1. Demand for converged services to rocket

Converged services are rising in demand with changing consumer lifestyle, where single-service telco offerings are becoming thing of the past, says analyst.

2. Heed tech, people issues before going mobile

Businesses must first consider various manpower and technical matters before deploying mobile workforce strategy, observers highlight.

3. APAC operators need more efficient networks

With ongoing slump expected to affect Asia's mobile revenues--but not subscriptions--over next five years, operators must work on network efficiency, says Ovum.

4. Recession dividing LTE and WiMax

Global downturn may widen adoption gap between long term evolution and mobile WiMax in mature and emerging markets, says Ovum report.

5. Motorola's new smartphones: Sales, not 'dazzle'

Handsets based on the Google-backed Android operating system may lack Razr's flair, but analysts look for success at the market's mid- to low-end.

6. Cisco pushes unified comms to cloud

Cisco Systems has cloud plans for WebEx unified communications service, intends to support both platform and top layer software-as-a-service delivery.

7. Apple, others agree to universal phone charger standard in Europe

European Commission gives green light for Apple and other phone giants to sell phones with universal cell phone charges starting next year.

8. 2020: When the world and its toothbrush gets online

Industry players at Ericsson's Business Innovation Forum give their take on how networks will cope with 50 billion connected devices over the next decade.

9. Android developers get native-code kit

Android Native Development Kit lets application writers reuse code in native languages such as C and C++, making it possible to write certain high-performing apps.

10. Sony considers adding phone to PSP

Sony looking into making a combination gadget that would meld its PlayStation Portable gaming system with cell phone technology from Sony Ericsson.