Jessica Burley, managing director of NatMags, is stepping down from the role and leaving the company after eight years.

According to analyst firm, Gartner, the mobile device market is expected to see an upturn in fortunes next year, with a forecasted sales increase of 9% year on year, compared to 2009.

The soaps dominated peak time TV last night, with Emmerdale, EastEnders and a Coronation Street double bill all topping the ratings.

Ian Bramley, senior director at Ipsos MediaCT, introduced the second panel at the Future of Mobile seminar on Wednesday 9 December with a study into mobile internet and content usage.

Edward Kershaw, VP Mobile EMEA at The Nielsen Company, introduced the first panel at this year’s MediaTel Future of Mobile seminar on Wednesday 9 December with this snapshot view of the UK’s mobile industry.

Northern Ireland is set for superfast broadband due to a multimillion pound investment by BT.

Orange released a research study of the UK mobile industry in November 2007 called Exposure, which aimed to uncover mobile media consumption and attitudes to advertising.

Orange released its Exposure 2 research study in March 2009 as a follow-up to the award nominated Exposure research study.

Bango have released a ‘Mobile advertising for the masses’ white paper, which looks at mobile advertising on three mobile social networking sites – BuzzCity, Itsmy.com and Peperonity – comparing the level of targeting and analysis that each provided.

BBC3 series Being Human teamed with Orange to promote the new series with the aim to increase awareness amongst the target market of 16-34s. Campaign was followed up with telephone interviews via GfK to measure effectiveness.