Mobile predictions for 2006

Mobile predictions for 2006
inCode has released its Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2006.

1. New entrants are challenging existing business models, especially in mobile music and mobile TV

2. Next year will see a new business model for voice services with advertising as the revenue generator and voice as a loss leader.

3. Video streaming over 3G networks to handsets won't be a "killer app" any time soon.

4. China becomes birthplace of new telecom leaders (operators and vendors), with with a network operator, handset or equipment manufacturer falling under controlling interest of the Chinese.

5. 3G and WiFi will struggle for dominance.

6. A new "Converged Virtual Network Operator" category is emerging,

7. Undifferentiated MVNOs will fail

8. Wholesaler/access provider will emerge

9. Fixed WiMAX could help solve the rural broadband delivery problem

10. EV-DO complements RIM's BlackBerry, and eventually kills WiFi Data,

1. Additional consolidation (5 long term survivors in the handset market within 12 months and a mobile equipment vendor would disappear),