1. eReaders will NOT reach mass market appeal
2. There will be no iPhone killer, only an ever increasing herd of iPhone wannabes.
3. Fake Chinese phones will NOT destroy the handset market
4. PCMCIA Cellular Data Card Modems will NOT make a comeback
5. Femtocells are NOT going to go away
6. Femtozone applications are NOT going invade living rooms with ‘femto app storefronts’
7. Mobile person-to-person payments will NOT gain mass market acceptance in the US in 2010
8. Internet Video is NOT going

1. The advertising agency will transform from one which is industry led, namely by the brands, to one where the individual is brought more into the communication process. 
2. The consumers will evolve from those having advertisements pushed to them, to being able to select what information is allowed to reach them. 
3. There will be operators who decide to specialize purely in the infrastructure and will provide this capability to those who have decided to focus solely on the services.
4. Mobile advertising in 2020 will be mobile directed a

1. Mobile data traffic explosion to strain 3G Networks, spur data pricing overhaul
2. Mobile ecosystem starts to go green
3. Mobile heads for the cloud
4. New category of smartbooks to emerge
5. Apps stores all round
6. Mobile social networking to integrate with other applications including M-Commerce
7. NFC phones appear in the shops
8. At least 10 LTE networks to be launched into service
9. Smartphones to get augmented reality makeover
10. Christmas kindle sales expected to herald the

The operators will use the financial crisis to focus on right sizing.
The regulation of the Telco industry is and will continue to be a nightmare.
The infrastructure market will become tougher and will see an increased focus on the Chinese way of working.
The smart phone market is growing - not due to demand from customers, but due to a shift in technology.
The broadband market will be bloody - mobile operators will dominate the up to 5 Mb broadband market.
The Value added Services market experiences The moment of truth.

The City of Stockholm has decided to support and work together with SIME as the event contributes to the positioning of Stockholm towards the international ICT community, and therefore strengthens the city as one of the world’s leading ICT region.“SIME correlates well to our ambition in developing Stockholm’s excellent reputation as a leading knowledge region. SIME is a well established meeting place for entrepreneurs and innovators within new media and an initiative which we will support," said Sten Nordin, Mayor of Stockholm.

Our new man in Malaysia, Gerald Smith, has been involved in numerous initiatives for web, e-commerce and mobile. He started his career as an investment manager at a privately owned Japanese investment firm, where he gained first-hand experience in identifying new business opportunities and advising on strategic investments. In 1998 he founded Sportdreams, a leading developer of online sports content and fantasy sports games. Serving as its CEO he has led the international expansion of the business, with offices in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Toronto, Sydney and Kuala Lumpur.

Microsoft has been dreaming up the next Big Things in communication, collaboration and production technologies (once again showing that the most revolutionary characteristics of next generation technologies are in dramatically improved interface design).

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International investments into Brazil reached a level of over $ 45 billion in 2008, an all time record. Even last December, at the peak of the crisis, Brazil received more than U$ 8 billion, almost 10 times more than a year before. In Brazil ROIs in almost all sectors have been higher year after year than in traditional markets.

1. Content is king, contacts are queen.
2. Media will all be focusing more on monetization of (sometimes: hidden) digital assets.
3. Subscription models for premium features and services will blossom.
4. Filesharing will, in all kinds of disguises, remain a main driver of social media’s success.
5. The most successful communities and social media that don’t have a sustainable revenue model can be acquired relatively cheaply.
6. Big American communities will focus on monetizing non U.S. traffic.