Mobile Services

Telenor and Nokia cooperate on bringing mobile services to consumers

harminka — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:46:37 -0500

Telenor and Nokia today announced cooperation on mobile services to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on the Ovi services platform provided by Nokia.

TPG and Goldman Offload Alltel to Verizon for $28.1 Billion

admin_huliq — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:43:23 -0500

Verizon has agreed to purchase Alltel for $28.1 billion, allowing private equity investors TPG and Goldman to flip their purchase just seven months after taking the wireless telecom firm private in a $27.5 billion deal.

Microsoft and SingTel Launch Initiative to Develop New Mobile Services

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:23:20 -0500

Today at the GSM Association (GSMA) Mobile Innovation Marketplace — Americas, Microsoft Corp. announced the Connected Services Accelerator Program, a series of projects designed to incubate, and ultimately commercialize, new types of consumer, business and mobile services through collaboration with independent software vendors (ISVs), developers and operators.

China cuts mobile roaming service charges

seher — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:53:35 -0600

China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly announced on Wednesday the country's mobile roaming service charges will be lowered starting from March 1 amid fervor of consumer expectation to entirely abolish them.

Orange and Nokia sign MOU on value added mobile services

harminka — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:55:44 -0600

Orange and Nokia have signed a memorandum of understanding in order to partner on value added services such as location based services, maps, mobile advertising and gaming. There is a strong intent to follow with a strategic partnership by mid 2008.

IBM Delivers Telco Innovations to Improve Consumer Experience

harminka — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:45:58 -0600

At Mobile World Congress, IBM (NYSE: IBM) debuted mobile services of today and the future – from social networking to the built-in security and service quality that telecom customers expect in a digital world.

ip.access, Mavenir Create New Mobile Phone Services For Homes

NeonDrum — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:20:55 -0600

ip.access,the market leader in picocell and femtocell infrastructure solutions, and Mavenir Systems an innovator in service delivery network technology, today announced a partnership to deliver new “femtozone” services for mobile phones.

Email tops poll as most requested mobile service

webitpr — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:17:05 -0600

Social networking comes a close second as users demand to ‘poke’ on the go. Email tops poll as most requested mobile service.

Vodafone, Nokia to launch integrated Vodafone services on Nokia handsets

harminka — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:21:49 -0600

Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue and Nokia the world's largest handset manufacturer, have agreed to launch an integrated suite of Vodafone services combined with Nokia Ovi Services on a range of Nokia handsets.

GSMA Selects 3ple-Media’s MercuryTM as Asia Mobile Innovation Award Finalist

webitpr — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:39:41 -0500

3ple-Media today announces that their ground breaking MercuryTM Mobile Multimedia solution has been selected as one of two ‘best of breed’ finalists competing for a chance to win the GSM Asia Mobile Innovation Award for the ‘Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure or Platform’. 3ple-Media was selected as a finalist from a shortlist of 50 ‘Top Innovators’ identified by the GSM Association (GSMA).

TruePosition Finds Favourite Location Based Services for Mobile Subscribers

webitpr — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:51:05 -0500

New research reveals clear opportunities for location based services in the UK, Spain and US

Comneon, Sonus Networks Bring Next-Generation Mobile Services to Global Markets

harminka — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:48:16 -0500

Comneon GmbH, a leading supplier of advanced software solutions for mobile communication handsets, and Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading supplier of service provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, today announced that they will join forces in developing, testing and provisioning some of the most advanced consumer-ready mobile services in the world.