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Who will buy Motorola's Devices business?

India's Videocon first to show interest in Moto's beleaguered handset business. But who will end up with the unit?
Videocon Industries

ZTE

Dell

Google

Private equity group

Someone else

Noone!


Who's next for the chop?

Recent developments in the telecoms industry have left some CEOs feeling the heat...
Dan Hesse (Sprint Nextel)

Mike Zafirovski (Nortel Networks)

Greg Brown (Motorola)

Carl-Henric Svanberg (Ericsson)

Pat Russo (Alcatel-Lucent)

Jerry Yang (Yahoo)


The hottest topic at MWC in Barcelona will be..?

Place your bets on what areas of the industry will generate the most hype at Mobile World Congress in February.
mobile TV

social networking

music

advertising

location-based services

m-payment

femtocells

messaging (MMS, IM, email)


There will be 1 million iPhones in Europe...

1 million iPhones were sold in the US in the first 74 days. How long will it take to hit that milestone in Europe?
within a month

by Christmas (48 days)

in 100 days

in 6 months

in longer than 6 months


Who will launch the iPhone in Europe?

Speculation over the arrival of the iPhone in Europe continues. Which operator is currently brokering a deal with Apple?
Vodafone

O2

T-Mobile

Orange

3

Virgin Mobile

Other


Who is most likely to merge with Vodafone?

Rumours once again abound over possible partners for mobile heavyweight Vodafone.
AT&T

BT

BSkyB

None of the above


Will femtocells kill off UMA-based FMC?

Yes

No

Both will survive

Neither will survive


2007 Wish-List

What would you most like to see happen in telecoms in 2007? If your biggest desire is not on the list then email the Editor... anne.morris@totaltele.com
Nokia-Siemens go live

BT buy Vodafone

easyMobile revived

Deutsche Telekom NGN open to all


What's the best approach to issuing new spectrum?

Stay technology neutral on all levels

Allocate spectrum for a specific technology

Ensure global harmony above all else

Keep to IMT-2000 guidelines


What way forward for Telecom Italia?

Split off mobile unit but not sell

Keep group as it is

Spin off and sell mobile unit

Sell off other businesses to cut debt


Are incumbents re-monopolising through NGNs?

Yes, it is back to the bad old days

Yes, but there will be choice of services

No, as other operators also launching services

No, the regulators would never allow it!


Is the party over for CDMA?

Telstra has abandoned CDMA in favour of WCDMA; South Korean operators are rumoured to be following suit. The UMTS Forum says WCDMA users now exceed EV-DO users 3:1. What's the future for CDMA?
WCDMA is the dominant 3G technology

cdma2000 will play a small but important role

There is untapped potential for cdma2000

cdma2000 will not grow outside current markets


Should Vodafone sell Arcor?

Yes

No

Keep Arcor and buy more fixed


Which major vendor could be next for an M&A?

Nortel

Siemens Com

Nokia

Juniper

Motorola

Cisco

Ericsson


What should be Vodafone's international strategy?

Sell its Japanese operations

Sell its U.S. stake

Withdraw from Japan and U.S.

Focus solely on Europe

Keep all current businesses


Owning the user

Which of the following is most representative of the type of company that will most likely own the telecoms user of the future?
France Telecom

Google

Tesco

Vanco

BSkyB


Which is the most overhyped technology?

A number of technologies have come in for considerable hype over the past year. Which of the following is most likely to fail to live up to its promises this year?
Mobile WiMAX

Mobile TV

IPTV

IMS

UMA


Has Telstra adopted the right mobile strategy?

Is the Australian incumbent operator making the right move by scrapping its CDMA network in favour or a single UMTS service?
It should keep the cdma2000 network

A single WCDMA network makes more sense

Both GSM and CDMA should be retained


i-mode vs Vodafone Live!

Which mobile data platform will have most success in Europe?
i-mode

Vodafone Live!

They will be equally successful


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