Mobile World Congress Seminar
Thursday 19th Feb ~ Hall 5, Level 3, Room 8
“Youth and Mobile – Global Insights” Seminar 0930-1200
featuring research, insights, video and gadgets from
MSRI, DoCoMo Japan, Disney, Telefonica, mobileYouth and the GSMA
Panel Session hosted and moderated by Graham Brown (mobileYouth)
Attendees will be able to get a free copy of the MSRI “Children and [...]
Having failed miserably in the U.S. Disney plans to launch a mobile phone service in Japan next year offering customers animated content.
Disney will use mobile phone carrier Softbank Corp’s network and the two would jointly develop handsets, according to Nikkei business daily.
Disney’s entray into Japan as a mobile virtual network operator is likely to trigger further competition in an already saturated [...]
According to predictions by Yankee Group, over 10 million US tweens (children aged 8 to 12) will own a mobile phone by 2010. In 2005, only around 5 million US tweens carried a mobile device.
While many children will turn to conventional devices and use minutes contained in family plans, there is also the option [...]
