Author Archives: Sinead Quealy
Vodafone to bring MICROSOFT KIN phone to Europe
London, Monday 12th April, 2010. Vodafone today announces that it will bring KIN, a new Windows Phone designed specifically for people who are actively navigating their social lives, to Europe in Autumn 2010. Initial launch markets will be Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, with further markets to follow before the end [...]
Orange Insight on Gender and Mobile Usage
· Nearly 2 million Orange customers use social networking on their handsets, with men viewing on average 33% more pages then women
· Those aged 60+ are the second largest age group to text from abroad, with women in this age group sending 48% more MMS than men
· 75% of mobile videos downloaded [...]
Novarra bought by Nokia
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Novarra, Inc., a privately-held company based in Chicago, IL. Novarra is a provider of a mobile browser and service platform and has more than 100 employees. Novarra’s mobile browser and services platform will be used by [...]
Mobile World Congress 2010 – A review by Strand Consult
Great review of MWC from Strand. Continue reading
Hearst Media Services Partners with Tagga for MobileTagga powers mobile marketing campaigns for Hearst advertisers
Vancouver, BC, February 22, 2010 – While the world’s spotlight is on Vancouver this month, the Mobile Marketing Association’s Spotlight was on Tagga Media today when the Vancouver-based company announced its partnership with Hearst Media Services.
Hearst selected Tagga’s technology platform to power mobile marketing opportunities for their advertisers. Hearst publishes several daily newspapers [...]
Wataniya Telecom offers TransferTo™ international airtime remittance services
Kuwait and Singapore
Watanyia Telecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Kuwait serving up to 40% of the country mobile customers, has successfully launched in partnership with Transfer To™ an innovative cross borders top up service.
International workers, travelers and visitors who are using Watanyia prepaid cards in Kuwait, may now recharge the prepaid mobile phone [...]
#MWC GSMA Awards overview, winners and soft focus perspective
GSMA Awards hosted by Mr Stephen Fry!!!
This afternoon I am at the GSMA awards and I have to be honest, Stephen Fry is the reason I’m here! Continue reading
MWC in Soft Focus: are mobile phones going biodegradable? Not really…
Two companies I’ve met so far at Mobile World Congress have been touting eco-friendly, biodegradable products for mobile phones. The first is an Irish iPhone-accessory company called Jivo Technology, and the second was UK-based Santok. Continue reading
MWC: mobile media, voice and operators at Showstoppers
It’s the Sunday night before Mobile World Congress… which means I got to head to Showstoppers and meet some cool people. Showstoppers is a pre-MWC event where bloggers and journalists get to meet with some of the companies who will be exhibiting over the week to come.
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Mobile World Congress in Soft Focus
Welcome to the first in our “Soft Focus @MWC” series. This is a series of short insights into life at MWC – the ups, downs and intricacies of attending the biggest mobile event in the world. Continue reading
Sony Ericsson focuses on Co-creation at Mobile World Congress
And announces a new collaborative platform, Creations(TM)
Barcelona – February 14th, 2010 – Sony Ericsson today announces its vision for the future of mobile entertainment – ‘Co-creation’ – using the launch of new online platform Creations(TM).
What is Co-creation?
Co-creation focuses on facilitating the evolving needs of consumers, content publishers and developers, creating a community and a movement [...]
New Android & iPhone SDKs for Mobile Advertising with free Analytics
New Android & iPhone SDKs for Mobile Advertising with Free Analytics
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Free Apple iPad give-away for new signed up publishers during MWC 2010
Mobile World Congress 2010
Hall 7 App Planet #7C38
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VODAFONE WINS MANAGED MOBILE SERVICES CONTRACT WITH ORACLE
Vodafone Global Enterprise has been appointed by Oracle to manage its mobile service needs in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in a four-year deal
Under the agreement, Vodafone Global Enterprise, the dedicated division of Vodafone that manages the communication needs of its largest Enterprise customers, will supply mobile services management, mobile voice [...]
GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics
GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of Mobile Media Metrics
16 Million UK Mobile Users Viewed Nearly 7 Billion Pages of Online Content
via their Mobile Browser in Preliminary Data for December 2009
4 February 2010, London: The GSMA and comScore, Inc., in partnership with operators O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile and 3UK, today announced the official UK launch [...]
Mobile Premier Awards Final Program
http://www.mobilepremierawards.com/blog/2010/02/03/mobile-premier-awards-final-program/
We’re happy to announce the final program of this years’ Mobile Premier Awards.
Besides the classic MPA in Innovation live 3-minute pitches, this year we have the winners of the other awards in collaboration with our Network Partners.
For this year’s event, we have a special keynote: a presentation on the story of arguably the most successful [...]
