry review and almanac with 70 tables,
charts and diagrams, covering all major aspects of the
mobile telecoms industry from handsets to services, from
customers to networks, from SMS text messaging to content
from mobile internet to mobile advertising.
eBooks only via tomiahonen.com
"Whenever I need a stat, Tomi seems to have it, so I'd highly recommend this." - Russell Buckley, MD Admob Europe, Chairman Mobile Marketing Association
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Tomi Ahonen six hardcover books
Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media, 2008
explains the media opportunities in mobile from music
and gaming to TV and social networking and even
internet and adertising. 322 pages.
Digital Korea, 2007 with Jim O'Reilly
is case study in digital convergence from the most
advanced information society of South Korea.
covers internet, TV, mobile, ecash, egoverment,
robotics, telematics, virtual reality etc 282 pages.
Communities Dominate Brands, 2005with Alan Moore
first business book on social networking 280 pages.
3G Marketing, 2004, with Timo Kasper & Sara
Melkko is marketing handbook for mobile operators
M-Profits 2002
is only comphrenensive business book for mobile, 360 p
Services for UMTS, 2002, with Joe Barrett was first
services and applications book for 3G, 373 pages
all six hardcover books are available at Amazon
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Selected TomiAhonen Workshops• Changing Customer Needs in Mobile Most requested workshop
currently, includes “steps” to addiction, “split” personalities, time to change..
• Mobile as 7th Mass Media Tomi's latest workshop discussing media
convergence and unique aspects of mobile. Also adopted for Oxford Univ.
• Social Networking / Mobile Digital Communities based on his book
Communities Dominate Brands, may be run with SMLXL. Adopted for Oxford U.
• New Mobile Service Creation From ideas to money-making, for mobile and
fixed, for operators, vendors, content partners etc, includes 6 M’s and Early 8
• Business of Mobile Telecoms (2G, 2.5G, 3G) Adopted for Oxford U
• 3G TV covering video and TV convergence with mobile. Adopted for Oxford U
• Mobile Marketing and Advertising featuring "Engagement Marketing"
• Segmentation and Customer Understanding may be run with Xtract
• Launch Marketing for 2.5G and 3G also adopted for Oxford University
• MVNO, Revenue Sharing & Partnerships can include building a model
• Forecasting and Business Modelling in Telecoms Popular workshop
• Competitiveness in Telecoms Workshop form or competition simulation:
• Workshops are very cost-effective ! Write [email protected] for more.
3G Strategy ConsultingCopyright © Tomi T Ahonen 2010 www.tomiahonen.com
Tomi Thought Pieces & White Papers• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile in Developing World, October 2009
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Evolution of Mobile Phone, June 2009
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Social Networking, April 2009
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Internet, February 2009
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Industry Size 2009, January 2009
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile 7th Mass Media, September 2008
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Customers, August 2008
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Advertising, April 2008
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile TV, December 2007
• TomiAhonen Thoughts SMS Text Messaging, October 2007
• TomiAhonen Thoughts Mobile Communities, November 2006
• TomiAhonen Thougths on MVNOs, June 2006
• SMLXL White Paper 7th Mass Media, June 2007*
• SMLXL White Paper Pop Idol, June 2006*
• * Co-authored Tomi Ahonen with Alan Moore CEO of SMLXL
• Write to [email protected] for your free copy of any of the above
3G Strategy ConsultingCopyright © Tomi T Ahonen 2010 www.tomiahonen.com
Recommended Books • Mobile as 7th of the Mass Media, Tomi T Ahonen, 2008
• Communities Dominate Brands Ahonen & Moore, 2005
• Mobile Advertising, Sharma, Herzog & Melfi, 2008
• Digital Korea, Ahonen & O'Reilly, 2007
• Mobile Marketing Handbook, Kim Dushinski, 2009
• Mobile Internet for Dummies, O'Farrell, Levine, Algroy, Pearce
& Appelquist, 2008
• Wireless Broadband, Fotheringham & Sharma, 2008
• Mobile Web 2.0, Jaokar & Fish, 2006
• Distraction, Mark Curtis, 2005
• M-Profits, Tomi T Ahonen, 2002
• Next Generation Wireless Apps, Paul Golding, 2004
• 3G Marketing, Ahonen, Kasper & Melkko, 2004
• Mobile Strategy, Tom Weiss, 2006
• ...And of course The Dilbert Future by Scott Adams..
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