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Out of Africa with Redstone Mobile |
30/01/09 |
| Redstone Mobile, Orange and Sony Ericsson took top connecting ‘Wild About Incentives’ business partners for a extraordinary incentive experience to the Lion Sands Games R... Read More |
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Palringo adds location, distance and maps apps for iPhone |
30/01/09 |
| iPhone users looking for their nearest friends need only to glance at their screen, thanks to the addition today of location functionality to Palringo’s popular rich mess... Read More |
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LG Cookie to add new flavours exclusive to Orange |
30/01/09 |
| LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, has announced the launch of the new LG Cookie colour variants (LG-KP501) exclusive to O... Read More |
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Option appoints Brightpoint for wireless broadband devices |
30/01/09 |
| Option, the wireless technology company, has announced that Brightpoint Europe, a subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc, has been appointed to expand the distribution of its wire... Read More |
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Nokia to acquire bit-side |
30/01/09 |
| Nokia and bit-side have announced that an agreement has been signed for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of bit-side. bit-side is a privately owned Berlin-based ... Read More |
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FT.com launches new mobile website |
29/01/09 |
| The Financial Times has announced the launch of a new FT.com website optimised for mobile devices, available at m.ft.com. The site is consistent with the new FT.com desig... Read More |
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Motorola selects Starent Networks for LTE solution |
29/01/09 |
| Starent Networks, a provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, has announced that Motorola has selected Starent Net... Read More |
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Meru Networks teams with T-Mobile USA |
29/01/09 |
| T-Mobile USA and enterprise wireless LAN vendor, Meru Networks, have teamed up to bring fixed mobile convergence (FMC) to enterprise customers. The venture is using unlic... Read More |
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Samsung Mobile phone sales raise £200k for Breast Cancer |
29/01/09 |
| Samsung Mobile UK has donated £200,000 to Breakthrough Breast Cancer, as part of its ongoing relationship with the charity. The funds were raised from sales of the U800 P... Read More |
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Redundancies at 20:20 UK to join up business |
29/01/09 |
| 20:20 Mobile UK will began a second stage restructure following the successful consolidation of its UK operations last autumn.
The restructure will aim to make the bu... Read More |
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Orange launches services to support a smooth network transition |
29/01/09 |
| Orange has released research results that reveal a nervousness among CIOs and IT managers to move communications provider. The research, carried out for Orange by Vanson ... Read More |
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T-Mobile supports UK businesses through tough times |
28/01/09 |
| T-Mobile has announced Business 1-Plan, which will offer unlimited calls to UK landlines, as well as unlimited UK texts as standard on 24 and 36 month deals.
This lat... Read More |
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Spin3 takes mobile gaming to new heights |
28/01/09 |
| Full service mobile gaming solutions provider, Spin3, powered by Microgaming, the world's largest online gaming software provider, has announced its commitment to provide... Read More |
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Credit crunch has affected Hong Kong auction, says Analysys Mason |
28/01/09 |
| According to Analysys Mason, the global telecoms adviser, the credit crunch is the likely reason behind the ‘lack of interest’ by foreign investors to the Hong Kong spect... Read More |
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Andrew to provide RF in world’s longest tunnel with Alcatel-Lucent |
28/01/09 |
| Andrew, the CommScope division that provides wireless communication systems and products, has signed a contract with Alcatel-Lucent Switzerland for providing radio freque... Read More |
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BT mulling re-entry to mobile market with T-Mobile and 3 |
28/01/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
UK incumbent BT is widely reported to be considering a return to the consumer mobile market, which it quit in 2001 when it spun o... Read More |
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Movidilo showcases new solutions for Mobile World Congress |
27/01/09 |
| Movidilo, a provider of multimedia mobile phone applications, has announced the products it will be showcasing at the 2009 Mobile World Congress, taking place in Barcelon... Read More |
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SaaS sparks shift in reseller priorities |
27/01/09 |
| IT resellers need to change their focus in 2009 towards software as a service (SaaS), or risk losing traction in the SME market, according to Genesis Communications, whic... Read More |
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Carrier IQ secures Series C funding |
27/01/09 |
| Carrier IQ, provider of mobile service intelligence solutions for wireless carriers and equipment vendors, has confirmed that despite the adverse prevailing financial mar... Read More |
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Popularity of mobile broadband surges among European consumers |
27/01/09 |
| Mobile broadband has grown rapidly in popularity among European consumers during the past 18 months, according to a recent study from IDC. This rapid consumer uptake has ... Read More |
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Xin Nián Kuài Lè! Happy New Year says Lycamobile |
26/01/09 |
| Today is Chinese New Year!
To celebrate, Lycamobile, the international mobile telecoms provider, is celebrating the Chinese New Year by offering customers the chance t... Read More |
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I-Com Mobile unveils I-Com To-Go |
26/01/09 |
| I-Com Mobile has announced the launch of I-Com To-Go, an end to end, comprehensive lifecycle platform that is specifically deployed to build, launch, distribute, manage a... Read More |
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International Council drives network payment interoperability |
26/01/09 |
| Representatives of European and North American online banking enabled e-payments (OBeP) schemes are collaborating to establish common standards and rules for global inter... Read More |
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OnRelay launches software-only mobile PBX |
26/01/09 |
| OnRelay, a cellular fixed mobile convergence (FMC) provider, has previewed its complete mobile PBX solution, Unified MBX, and opened the Unified MBX beta program to selec... Read More |
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Connect2Media and Two Way Media bring TV’s gaming to mobile |
26/01/09 |
| Connect2Media, a fast growing global, multi-platform entertainment company has signed a deal with Two Way Media to bring TV’s biggest word game to mobile platforms everyw... Read More |
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Nokia refuses to panic despite worse than expected Q4 |
23/01/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
Nokia’s fourth quarter results sent European stock markets reeling, coming in well below analyst estimates despite already low ex... Read More |
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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic shipments reach 1 million milestone |
23/01/09 |
| Nokia has announced that it has shipped the millionth Nokia 5800 XpressMusic device, a milestone that coincides with the successful sales start of the device in the UK. T... Read More |
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IBM software comes to Samsung S60 and Windows Mobile |
23/01/09 |
| Samsung Electronics Research Institute, the application development arm of Samsung Electronics, has announced the completion of a deal to allow Samsung smartphone users t... Read More |
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Dangerous talk for business drivers |
23/01/09 |
| Business worries could be leading drivers to using their phones in the car even though they know it puts them at higher risk of an accident, according to a new survey.
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Sony Ericsson T303 Butterfly handset to launch |
23/01/09 |
| To celebrate the coming of Spring, Sony Ericsson is introducing the slim and stylish T303 Butterfly phone.
The Sony Ericsson T303 Butterfly handset ties elegantly into... Read More |
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Truphone Anywhere launches on Android G1 |
23/01/09 |
| Truphone has announced the immediate free availability of its Truphone Anywhere application for Android-enabled mobile handsets, including the recently released G1 phone.... Read More |
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Lycamobile signs up M2M in £6m UK campaign |
23/01/09 |
| International mobile telecoms provider, Lycamobile, has appointed media agency M2M to handle its £6 million UK planning and buying account in a bid to maximise the mobile... Read More |
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FSA’s MiFID March 09 Deadline - Advice Offered |
22/01/09 |
| As the clock ticks towards the FSA’s March 6th 2009 deadline to record electronic communications, Open-Tec, developer of the Cstore Information Repository solution for mo... Read More |
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Growing pressure on the industry from IT players and emerging Asian suppliers |
22/01/09 |
| A recent study by global management consultancy, Arthur D. Little, has found that traditional telecoms suppliers are facing an overall critical situation as the recession... Read More |
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Nokia earnings down |
22/01/09 |
| Nokia has announced dismal earnings for the fourth quarter. It reported its fourth quarter net earnings were down 69%, to Euro 576 million, from Euro 1.84 billion in the ... Read More |
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World’s first interactive ad-funded mobile soap opera launched |
22/01/09 |
| In a world first, 20:20 London, Incentivated and the COI have collaborated to launch THMBNLS, an interactive ad-funded mobile soap opera for the Department of Children, S... Read More |
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Mobiya uses Oxygen8 to distribute classified ads via mobile phones |
22/01/09 |
| Interactive communications company, Oxygen8 Communications, and Mobiya, a UK mobile advertising company for SMS marketing, have announced a strategic international partne... Read More |
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3 UK partners with Mobix Interactive for mobile TV |
22/01/09 |
| 3 UK has announced the launch of a new mobile TV section of the portal called 3 on Demand. The new area, which is managed by Mobix Interactive, brings a host of new conte... Read More |
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GSMA announces finalists for 14th Global Mobile Awards |
22/01/09 |
| The GSMA has announced the finalists for the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards, as well as the competitors for the EMEA leg of the annual Mobile Innovation Global Award Co... Read More |
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Ericsson to slash 5,000 jobs after 31% profit drop |
22/01/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
Of all the wireless infrastructure vendors, market leader Ericsson has seemed the most immune to the downturn so far, but it has ... Read More |
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New Messaging Device from NEC |
22/01/09 |
| NECi say that with the introduction of their M155 Messenger messaging device they have set new standards in mobile communications and once again demonstrated the company ... Read More |
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Coolgorilla launches new talking phrasebook |
21/01/09 |
| Coolgorilla, the world’s most primitive software developers who have been at the forefront of the evolution of mobile translation products, have launched a new talking ph... Read More |
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Partner Communications selects NDS PC Show for VoD content portal |
21/01/09 |
| NDS, provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has announced that Israeli mobile operator, Partner Communications, part of Hutchison Telecom International, has... Read More |
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Maximizer Mobile CRM now available for HTC G1 |
21/01/09 |
| Maximizer Software, a provider of simple, accessible CRM solutions, again widened its applicability across smartphone platforms by announcing that its mobile CRM solution... Read More |
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Xtract unveils strategy for privacy in mobile marketing |
21/01/09 |
| Xtract, provider of social marketing intelligence solutions that enable internet and mobile operator marketing to become more personal, relevant and targeted, has release... Read More |
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Mobile dating revenues to approach $1.4 billion by 2013 |
21/01/09 |
| A new Juniper Research report has found that new revenue streams from event-based charging and advertising will help to push the value of the mobile dating and chatroom m... Read More |
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244 Telecoms Companies Failing says New Report |
21/01/09 |
| The latest report into the UK Telecommunications Services market from industry analysts Plimsoll rates 244 of the UK’s leading 1000 Telecommunications Services companies ... Read More |
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SMEs Working Longer Hours |
21/01/09 |
| BT Tradespace, the business social networking site, has identified the trends of small and medium enterprises' (SME), with longer working hours and a more environmentally... Read More |
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Mobile PBX Starts Trials |
21/01/09 |
| OnRelay, the cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) provider, has previewed its complete mobile PBX solution, Unified MBX, and opened the Unified MBX beta program to sel... Read More |
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Nokia a Tube arrival set for 23 January |
20/01/09 |
| The Nokia 5800, otherwise known as the Tube, will be exclusively available from 10am at both the Nokia Regent Street and Heathrow Terminal 5 flagship stores and also onli... Read More |
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Half a billion mobile financial services customers in 2013 |
20/01/09 |
| Mobile technology market watchers are always on the lookout for the next killer app, and according to ABI Research, mobile financial services are very likely to become th... Read More |
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US company questions if UK mobile networks will cope at 2012 Olympics |
20/01/09 |
| ADC, a US-based communications and networking specialist, said it fears networks will fail to provide adequate coverage when it is needed most at the London 2012 Olympics... Read More |
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Telmap appoints Vu Nguyen as exec VP global sales |
20/01/09 |
| Telmap, provider of mobile location solutions, announced the appointment of Vu Nguyen as executive vice president and head of global sales.
Based in London, Vu brings... Read More |
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Lebara Mobile bolsters retail partnerships with Superdrug |
20/01/09 |
| Lebara Mobile, the provider of high quality low cost international mobile services from the UK, has announced that it has signed a new partnership agreement with Superdru... Read More |
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Vodafone Kicks off SME Strategy with Central Purchase |
19/01/09 |
| Mobile network operator Vodafone has purchased midlands based reseller Central Telecom as part of a new strategy that will see the company enter the SME market with CPE b... Read More |
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Phone set up frustration putting off end users |
19/01/09 |
| Complexity is preventing uptake and usage of mobile applications and services, according to a survey of US and UK consumers commissioned by mobile device management (MDM)... Read More |
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Hyundai Mobile Europe launches in the UK |
19/01/09 |
| Hyundai Mobile Europe has announced the launch of Hyundai Mobile UK. This announcement comes on the back of successful handset deployments with network operators includin... Read More |
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Mobile Banking Users to Exceed 150m Globally by 2011 |
19/01/09 |
| The number of mobile phone subscribers that use their phones for mobile banking transactions will exceed 150 million globally by 2011, according to a new study by Juniper... Read More |
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Cellcrypt appoints new CEO |
19/01/09 |
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Cellcrypt, a supplier of voice security solutions, has appointed Simon Bransfield-Garth as its chief executive officer. Bransfield-Garth will be accelerating the expans... Read More |
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Accelerating global momentum for device integration |
19/01/09 |
| Mformation Technologies, an advanced mobile device management (MDM) company, has announced that over 40 major mobile device vendors are supporting standards-based initiat... Read More |
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Samsung launches new Emporio Armani mobile |
19/01/09 |
| Samsung Electronics is launching the Emporio Armani Samsung Mobile, Night Effect, in the UK this January exclusively with Vodafone and Phones 4u. The launch will be suppo... Read More |
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Mobile telephony to defy economic downturn |
19/01/09 |
| Mobile telephony is set to defy the economic downturn this year, according to predictions from research firm, Gartner.
The 2009 prediction report from Gartner outlines... Read More |
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Broadband Growth Shrinks with Recession |
19/01/09 |
| Recession has now hit the UK broadband market hard. Analyst Point Topic estimates that the UK added only about 200,000 broadband lines in the last quarter of 2008. This i... Read More |
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Turnover & Profits Rise at SpiriTel |
19/01/09 |
| Communications service provider SpiriTel has published its interim six months results to the end of October 2008 showing turnover up 62% to £11.1 million (2007: £6.8 mill... Read More |
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Vodafone successfully trials HSPA+ mobile broadband |
16/01/09 |
| Vodafone has successfully trialled an evolution of mobile broadband technology achieving actual peak data download rates of up to 16 Mbps.
The high speed data connect... Read More |
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O2 launches XDA Flint for the classroom on the move |
16/01/09 |
| O2 has unveiled the O2 Xda Flint at annual UK ICT in education show, BETT 2009 this week. XDA Flint is an innovative handheld device specifically targeted at the educatio... Read More |
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MEF appoints new global marketing director |
16/01/09 |
| Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF), the global trade association of the mobile media industry, has announced the appointment of Stephen Jenkins as global marketing director... Read More |
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SpinVox launches VoxLinks Talk a Text service |
16/01/09 |
| SpinVox, a voice to content messaging provider, is launching VoxLinks, a new visible feature which will give one-click access to a range of messaging services and extend ... Read More |
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Leicester Theatre Trust implements new comms from NEW Philips |
16/01/09 |
| Leicester Theatre Trust (LTT) has turned to NEC Philips Unified Solutions to implement a revolutionary communications solution to match the innovative nature of Leicester... Read More |
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Expanding mobile use in hospitals could prove problematic, warns ADC |
16/01/09 |
| As Government eases hospital phone use restrictions, ADC, a communications and networking specialist, stateed that it will not be as easy as taking down the ‘No mobile ph... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson shocker Q4 results |
16/01/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has announced fourth quarter losses that are far larger than the market predicted, with a pretax loss of Euro 261 million, against forecasts of a Euro 77 m... Read More |
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