GAMES - although a proven business mobile gaming failed to meet potential in 2006.

A year of stealthy hand playing for corporates with Glu buying iFone and Waat buying Charismatix, and Index acquiring Wonderphone. Fewer were hands were played in the field of development as the 3G platform awaits proliferation and flat rate billing is introduced. Only then will we hope to see real growth in connected and multiplayer gaming. Whatever the platform, though, there seems to be always one winner - for mobile World Series of Poker Games plays the royal flush. We saw late action from Sega Europe, Edie and Namco as they strengthened their European operations.