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TelCos teaming up with Education Startups in Asia. Model for the Rest of the World?

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A couple days ago I read on TechCrunch that the Japanese NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) invested $1 million in the ESL startup EnglishCentral.

Back in February Nokia (not really a TelCo, I know) and Pearson signed a partnership that would preload ESL learning content from Mobiledu on all new Nokia mobile phones on the Chinese market turning each phone into a mobile learning device.

And last but not least NTT also acquired a 29.7% stake in goFluent back in January. I will interview Christophe Ferrandou, Founder and CEO of goFluent, on EDUKWEST tomorrow. The company offers business English courses via telephone and internet to customers worldwide and is the European leader in this sector.

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The Mimic Barrier :-) ^.^

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Or why Asians misunderstand Europeans and vice versa. I came across an interesting article in “Der Spiegel” a once renowned German magazine. Well, from time to time they still publish good articles it seems. As it is in German I would like to share the ideas of this one with you here on my blog.

Anger, fear, suprise, disgust, joy and sorrow are known as the six emotions on the face that are accepted as a global language. But more and more doubts are arising if it is really a fact. A new study shows that Asians have huge problems to read the mimic of Europeans, so do Europeans with interpretating Asian mimic.

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