This week the team are amazed at the way media consumption - driven by 'cord cutters' using services like Netflix - dominate use of both mobile and fixed-line broadband connections.

If streaming media is now the primary use for mobile networks in some circumstances will they be able to cope? Can they sustain the service they offer? And how does the team's usage mirror a recent survey?

READ MORE, COMMENT & SURVEY: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s07e02-cord-cutting-and-media-unbundling

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After a slightly longer break than planned the team are back with a new-look season 7. This week we talk to Dan Lane, COO at Simwood and previously Head of Special Projects at Truphone, for his view on the future of mobile networks. We discuss 'apps in the network' and making mobile networks 'open' with interfaces that allow external services to control and interact with them.

Could we be in for a not-so-dumb pipe after all?

READ MORE, COMMENT & SURVEY: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s07e01-the-future-of-mobile-networks

TRANSCRIPT: http://361podcast.com/transcripts/s07e01-the-future-of-mobile-networks

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After a short break the team are back to highlight some mobile-relevant news from the (now almost completely forgotten CES) and to anticipate some of the big topics we expect to come out of Mobile World Congress 2014 later in February.

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e11-bonus-mwc-preview

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In the final episode of season 6 the team look back over all they've discussed. Starting with wearables and ending with apps they re-visit the topics that generated the most comments over the season. Ewan does a Scottish accent. Ben (possibly) offends some Iranians and there is some more singing which will probably upset everyone.

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e10-all-your-letters

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This week the team reflect on what one of us probably at some point calls 'the app store economy', but essentially means 'what apps cost and how you pay for them'. The team marvel at polished software sold for less than a coffee and wonder how (or even if) they could be good business.

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e09-the-price-of-an-app

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This week the team look back over the (mobile-related) highs and lows of 2013 and get excited about what 2014 will hold.

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e08-looking-back-looking-forwards

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This week the team talk about the apps and services they use and recommend. What works well, what do we rely on for our own data and which apps don't get the recognition they deserve?

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e07-a-very-appy-christmas

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This week we re-visit our regular pre-Christmas topic - shopping for mobile gifts. This year we think is the 'year of the tablet' and with a huge number of retailers, models and prices to choose from we discuss how to choose a 'first tablet' gift.

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e06-christmas-tablets

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This week the team revel in the terrible... the disappointing... the mis-fires and the hopelessly lost. We review 3 candidates for the good ideas that the mobile industry has managed to butcher. Which is your favourite lost cause?

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e05-your-best-worst-idea

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This week the team are talking security and privacy... In the light of recent revelations about mass internet data collection by intelligence agencies what can we learn about the safety of our internet use and (especially) our mobile data? Are we even aware of the data we generate?

SHOWNOTES & COMMENTS: http://361podcast.com/episodes/s06e04-can-you-keep-a-secret

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