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Mobile revolution
Jonathan Bowers, February 27th 2007, 10:07AM
Last week, I met up with Pete Petrondas of Eazyfone Group. They are the team behind www.envirofone.com which has fast become the most successful mobile phone recycling scheme in the UK. They were the first to start offering cash in exchange for your old mobiles and after any necessary reconditioning, they ship them out to other countries such as India and Nigeria. Business is booming and it's little wonder. One of the main reasons for this must be that the mobile revolution has once again well and truly begun!
Mobile ad spend is now becoming a feature on the advertising landscape and there are predictions that along with Internet and gaming, mobile ad spend will become 15% of the market by 2010. By this time it's hard to know just how much functionality our mobile phones will have. One thing is for sure however; each time mobile Internet advances we're likely to jump straight online and find out how much our current phone is worth to envirofone.com before we upgrade.
UKFast win at the ISPAs
Jonathan Bowers, February 22nd 2007, 9:12AM
I can't believe things have been so hectic that I haven't had a chance to blog about our ISPA experience last Thursday until now.
The ISPA is an organisation punching well above its weight. Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general has been influencing not only ISP's but government bodies and other organisations who play a big part in the UK's Internet future for around a decade now and the awards are in their ninth year.
So as you can imagine, it's a big deal to any company to be nominated for an award. The ISPA are a very secretive bunch and there's absolutely no way to know if you have won before the envelope is opened, so we were pretty nervous right up until the announcement.
Luckily, the best hosting award comes third on the night, so after Lawrence Jones, our MD, had picked up the award we were able to sit back and relax for the rest of the evening.
It's the third year that we have won the award and this year the judges praised us chiefly for being able to offer hosting to any type of company - big or small. It's something that has always been important to us, so it's great to hear from our peers that it is working.
There's a news story about the ISPA win on the UKFast website.
We celebrated by taking half the UKFast team - the brave half - up Snowdon on Saturday!!
Community responsibility for businesses
Jonathan Bowers, February 13th 2007, 9:25AM
Last Sunday I spent the afternoon watching world class squash. It's not something I'm able to claim that often - in fact, at all before now. And if the company I work for hadn't sponsored the event, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been there at all - or even known about it.
The UKFast Manchester Squash Open took place last week and entertained players from the world stage - which not only makes for fantastic spectator sport but gives local talent the chance to stretch themselves against competition that they might not normally get to play.
The knock on effect of an event like this for a community is enormous. We all join in a collective groan when thinking about the near misses our national sporting elite achieve. Too often we look to the country's infrastructure for someone to blame. However, I think the area that is most neglected is the space between school sport and professional sport where people with niche talents are allowed to thrive and reach for the world stage.
Lawrence Jones sponsored the tournament because of a commitment to the community he and his company works and lives within. His support allowed local talent to play out of its skin and inspire others to work towards the same excellence.
Our government may not have the same attitude to sport as that of Australia or the US but that doesn't mean businesses can't do their part for our country's sports, because, in many cases, if businesses don’t offer support, it simply may not happen.