Smartphones drive explosion in mobile internet use

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its report on the state of Australian communications sector for the last year. The ACMA is the broadcasting and telecoms regulator for Australia - and it has found that high-tech mobile devices have driven a massive surge of mobile data usage in the country.

Upbeat news from WIN, as it helps Deutsche Telecom with Europe-wide roll out of mobile internet

As the first quarter of 2010 rolls out, we can expect companies to update us on how they’re doing. In other words, it’s Trading Update time! Today we got a pleasingly optimistic trade report from WIN plc, specialists in mobile managed services.

Mobile is just as important as PC to Microsoft

Oded Ran, head of Mobile Services for Microsoft UK, explained to GoMo News the main drives for Microsoft when it comes to mobile services. We sat down for a GoMo 1-t0-1 at the Heroes of the Mobile Screen conference in London earlier this week, and discussed different operating platforms, the importance of the mobile consumer, and how Microsoft is attempting to make Windows Mobile a more attractive prospect for developers.

Google mobile updates hit movies and coupons

If you’re working in any area of mobile or on-line services, the presence of Google in your market is as constant as death or taxes. It’s always worth keeping an eye on what it’s up to - and this week Google has advanced its mobile platform in both search and coupons.

Comverse and IBM offer mobile operators a helping hand

IBM and Comverse obviously feel they have a lot of help they can sell to mobile operators in Europe. The two companies have joined forces to create a “Centre of Excellence” in France, which will offer its services to operators globally.

Mobile World from Deutsche Telekom will allow multiple mobile services to be bundled as a data package

The International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS) branch of Deutsche Telekom has launched a new service called ICSS Mobile World. The new service is an IPX (IP eXchange) service - which essentially means that more mobile services, from voice to data, can be bundled to operators as data services.

Telefonica chooses Huawei platform for massive mobile services launch across Latin America

Mobile operator Telefonica today announced the launch of a Huawei mobile internet services platform across its entire Latin American market. The Service Delivery Platform (SDP) from Huawei is a massive, converged platform. It allows services for mobile devices to be rolled out across 13 different network architectures in the region.

Aepona offers mobile operators complete Network as a Service solution

Belfast-based Aepona today announced it has bought a Dublin-based company called Valista. Both companies are involved in providing services for telcos. Aepona creates software services and solutions, and Valista provides payment and settlement services. Following the deal, Aepona claims it can now provide end-to-end “Network as a Service” (NaaS) services for telecoms operators.

Nokia brings mobile email to operator M1

Nokia today announced that it has signed a mobile email deal with Singapore operator M1. The push email service will allow M1 customers on 20 different Nokia handsets to receive email straight to their device from the most popular webmail clients.

Motricity launches white label LBS for operators which puts privacy in the hands of the user

Motricity has announced its LBS Controller, a solution for mobile operators that allows them to give third parties easy access to Location Based Services. Using LBS Controller, mobile operators can enable LBS for mobile websites, applications or on-phone services. The difference here is that since it’s operator level, Motricity has built in “user-managed privacy” options that could be accessed by anyone on the network.

Wireless Expertise wants to be a mobile Internet SDK for Brands

Wireless Expertise launched today, offering brands the opportunity to bring value added services and applications to the mobile Web. Wireless Expertise presents itself as the one-stop solution for any brand trying to provide services over the mobile Web - acting like a Software Development Kit for Brands.

Wireless Expertise will handle the entire development and delivery [...]

Free mobile games come to the WeROK mobile portal

The brave experiment that is WeROK continues. The ad-funded mobile portal has announced that it will now be adding free mobile games to it’s offered services - which already included low-cost SMS, with free mobile email, free mobile TV and mobile social networks.

What is WeROK?

WeROK is the marriage between ROK entertainment and the community-maintained WeFi [...]

GoMo Buzzwatch: With Ericsson contract in Africa, “managed services” are here to stay

While “managed services” contracts have been becoming more common in Europe over the last months, todays announcement of a contract between Ericsson and Zain Africa is the first such deal in Africa. Analysts are saying that this new deal is the final proof that managed services is a sustainable business model.

So what is a managed [...]

Intel sinks $43 million into Japanese WiMAX

Intel has announced that it has invested $43 million dollars into Japanese mobile internet company UQ Communications. The 4G mobile network should be launched by the start of next month, with Intel also providing the embedded tech required to connect to the service.

Intel has been working with UQ for a good while now - next [...]

Mobile giant NTT Docomo announces plans for mobile cash transfer

Mobile banking and finance has walked a rocky road - while it’s a fantastically useful service, it has had to deal with massive trust issues from consumers. Japanse mobile operator NTT Docomo has announced it’s planning an incredibly simple banking service with Mizuho Bank, that will allow consumers to transfer money with just a mobile [...]

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