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Mobile social network tackles SMS spam in India
India has some pretty severe problems with SMS spam – so bad that an actual Government minister has complained in Parliament about being woken up in the middle of the night by spam texts. Today one of the best known mobile social networks in India, the text-based SMS GupShup, has announced a new application for operators and mobile marketers that could help curb the tide. Continue reading
Why is Diameter so important to LTE?
While the details are still somewhat shady, US-based mobile broadband company Tekelec has announced that a tier-one operator in the States has chosen it to provide a key component of its nationwide LTE network. This component is called Diameter: it’s vastly important, almost completely unheard of, and today we’re taking a quick look at it.
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Posted in LTE, Mobile Operators, mobile news
Tagged 4G, diameter, LTE, mobile, mobile data, mobile network, mobile operator, Tekelec
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Can micro-payments work for mobile news? ImpulsePay is betting on it
Last year, I interviewed an absolutely fascinating mobile payments enabler in the UK called ImpulsePay. It is probably the leading provider of the UK’s Payforit service – a single, universal and almost entirely unheard-of mobile payments system that every major mobile operator in the UK agreed to create. Today, ImpulsePay has announced a new service called PublishPay; a mobile publishing service designed to help content providers generate revenue from mobile media. Continue reading
Posted in mobile news
Tagged impulsepay, mobile, Mobile Content, mobile media, mobile network, mobile news, mobile operator, mobile payments, mobile publishing, payforIT, publishpay, UK
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Australia cracks the whip at lying mobile operators
Mobile operators have this dreadful habit of flat-out lying to people about what they can actually do. So I’ve been very interested in the continuing efforts of Australian regulators to whip them into shape – and today sees a major move from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), as it releases a report and recommendations to ban the use of misleading terms in operator advertising.
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Good work, O2: Ofcom says you’re best at mobile broadband
Ofcom, the UKs independent telecoms regulator, has today released the results from its very first study into mobile broadband in the UK. The results, built from 4.2 million tests that ran from September to December last year, reveal that O2 had the best download speeds and amongst the highest responsiveness. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news
Tagged mobile, Mobile Broadband, mobile data, mobile network, mobile operator, o2, ofcom, UK
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AT&T and T-Mobile merger not going smoothly. Surprised?
The potential merger of AT&T and T-Mobile in the US could be a truly huge deal. Somewhat like the creation of Everything Everywhere in the UK, a joint-venture between T-Mobile UK and Orange, there are fears it could result in an operator so large (80% of the wireless market) it would stifle competition. We catch up on the latest news about the merger. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, mobile news
Tagged at&t, deutsche telekom, merger, mobile, mobile network, mobile operator, t-mobile
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Can mobile operators be trusted with your credit card details?
In the last few years, mobile operators have been called upon to handle more and more complex types of payments for their subscribers. People want mobile wallets, SMS payments, barcode transfers and more. But there is a serious question to be asked here: can the operators be trusted with your details? Vesta, an electronic payments company based in Portland, Oregon, has just released the results of a substantive survey of 18 mobile network operators in the US and Europe – 16 of which were tier one operators. It has found that over a quarter of these operators were not compliant with the most important standards in the electronic payments industry. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged MNO, mobile, Mobile Banking, mobile finance, mobile money, mobile network, mobile operator, mobile payment, PCI, PCI DSS, Vesta
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Mobile money hits the UK like it means business
This is probably the most significant week the UK has ever seen for mobile money. Two of the biggest operators in the country have announced mobile money implementations – Orange is going for a straightforward NFC-based payments model, whereas O2 looks like it wants the whole mobile banking hog. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Mobile Operators, Mobile applications, mobile money, mobile news, mobile payments
Tagged mobile, mobile money, mobile network, mobile nfc, mobile operator, mobile payments, money, NFC, o2, orange, UK
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Mobile advertising and marketing top news: Microsoft, Millenial Media and loyalty
Welcome to the GoMo News round-up of the hottest news in mobile marketing and advertising! Millennial Media is reportedly gearing up for an IPO; 3 UK has signed 4th Screen as their exclusive mobile portal ad sales partner; and much more… Continue reading
Opt-in mobile advertising can really work, according to Out There
Out There Media is one of the most aggressive proponents of operator-based mobile advertising in the world. The company has forged deals with operators all over the world, providing them with the tools they need to run advanced marketing campaigns through their networks. It has now released a study looking into the phenomenon of opt-in advertising, claiming it can achieve some of the most remarkable conversion rates of any form of advertising. Continue reading
Can Velti crack SMS advertising through gaming?
Thanks to an Initial Public Offering earlier this year, mobile marketing company Velti found itself under a media blackout – something which was extremely frustrating, according to Kelaine Olvera, Velti’s Director of Product Marketing. And I can understand why. Since the blackout lifted, Velti has been releasing a lot of products, and announcing a lot of news. Being a Product Marketer that isn’t allowed to market your product must be a real aggravation. So yesterday, I had a chat with Kelaine about what Velti has been up to, what’s coming up, and where the company’s energy is. And, amongst other things, it seems that Velti is having a go at cracking the traditionally very hostile SMS-based advertising market in Europe… by adding gaming elements? Continue reading
Deutsche Telekom profit drop is no big deal
Today, multi-national telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom (DT) released it’s financial results from the first quarter of 2011. And while revenue is certainly down, that doesn’t necessarily mean doom and gloom for the operator group. Continue reading
ABI claims 16 million people will be using LTE mobile phones by 2012
We like to keep abreast of the latest wild claims being made about the coming of LTE; the evolution of mobile networks. Today’s seems a little less wild than usual, but no less impressive, as ABI Research claims that by the end of this year, more than 16 million people in 12 countries will be using LTE mobile phones. Continue reading
Posted in LTE, Mobile Devices, Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news
Tagged 4G, ABI, LTE, mobile, mobile device, mobile network, mobile operator, mobile phone, smartphone
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Mobile data: Tweakker adds 30 MVNOs with Sisteer partnership
Tweakker is a company that makes it as simple as possible for Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to get their subscribers using mobile data. Sisteer is a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) that currently hosts 30 different MVNOs on its platform. You do the math. Continue reading
Posted in Mobile Operators, Mobile Web, mobile news
Tagged mobile, mobile data, mobile network, mobile operator, mvne, mvno, sisteer, tweakker
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