Semi-live blog today - bad wireless connection

Moderator: Raja Khanna

Andy Wright, Bell Mobility; Giulia Arena, Rogers Wireless; Jason Offet, Nokia; Charlie Miller, Warner Music.

Introduction: More mobile devices than televisions now. 18 million mobile subscribers in Canada alone. Huge potential market for mobile entertainment.

Charlie Miller - Digital Bus Dev. Getting content to the consumer. Ring tones big par of business today. "Munchable" size content.

Giulia Arena - Director of New Products at Rogers

Andy Wright - Bell Mobility - Dir Bus Dev - consumer applications. Video and music applications for consumers.

Jason Offet - Nokia

Question? What are the next gen of mobile services?

Bell - Canadians who are on the go and what they want... Inst Msg, PC like consumer services and blogging for mobile... new and exciting ways to talk with consumers. new environment.

Rogers - Multi-media is big - content increasingly important. Content from tv now available. i.e. movie trailers to pick movie choice. More relevant content. Multi-plyer content. Peer to peer sharing.

ARPU - Avg Rev Per User - data services driving down revenues in voice.

Q4 ads for video on cell phones a joke?? Never going to happen. Delivering convenience.

Nokia, JO: Club Nokia illustrates that they are not good at providing content. People fall into a couple of groups - want to support both models acquisition of content and sharing groups like bittorrent.

Content owners - where do they go?? Not definite yet... fluid. Bell and Rogers invite content partners. They also own content.

making content easily accessible to the consumer is critical... standards need to be open. Robustness is critical.

Carrier has a trusted relationship with the consumer... one to one relationship helps with some types of content.

RK: Fido was the best carrier for demoing video. $50 month plan for unlimited (...read more...)