Julian Hope has been Director of Technology at Conklude since May 2009, a mobile technology consultancy working with mobile operators, handset manufacturers and independent software vendors to develop technical strategies for mobile services. He has over 10 years of experience in the mobile industry, in a wide array of mobile technologies, services and applications from early SMS services, WAP and ringtones through the evolution of both network and handsets to high speed data and the applications they support. His previous experiences include technical design, strategy and delivery in senior roles, both directly at Orange and HTC, the device manufacturer.

A new phase in the phone wars

iPhone was a game changer, ending years of stagnation in the mobile phone market and moving us ever closer to convergence. But it isn’t over yet, not by a long way