Nokia is gearing up for the future by altering its company structure starting January 2008. This initiative aims for "greater effectiveness, speed up time to market for new products, and increase...
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by leo on May 29, 2007
According to ABI Research, revenues from mobile phone accessories is projected to reach $32 billion this year while Smartphones $28 billion. Heads up to handset vendors; they must think more...
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Gaining unfair advantage these days in light of growing concern over roaming rates in Europe, Vodafone flexes its PR muscle to highlight the advantages of its Vodafone Passport. With more than 12...
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by leo on May 23, 2007
Sometimes one of the best things to do when you are in a hypercompetitive environment is to take a step back and get back to basics. This is exactly what Nokia 3109 classic intends to do. In the words...
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by tom on May 07, 2007
Orange UK are the latest operator to announce a flat-rate data plan for mobile Internet access, although after digging around on the orange website I can't find any mention of it. The new plan...
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by tom on May 07, 2007
NTT DoCoMo has announced that it will not be proceeding with a contract signed between the company and operator Hutch to launch i-mode services in India.DoCoMo and Hutch had been striving to launch...
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by leo on May 03, 2007
Amidst the hype and allure of new, exciting cutting edge phones like iPhone, Nseries, and GPS-enabled phones, the cheap, classic Nokia 1100 remains the king of consumer electronics products. Reuters...
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As a testament to mobile industry's creative genius, the FCC has approved the world's first GSM Watchfone. Also recognized as the smallest mobile phone, Watchfone was developed by SMS...
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With 35.8% market share in 1st quarter of 2007, considerable cash reserves to support R&D and production initiatives, global market leader Nokia is behemoth to behold. Although challengers like...
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One of IDC's 10 Emerging Mobile Players in 2007, GrandCentral promises that you will never miss a call you want to take and (this is one is better) never take a call you surely want to miss! How?...
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by Scott on April 08, 2007
eWeek is reporting that ultra-cool Japanese mobile operator KDDI, bringer of the design-happy au mobile service, is about to launch services in the US riding on the Sprint Nextel network. The report...
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by tom on March 08, 2007
UK 3G operator 3 has announced it is launching an ad-funded mobile video service. Via Moconews.3 is working in partnership with Rhythm New Media, which is supporting the service with...
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by Scott on November 17, 2006
UK 3G operator 3 announced a raft of new applications and services this week in a bid to jolt its business into a higher gear. Under the label of X-Series, 3 has added applications from Sling Media...
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by Scott on November 03, 2006
About five years ago when I was with the Yankee Group, I forecasted an eventual shift away from the old PTT model of building a communications company around wires and networks, and toward the...
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by tom on October 16, 2006
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this potential news. According to a report posted on Cellular News today, analysts Merryl Lynch are speculating that Hutchison 3G may withdraw entirely from...
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by Scott on October 05, 2006
As many weepeing fans have noted, T-Mobile recently dropped their US spokeswoman, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones. In a not wholly unrelated move (*chuckle*) the US operator is now about to move faster....
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by Scott on September 30, 2006
Just as US MVNOs look like they are running into a dead-end with content-brand centered launches (ESPN), or age-segmented strategies (Amp'd), the hot new trend seems to be operators targeting...
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by Scott on September 30, 2006
The UK arm of T-Mobile has reversed its ban on VoIP applications on it Web 'n' Walk data service, according to the Register. The Reg says T-Mobile will introduce a Web 'n' Walk Max...
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by tom on September 05, 2006
Surveys ahead of the upcoming launch of number portability in Japan show that roughly 25% of Vodafone Japan customers are planning on changing operator, with around 19% of Docomo's customers...
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by Scott on August 14, 2006
Disney announced recently it is opening stores in the US for its MVNO, and now Helio, the JV between Earthlink and SK Telecom aimed at the youth market, is planning to open stores as well. The first...
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by Scott on August 13, 2006
Why is this logo so big, you ask? Because it's owner is. According to the Manchester Evening News, China Mobile, only 6 years old, moved ahead of Vodafone as the world's largest mobile...
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by tom on August 13, 2006
O2 have reported that an outage to O2's network last week was not related to the UK airport alert that also happened on Thursday, but was caused by damage to cables owned by BT, connecting O2 with...
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