Good stuff from dwlt and Techdirt on why mobile network operators should just focus on being mobile network operators.

I'm keen on the idea that a mobile network is just a big fat pipeline, and many operators' content offerings certainly reinforce this argument by providing very little worthwhile content (dare I mention Three?). However I can imagine that many others feel the opposite, for example Orange and Vodafone provide interesting and sometimes useful content, and there are very few good independent portals for aggregating mobile content. The alternative approach of entering urls directly on a phone keypad is just too tedious for many people, so what's the solution?

I've asked a few of Mobitopia's mobile content guys for their ideas, I expect we'll see some interesting posts from them on this subject.