Mobile operators joining forces to fight Apple App store? It’ll never happen, says Mobango

Yesterday saw a remarkable announcement from 24 different mobile operators. The group, which contains some of the largest mobile operators in the world, claimed it would launch an open platform to deliver applications to all mobile phone owners. But according to Fabio Pezzotti, Founder of mobile app store Mobango, that is never going to happen.

More good news for independent mobile application stores - Mobango shows 500% download increase

Mobango is an interesting blend of services - it’s a mobile social network, user-generated content hub and application store all rolled into one. Mobango allows its subscribers to post and share mobile content completely for free, including mobile games and applications. And it is reporting a surge in use over the last year.

Mobango changes app store business model with pay per distribution and RingRing Media partners too

Mobango is a mobile social application store. Today it has partnered with RingRing Media for media buying and planning.

Mobango Mobile Gets an Update

Mobango announced today that they have made improvements to their search criteria as well as making it easier to delete files.

Via Newsletter:

You can now search files by categories and order search results by “Last Uploaded”, “Top Rated”, “Most Viewed”, and with the new previews of the files you can find the content you like a [...]

Nimbuzz reckons it has a Truphone killer

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I’ve just had an enlightening chat with Tariq Dag Khan about his latest company (and product of the same name) Nimbuzz.
Nimbuzz amalgamates instant messaging; free internet calling and chatting all in one app.What Khan was keen to explain concerned how good he thinks this ‘Truphone-killer’ app is. [...]

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