eComm2010 USA

Today I would like to attract your attention to the upcoming Emerging Communications 2010 conference. There are not many events I am so honestly positive about, but this one is special. The reason is it gathers many "out of the box" thinkers. It is put together by Lee S Dryburgh, the man I referred to in my post back in 2007. When I met Lee at that time he was a speaker at another conference. Later on he started putting together the eComm series. I have to say I love his vision.

I have been working with MNOs for many years now. Both with big and small ones. And I have to say I am terrified witnessing the lack of innovation they have. The bigger they are, the worse. Yes I know things are different in Asia. But Asia is a different story. At the same time Europe and North America offer just three basic services. Bell - style poor quality point - to - point audio calls, short text messages and dumb data transfer. And it has been like that for the last 15 years. Sounds like it is time for a change. But it looks like nobody is interested. They complain the (voice) revenues go down and costs (mobile data) go up. And not really much is being done to change it. At the same time mobile money and banking in Africa skyrockets and Asians use their mobiles in thousands scenarios not even thought possible by the Western world.

And that is why I love the eComm series. The ideas and concepts these people put together are so refreshing, they restore the faith in the industry. At the same time we may be certain we will see many successful ideas and ventures. Suffice to say my 2007 blog post mentioned above refers to Facebook as the primary vehicle for user generated content. Today we have Facebook surpassing Google in certain metrics, and nobody questions its leadership.

So come down to San Francisco in April for a strong dose of industry refreshments. I will be there too, sharing the excitement of the visionary speakers and thinkers. For those willing to join I have a special discount code: use SEYQVPAI when registering. And see you there :).