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Vodafone to Offer Microsoft Online Services with Voice And Data |
27/02/09 |
| Microsoft and Vodafone have announced an agreement under which Vodafone will offer businesses a single communications and collaboration solution composed of fixed and mob... Read More |
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CPW to Cut 450 Jobs |
27/02/09 |
| Carphone Warehouse Group will cut 450 jobs at its call centres and head office as part of a strategic review, announced in January, to identify cost savings. The planned ... Read More |
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Yahoo mobile chief quits while Microsoft seeks new talks |
27/02/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
Just a week after Yahoo significantly revamped its mobile offering, reducing its emphasis on search and rolling up many services ... Read More |
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MobileAccess appoints UK executives |
27/02/09 |
| MobileAccess, a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, has announced the appointment of two new executives to drive the company’s continued expansion into West... Read More |
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Intellectual Ventures and Telcordia announce R&D alliance |
27/02/09 |
| Intellectual Ventures and Telcordia Technologies have announced an alliance that leverages Telcordia’s skilled inventors and heritage of telecommunication innovation with... Read More |
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MCN and Fox Mobile sign global search agreement |
27/02/09 |
| Mobile Content Networks, the provider of search management, search merchandising, and PPC vertical paid search programs designed for mobile content promotion, announced t... Read More |
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IPTV leads the telco transformation in 2009 |
26/02/09 |
| Telecom operators believed they had found the next killer application after the IPTV debut in 2000. Since growing almost 85% from less than three million subscribers in 2... Read More |
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Grafton partners with 1st Touch for mobile ordering solution |
26/02/09 |
| Grafton Merchanting GB, best known for brands such as Buildbase, Plumbase and Jackson Building Centres, is to offer its social housing sector customers an out of the box ... Read More |
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Mobile internet search engine use rises |
26/02/09 |
| According to surveys conducted by ABI Research in 2007 and 2008, 70% of respondents used their mobile phones to access information through internet search engines last ye... Read More |
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Avenir Telecom's dealers paint the town Orange |
26/02/09 |
| As Avenir Telecom gears up to launch a major sales incentive programme in conjunction with Orange later this month, one lucky dealer is set to fly to New York after winni... Read More |
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Embedded content becomes driver for phone purchases |
26/02/09 |
| Embedded content is now one of the key factors in determining which new mobile handset consumers choose, according to the results of a poll published today by GetJar, an ... Read More |
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20:20 Mobile Group appoints new commercial director |
26/02/09 |
| 20:20 Mobile Group has unveiled Bhavesh Patel as its new group commercial director.
Patel joins following a 17-year spell at Ingram Micro where he worked in a number o... Read More |
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Channels Need to Adapt To Survive Recession Says New Research |
25/02/09 |
| A new joint research report from Equinox Business Consulting and Illume Consulting has highlighted that channels need to look at broader portfolios as one of the key ways... Read More |
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Workers say they could be more productive out of the office |
25/02/09 |
| BT Business and Nortel have revealed new independent research statistics showing that less than one in ten (8%) of the UK's businesses trust their employees to work out o... Read More |
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CMA Launches Telecoms Manifesto to Kick-Start Economic Recovery |
25/02/09 |
| CMA (Communications Management Association) has launched its first Manifesto setting out a 5-point action plan aimed at helping the UK out of the recession. It calls upon... Read More |
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Is this the Next ‘Killer’ Application? |
25/02/09 |
| Following a successful beta testing period, Final Defence, the Remote Data Deletion (RDD) ‘laptop killing’ software is now available to consumers and businesses as a qui... Read More |
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Network Equipment Technologies to Broaden VCOMM’s VoIP Gateway Solutions |
25/02/09 |
| VCOMM, the VoIP value added distributor, has signed an agreement with Network Equipment Technologies to distribute the company’s unified communications gateways to channe... Read More |
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ABC confirms Comms Business as Number 1 Channel title!** |
25/02/09 |
| Latest ABC figures confirm Comms Business as the Number 1 audited Channel title! +
With the latest audit figures now published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations we... Read More |
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S3 Interactive appoints UN environment expert to new role |
25/02/09 |
| Glasgow based mobile phone recyclers, S3 Interactive, has appointed former United Nations environment advisor, Dominic Wing, to a new business improvement role.
Wing ... Read More |
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Vodafone to cut 500 UK jobs |
25/02/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
Vodafone has confirmed plans to cut about 500 jobs in its UK homeland, as part of a program announced last year, to reduce annual... Read More |
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Redundancies at Nokia |
25/02/09 |
| As part of its previously announced plans to increase cost-efficiency and adapt to the challenging market environment, Nokia has announced new voluntary measures aimed at... Read More |
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fring strengthens manufacturer relationships |
25/02/09 |
| Mobile community and communication platform, fring, has announced pre-installation of fring onto Samsung OmniaHD, a mobile with ultimate multimedia powerhouse and HD bril... Read More |
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Customer service to drive mobile content success |
25/02/09 |
| Customer service has a key role to play in driving mobile phone providers’ future growth, Convergys has claimed.
While operators experience declining revenues from v... Read More |
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Brightstar named Microsoft Gold Partner |
24/02/09 |
| Brightstar Corp. announced that it has been recognised as a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a status which acknowledges the company’s high level of expertise in Mobilit... Read More |
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MEF elects new EMEA board |
24/02/09 |
| Representatives from BBC, Comfone, Nokia, Orange and Qtel were voted onto the MEF EMEA board at the general meeting held during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The ne... Read More |
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Colette Bowe confirmed as Ofcom Chair |
24/02/09 |
| The Government has confirmed the appointment of Colette Bowe as Ofcom's new Chairman. She will take up the position on 11 March 2009.
The confirmed appointment foll... Read More |
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O2 speeds up HSPA+ rollout in Germany |
24/02/09 |
| Telefónica O2 Germany announced the acceleration of the company's mobile data network based on HSPA+. O2 will provide customers with the new technology in the second half... Read More |
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FCS Appoint Board Member for Resellers |
24/02/09 |
| The Federation of Communication Services- FCS- has announced that Itret Latif, Telecoms Business Manager of Scottish and Southern Energy, has been appointed to the FCS bo... Read More |
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Nine Telecom and Club Communications Join Forces |
24/02/09 |
| Today Nine Telecom and Club Communications announce that they have joined forces, under the Nine Telecom Group. The move is an initiative between James Palmer, Managing D... Read More |
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Magazines voted top IT information source |
24/02/09 |
| Magazines are found to be the most favoured source of information for the UK’s IT community, according to a survey by infrastructure experts Siemon. The internet is repo... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent teams with BT for secure mobile broadband |
24/02/09 |
| Alcatel-Lucent is announcing a major new strategic relationship with BT, designed to help organisations secure data on mobile employees’ laptops. Alcatel-Lucent will pro... Read More |
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Mainline´s dealers can iManage online |
23/02/09 |
| Orange distributor, Mainline Digital Communications, has launched a new online ordering service as part of its existing account management tool, iManage.
Currently dea... Read More |
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Mobile dealers set to buck recession with V Networks buyout programme |
23/02/09 |
| V Networks, the telecommunications service provider recently acquired by Opal, is urging mobile dealers to get on board with its groundbreaking buyout programme, V2, a un... Read More |
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Mobile Entertainment Forum launches Smart Pipe Enablers Initiative |
23/02/09 |
| The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has announced that the launch of its global Smart Pipe Enablers Initiative to create an industry-wide framework that will lay the fou... Read More |
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Synchronica pushes social networking and news to every mobile phone |
23/02/09 |
| Synchronica, a developer of mobile email and synchronisation solutions, has announced new functionality within Mobile Gateway 4.0 that pushes social networking and news u... Read More |
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Ryanair and OnAir launch Europe’s first fleet wide inflight mobile phone service |
23/02/09 |
| Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline has launched its inflight mobile phone service initially onboard 20 of its mainly Dublin based aircraft. This is the first ste... Read More |
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Women most likely to stalk exes online |
20/02/09 |
| Half of Brits have used people search sites and social networks to spy on former partners and enemies, according to research of over 1700 members of the British public.
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MobiTV scoops best mobile TV service at Mobile World Congress |
20/02/09 |
| MobiTV was awarded top honours at the GSMA Global Mobile Awards held Tuesday night at the National Palace in Barcelona. The awards recognize innovation across a spectrum ... Read More |
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Cellular modem shipments exceeded 35 million in 2008 |
20/02/09 |
| Shipment data for the cellular modems used to connect laptops and netbooks to the Internet indicate that more than 35 million of the devices hit the market in 2008, said ... Read More |
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FISHLABS and Nokia sign N-Gage agreement |
20/02/09 |
| Nokia and FISHLABS Entertainment, a developer and publisher of high quality 3D mobile games, have announced an agreement to bring games to the N-Gage service.
Titles ... Read More |
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HP builds Telecom and Media Unit |
20/02/09 |
| HP has announced it has created a new business unit to address the specific needs of service providers, network equipment suppliers and media companies. The decision, wh... Read More |
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New HTC Android shows up after all – with Vodafone |
20/02/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
The large mobile operators are keen to have greater control over the design and software experience of their phones, and some see... Read More |
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Nokia and Qualcomm drop chip bombshell |
20/02/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, ReThink Wireless
It’s finally happened – what the mobile world has been waiting for, and in some cases dreading, since Nokia and Qualcomm settled ... Read More |
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Orange is first to launch LG Touch Watch phone in Europe |
19/02/09 |
| Orange has announced it will be the first operator to offer the world’s first Touch Watch phone (LG G910) in Europe, bringing customers the latest in breakthrough mobile ... Read More |
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Truphone adds PayPal to credit top-up options |
19/02/09 |
| Truphone has added PayPal to the list of ways in which its customers can easily add credit to their Truphone accounts.
Payments may already be made with variety of c... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson W995 Walkman announced |
19/02/09 |
| Keep amused like never before on one powerful video mobile phone; watch news, TV shows or movies in premium video quality or check out the latest videos from YouTube usin... Read More |
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O2 customers paid to trial applications on developer community |
19/02/09 |
| O2 has announced that it is calling for customers to enrol as members on its new developer platform, O2 Litmus. Since its launch in December 08, O2 Litmus already plays h... Read More |
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Fone Logistics to distribute heavy duty handset |
19/02/09 |
| Fone Logistics has agreed a deal with 3 to distribute a new heavy duty phone – said to be able to withstand being driven over by a car – to tradesmen and outdoor enthusia... Read More |
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Desktop mobile phone increases call rate by 150% |
19/02/09 |
| Burnside Telecom has announced that a London based call centre has increased its call rate from 60 calls per hour to 150 calls per hour over the mobile network using Burn... Read More |
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Telmap enters mobile internet market with navigation and location |
19/02/09 |
| Telmap, provider of mobile location solutions, has announced that it is delivering an advanced navigation and location based service for mobile internet devices (MIDs) ba... Read More |
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Fone Logistics wins Virgin Media contract |
19/02/09 |
| Distributor Fone Logistics has clinched an exclusive three month distribution deal with Virgin Media.
Through Fone Logistics, independent dealers are now able to offer... Read More |
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ST Ericsson’s dual-core Symbian demo missing in action |
19/02/09 |
| by Caroline Gabriel, Rethink Wireless
Nokia has substantially expanded its supply chain for cellphone chips for the HSPA family – the key focus for its smartphone and ... Read More |
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Orange moves from music to mobile multimedia with Sony Ericsson |
19/02/09 |
| Orange has announced it is extending its strategic partnership with Sony Ericsson, opening the door to more fun and easy mobile multimedia services. Coinciding with the l... Read More |
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Sony Ericsson launches Entertainment Unlimited |
18/02/09 |
| Sony Ericsson has unveiled the next step in its evolution. The Entertainment Unlimited consumer proposition is the pinnacle of what the company has been working towards s... Read More |
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O2 first to join Bebo Open Mobile |
18/02/09 |
| Bebo, the global social media network, has announced that O2 has become the first UK operator to receive Bebo Open Mobile Partner status.
Launched last week, Bebo Open... Read More |
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SEVEN now supports Android |
18/02/09 |
| SEVEN, a global leader in mobile email and messaging software, today announced the availability of its award-winning mobile messaging solution for the Android platform. ... Read More |
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Gigafone and Xtract partner to create mobile marketing platform |
18/02/09 |
| Gigafone, the mobile marketing solutions group, has announced that it has formed a partnership with Xtract, creator of social intelligence solutions for online and mobile... Read More |
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Push-to-Talk will reach 8.5% penetration in North America |
18/02/09 |
| Push to Talk (PTT), the mobile phone feature that enables users to connect virtually instantaneously with other users, is forecast to find its way into 8.5% of the North ... Read More |
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RFS pushes diplexer technology to assist in cellular longevity |
18/02/09 |
| RFS (Radio Frequency Systems), the wireless infrastructure specialist, has developed a ground breaking wideband diplexer technology that will assist carriers as they migr... Read More |
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Envirofone.com and CO2balance tackle carbon emissions |
18/02/09 |
| Envirofone.com, the online mobile phone recycler, has teamed up with co2balance, the award winning carbon management company, to launch an initiative to encourage people ... Read More |
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Adobe and Nokia announce $10 million Open Screen Project fund |
18/02/09 |
| At the GSMA Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Nokia Corporation have announced a $10 million Open Screen Project fund designed to help developers crea... Read More |
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Openwave raises bar in mobile data scalability |
18/02/09 |
| Openwave, one of the world’s leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalised services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, has announc... Read More |
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LG highlights green initiatives for the mobile industry |
18/02/09 |
| LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, has unveiled its eco-friendly mobile phone equipped with a solar panel battery cover at... Read More |
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Mobile internet to grow dramatically despite economic downturn, consumers say |
18/02/09 |
| The first major survey of European and US mobile users conducted during the economic slump gives the telecom industry reasons to be optimistic. Consumers intend to dramat... Read More |
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GSMA Announces Winners of the 14th Global Mobile Awards |
18/02/09 |
| The GSMA has announced the winners of the 14th Annual Global Mobile Awards at a gala dinner at the National Palace in Barcelona, hosted by the rising star of comedy, Mich... Read More |
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Touchscreen table to boost sales in high street dealers by end 2009 |
17/02/09 |
| Mobile dealers will be able to take advantage of consistent cross and up selling experiences for consumers with new interactive tables set to hit the British high street ... Read More |
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ETSI approves publication of FLO Air Interface Specification |
17/02/09 |
| The FLO Forum is pleased to recognize the decision of the EBU / CENELEC / ETSI Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Broadcast to publish ETSI TS 102 589, “Forward Link Only Ai... Read More |
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Mobixell launches Videon Version 3.0 for quality Mobile TV |
17/02/09 |
| Mobixell Networks, provider of innovative mobile multimedia, mobile TV, and mobile advertising solutions, has announced the launch of VideonTM version 3.0, Mobixell’s mob... Read More |
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T-Mobile gives real business customers the chance to star in its ads |
17/02/09 |
| T-Mobile has announced its new campaign for real business by offering companies across the UK the chance to star in its advertisements. The campaign will star authentic T... Read More |
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Samsung introduces first solar powered full-touch phone |
17/02/09 |
| Samsung Electronics has unveiled the innovative solar powered full-touch screen phone, called Blue Earth, at Mobile World Congress 2009, alongside Samsung’s vision for en... Read More |
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Momail launches mobile extension for email providers |
17/02/09 |
| ISP’s, web and media portals can now extend their webmail offering quickly and easily, giving their consumer and SME customers an optimised mobile email that is easy to g... Read More |
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LTE - “Ready when you are” says RFS |
17/02/09 |
| RFS (Radio Frequency Systems), the wireless infrastructure specialist, is ready for the next great switchover in the wireless business - the migration to long term evolut... Read More |
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Palm joins Open Screen Project |
17/02/09 |
| At the GSMA Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced Palm is joining the Open Screen Project - a broad industry initiative dedicated to enabling standa... Read More |
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Opera unveils turbo-charged browsing at Mobile World Congress 2009 |
17/02/09 |
| Just when you thought browsing couldn’t get any faster, Opera unveils its latest innovation for better browsing, Opera Turbo. This all-new, turbo-charged way to surf has ... Read More |
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New Eseries devices optimised for efficiency |
17/02/09 |
| Nokia has unveiled two new additions to its Eseries range, the Nokia E75 and Nokia E55, which are the first to ship with the company's new email user interface. Both devi... Read More |
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NEC and NetCracker announce wireless broadband joint solution |
17/02/09 |
| NEC Corporation and NetCracker Technology announced a joint solution aimed at helping operators streamline their operations and optimize their investments in wireless bro... Read More |
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Crystal clear design from LG |
17/02/09 |
| LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, has unveiled the world’s first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile Wo... Read More |
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LG makes smart move with new smartphone |
17/02/09 |
| LG Electronics (LG), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today announced LG-GM730, its newest handset in LG’s smartphone line-up, which mak... Read More |
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Telmap introduces the world’s first personalised location companion |
17/02/09 |
| Telmap, the world leader in mobile location services, today unveiled Telmap5, an innovative solution for location based services. Telmap5 addresses number of key challeng... Read More |
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Toshiba launches TG01 |
17/02/09 |
| Toshiba Corporation has announced the new Toshiba TG01, a super-slim, highly powered, multimedia-focused, mobile device ideal for the consumer that demands high quality p... Read More |
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Vodafone and HTC unveil Android-powered HTC Magic |
17/02/09 |
| Vodafone and HTC Corporation today announced the HTC Magic smartphone, Vodafone’s first Android-powered mobile, which will be available in the spring.
The stylish new ... Read More |
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Qualcomm adds femtocell chipsets to portfolio |
17/02/09 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today announced that it has added 3G femtocell chipsets to its ... Read More |
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GSMA leads mobile advertising initiative |
17/02/09 |
| The GSMA and a task force comprising Telefónica, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile International and 3, have unveiled the results of a feasibility study examining mobile audienc... Read More |
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New Director Appointments at Nine Telecom |
17/02/09 |
| Nine Telecom, the B2B fixed line telephony service providers, has announced that Julie Mills has been promoted to Sales Director. Nine say the promotion continues Mills ... Read More |
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LG backs Android over Windows and Symbian |
16/02/09 |
| LG’s Jeremy Newing, head of mobile marketing, has stated that the company will be bringing out new handsets based on the Android platform by the beginning of the second h... Read More |
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Orange launches new widget experience and expands multi-platform Application Shop |
16/02/09 |
| Orange has announced new and easy ways for customers to get more from their mobile, widening access to mobile content via simple widget services and exciting multimedia a... Read More |
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Support for the Symbian Foundation gains momentum |
16/02/09 |
| Ahead of the 2009 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the Symbian Foundation's development continues apace. The organisation's leadership team is in place and is e... Read More |
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Cellebrite launches integrated OTA and POS solution |
16/02/09 |
| Cellebrite, a provider of carrier grade mobile phone synchronisation systems, has launched CelleSync, the new integrated over the air (OTA) and point of sale (POS) platfo... Read More |
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GLOBO Mobile launches CitronGO! at Mobile World Congress 2009 |
16/02/09 |
| GLOBO, a leader in e-business solutions and a SaaS solutions provider, has launched its new pioneering CitronGO! ‘cloud’ software at this year's GSMA Mobile World Congres... Read More |
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Orange joins forces with HP for mobile broadband |
16/02/09 |
| Orange has continued its drive to give more mobile broadband customers internet on the move, with a new partnership signed with Hewlett Packard.
The deal means Orange... Read More |
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Breakthrough technology for uninterrupted broadband speed |
16/02/09 |
| Advanced Receiver Technologies (ART) has launched its pioneering patented interference cancellation technology at the Mobile World Congress 2009.
The technology, whi... Read More |
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Orange launches end to end care service for mobile users |
16/02/09 |
| Orange today is launching Orange Care, a new end to end portfolio of care services. These services will provide customers across Europe with protection and peace of mind,... Read More |
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NeuStar launches first presence-enabled communications contacts list service |
16/02/09 |
| NeuStar today announced that it has worked with Telecom Italia to launch TIM I’M, a new service that enables Telecom Italia’s 35.3 million customers to communicate in mor... Read More |
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Mobixell to provide MMS support package for iPhone |
16/02/09 |
| Mobixell Networks, a provider of innovative mobile multimedia and advertising solutions, has announced a new multimedia messaging support package that enables iPhone user... Read More |
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Opera joins LiMo Foundation |
16/02/09 |
| Opera Software today announced that it has joined the swelling ranks of mobile Linux leaders in the LiMo Foundation. Opera has a long history in developing its browser fo... Read More |
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Qualcomm introduces complete multi-mode 3G/LTE integrated solution |
16/02/09 |
| Qualcomm Incorporated, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today introduced the industry’s first chipset solution for adva... Read More |
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Sony to embed select notebooks with Qualcomm Gobi technology |
16/02/09 |
| Sony Electronics and Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that Sony has selected Qualcomm’s Gobi mobile Internet technology for use in its VAIO notebook PC lines.
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Ubiquisys and Sercomm announce integrated 3G femtocell home gateway |
16/02/09 |
| Ubiquisys, provider of 3G femtocells, and SerComm, manufacturer of broadband and wireless networking equipment, today announced the availability of the FC210U integrated ... Read More |
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Omniphone and ISPs to fight piracy with next gen MusicStation |
16/02/09 |
| At GSMA Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Omnifone, the independent unlimited music service provider, has announced MusicStation Next Generation, a revolutionary service ... Read More |
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Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum |
16/02/09 |
| The GSMA has reported significant progress in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative, a service providing interoperable, enriched communication capabilities such a... Read More |
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