Simon’s Blog

When it comes around to this time of year, bloggers like to make predictions for the coming year. However, most, like to make many predictions - say between ten and twenty, with the hope that at least some might come true.

However, I’m going to make just one prediction for 2006, and it’s this: 2006 will be the year when we start to see mobile phones become fast-class devices for accessing the web. There are a few reasons for this:

• Mobile phone and handsets and phone browser software will take a leap forward
• Moble phone operators will begin to reduce pricing for data packages on both 2.5G and 3G, as they realise that their future profits depend on new mobile phone software (such as web browsers) driving volume data usage
• The walls on walled gardens that some mobile operators impose on their users will start to come down