- Week summary
- General wireless data market related news
- Carriers news
- Wireless data related middleware vendors news
- Terminal development for mobile data
- Vendors of software for client wireless devices news
- Mobile application related news
- Application outsourcing and hosting news
- News about financing for wireless data businesses
- News about trade shows and conferences
| * - Star sign marks especially important (from the editor's point of view) news items and is also a link to the next important news item. |
Week summary |
- Nokia Siemens Networks has just started - but already announced an innovative deal to host Blyk MVNO.
- Turkcell deployed mobile signature.
- You can use your mobile on
Everest now.
- Advanced innovative handsets from
HTC and Helio - while Nokia offers full-fledged multimedia for almost nothing.
- J2ME is now a professional development platform and is not just for games.
- Mobile banking will be as common as online banking already this year - and the trend is supported by Mastercard and Visa.
- Microsoft shows itself as an innovative mobile company.
- Now there are multiple providers of freely hosted push e-mail for everyone.
P.S. I'm now trying to introduce a lighter/easier content set-up - please comment whether it's good or bad. |
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This section lists all breaking wireless data related news that do not belong to any particular section (or should belong to multiple) as well as to general reviews of interest.
| ABI Research: 203 Million Mobile Phones Will Use Linux Operating Systems by 2012 Original news source |
| In a new study, ABI Research forecasts that by 2012, more than 127 million devices will be enabled with a commercial Linux OS, up from 8.1 million in 2007. Additionally, device shipments that incorporate Linux as an RTOS replacement are set to grow to more than 76 million units in 2012, up from nearly zero in 2007. |
| CTIA Releases Comprehensive Wireless Industry Survey Results Original news source |
| CTIA announced that wireless data service revenues for 2006 rose to $15.2 billion. This represents a 77% increase over 2005. Wireless data revenues now total roughly 13% of all wireless service revenues. |
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This section lists news about innovative and competitive usage of wireless data by network carriers.
| Blue Ocean Wireless Launches GSM Network for Merchant Maritime Vessels Original news source |
| Blue Ocean Wireless’ service willenable seafarers to use their existing mobile phones on board vessels in deep ocean water in exactly same way that they would do in port or on land. Users of the service will be able to make and receive voice calls, send and receive SMS text and email messages and browse the internet using their existing handset. The service will be directed at more than one million seafarers serving as crew on more than 40,000 merchant ships in service world-wide. |
| New mobile content service drives 3G video calling as One Italia launches service in Italy Original news source |
| The service, powered by a hosted platform from IP Unity Glenayre, Inc. and Pradac Informatica, will enable Italy’s 13 million 3G mobile users to access and download content, such as ringtones and games, via a rich 3G mobile video experience, rather than traditional WAP methods. |
| Thin Multimedia and Tata Teleservices Enter Into a
Commercial Agreement for Mobile Multimedia Services Original news source |
| Tata Teleservices will license TMI’s thinMME (Mobile Multimedia Engine) to enable multimedia playback of content on its handsets. thinMME allows users to access multimedia content from the Internet and play it back on their handset in real-time. Users will also be able to view multimedia content from their handsets. thinMME can be easily integrated into cell phones, smart phones, PDAs, and other portable devices. thinMME operates on a variety of platforms such as Brew, Symbian, WIPI, Java, and Linux. |
| Qtel Chooses Visto to Power Mobile Email in Qatar Original news source |
| Qtel has implemented Visto’s Visto Mobile platform to offer Qtel Mobile Email Service, its own branded mobile email offering, to its fast growing subscriber base.
Qtel’s Mobile Email service provides busy mobile professionals with a choice of 27 mobile handsets with which to send and receive email on the move, access and update their desktop calendar, and search their contacts – safely and securely. |
| * Nokia Siemens Networks to host full core network in groundbreaking deal with Blyk Original news source |
| Blyk, the pan-European free mobile network for young people, funded by advertising, has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks to supply, build and host its core network as it embarks on a new approach to offering mobile telephony service. In its first-ever full mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) hosting arrangement, Nokia Siemens Networks will be hosting the entire operation of Blyk’s core network. |
| * Turkcell Selects Gemalto and Valimo for World’s Largest Mobile Signature Rollout Original news source |
| Turkcell has selected Gemalto's SIM-based identification solution to implement a large-scale mobile signature program. The program is based on qualified digital certificates by E-Guven, a Turkish Certificate Authority. Digital certificates are created under Turkish Digital Signature Law that is also in accordance with EU’s Digital Signature Directive. The Gemalto solution will allow Turkcell subscribers to securely access services that require strong authentication, such as internet banking or e-government applications, using their mobile phone to generate a legally binding electronic signature. |
| * Everest mobile call effort begins Original news source |
| Making a phone call from the summit of Everest has become possible thanks to a mobile base station installed in China that has line of sight to the north side of the mountain.
Mr Baber was confident that the attempt on the world record would work because the phone he will use has been tested in very low temperatures and the final climb will only happen if weather conditions are good.
The downside is that staying in contact with this base station demands that climbers follow the north ridge to the top - generally regarded as the toughest route. |
| Rogers Introduces Wireless Video Calling Original news source |
| In addition to wireless video calling, Rogers VISION allows customers
to communicate in an entirely new way with mobile multimedia and visual
services like video-on-demand; Mobile Television to access your favourite TV and video programs
with incredible clarity; radio-on-demand; and Rogers MusicStore. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which provide middleware used by carriers and software developers to offer access to diversified corporate data.
| Openwave Mobile Widget Solution to Drive Increased Personalization and Service Adoption Original news source |
| The AJAX-based solution, based on the Openwave MIDAS application development environment, enables compelling and highly relevant mobile widgets to be integrated directly into the mobile device's idle screen and run on diverse mobile platforms. |
| O3SIS Opens Push Mail to Broad Consumer Market With Support for Virtually Any Mobile Device Original news source |
| This consumer-oriented push mail solution extends phone client support to virtually any mobile device, giving mobile operators a broad target market for mobile email as most subscribers can easily use the service with their existing mobile phones.
O3SIS Multi Channel Push Mail is able to support multiple client technologies, including MMS, OMA-DS, OMA-EMN, P-IMAP, as well as native POP3, and IMAP4 clients. |
| i-Vision Provides Mobile Broadcast iTV Solutions for Beijing 2008 Original news source |
| With i-Vision's solution, mobile TV users can choose to interact with
the relevant services or commercials broadcasted to them. By pressing a
button, the interested users can be connected to value-added services or
infomercials via the mobile network. Interactive TV services such as
voting, ticketing, surveys and online payments can be provided. |
| Ericsson Pulls WiMax Plug Original news source |
| The company confirmed that it stopped internal WiMax development efforts at the end of last year and is instead relying on a reseller strategy for the technology. |
| Nellymoser Releases New ASAO Platform To Power User Generated Content, Community And Mobile Advertising Original news source |
| ASAO enables companies to rapidly leverage their existing media investments to meet the ever-increasing consumer demand for rich, interactive content on mobile phones, while unifying and simplifying the complexities surrounding media ingestion, correlation, optimization and syndication across thousands of phones, hundreds of network configurations and dozens of media formats. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which manufacture actual end user wireless devices (phones, pagers, PDAs etc.), as well as other information relevant to such companies.
| * HTC Introduces Shift and Advantage Original news source |
| The HTC Shift brings the full power of Windows Vista and advanced wireless connectivity into an innovative and compact design that is sure to create a new paradigm for mobile computing. The HTC Advantage delivers extreme portability that leverages the mobile office strengths of Windows Mobile 6 and advanced wireless connectivity in one of the smallest mobile computer designs available. The HTC Advantage includes a thin, magnetically connected QWERTY keyboard and advanced connectivity with Tri-Band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. In addition, the HTC Advantage enables powerful navigation capabilities with built-in GPS navigation. |
| Motorola Brings the Office to The Mobile Worker with New Sleek Handheld Computer Original news source |
| The MC35 combines advanced cellular technology, including built-in Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) capabilities, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, with laptop functionality, camera, and bar code reader. Users can talk, e-mail, connect to the Internet, use mission-critical business applications, and capture data (including signatures) with one, easy-to-use device for lower total-cost-of-ownership.The MC35 is based on Intel’s XScale PXA270 416 MHz processor and Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. |
| Meet the W580: the Walkman phone with street style Original news source |
| This slim slider phone speaks volumes in urban cool while delivering the full-on Walkman phone music experience. It will store up to 470 full-length tracks, has a 2.0 megapixel camera tucked discretely within the slider itself, plus stacks of gaming, fun sports and entertainment features. |
| Stay up to speed with the stylish Z750 – Sony Ericsson’s first HSDPA phone Original news source |
| The Z750 is Sony Ericsson’s first Tri-band HSDPA and Quad-band EDGE enabled phone. It offers full broadband speed for web access, email handling and picture blogging on the move, all within a stand-out design. |
| * Meet The New Helio Ocean Original news source |
| Ocean is a dual-slider combining a traditional numeric keypad and a separate full QWERTY keyboard in a single device. Designed to be the ultimate social networking tool, Ocean merges Instant Messages, text messages, picture messages and emails from all the major portals, ISPs and even corporate Exchange servers, in one location. A 3G media and content powerhouse, Ocean also delivers full over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, a high-resolution camera, an HTML browser, MySpace on Helio, GPS-enabled Google Maps for mobile, Buddy Beacon and much more. |
| * Nokia 5700 XpressMusic: Adding a new twist to mobile music Original news source |
| Nokia 5700 XpressMusic is an accessible 3G smartphone augmented by a dedicated audio chip for enhanced music performance. It features an iconic twist design that easily switches between four modes at the flick of the wrist - music player, 2 Megapixel camera, video call and smartphone. |
| * Nokia 5070: Fun and function Original news source |
| With strong messaging, leisure and personalization features, the Nokia 5070 has everything that the mobile social set needs. The Nokia 5070 will be available in the second quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of EUR 100 excluding taxes and subsidies. |
| Motorola Makes Mobile Music and Multimedia a Must -- for Everyone Original news source |
| Motorola, Inc. introduced four new mobile devices designed to deliver amazing entertainment experiences to CDMA users in markets around the globe.
From the MOTORAZR maxx Ve, with its EVDO high-speed mobile music and video experience, to the powerful yet affordable integrated FM radio features of the W355, Motorola is creating industry-leading products and solutions to satisfy the demands of consumers by creating choice without compromise. |
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This section lists breaking news from companies which provide client software that runs in end user wireless devices (phones, pagers, PDAs etc.).
| Nokia Announces Open C SDK Plug-In Availability for S60 Devices Original news source |
| Nokia announced the immediate availability of the Open C Plug-In extension for the S60 3rd Edition Software Development Kit (SDK), enabling easier porting of Linux-targeted open source projects to Symbian OS-based S60 smartphones and increased productivity for developers of mobile applications running on S60 devices. |
| * Sony Ericsson announces new Java Platform 8 with first phone supporting the next-generation Mobile Services Architecture Original news source |
| The Z750 clamshell phone is the first phone based on Sony Ericsson’s Java Platform 8 (JP-8), supporting a range of new Java programming features including instant messaging / chat and presence based functionality, handling banking, payment transactions, user identification and authentication through secure encryption technology, mapping and other location-aware applications. |
| * RIM Opens New BlackBerry APIs to Support Growth in Mobile Applications Original news source |
| The Java APIs are a rich collection of programming controls based on the industry standard Java Micro Edition along with an extensive set of Java APIs for BlackBerry that enable tighter integration with the unique features of BlackBerry smartphones and applications. With access to almost every functional component and application on a BlackBerry smartphone, developers are now building robust wireless applications that leverage the inherent capabilities of the BlackBerry platform, including secure access to the Internet and corporate intranet, rich multimedia features, access to personal content, location and mapping services, alerting and notification and device personalization. |
| HelloSoft Launches VoIP on Symbian OS Original news source |
| HelloSoft has taken one of the first of many steps to enable VoIP technology globally for the next generation of Symbian smartphones. HelloSoft's VoIP technology, HelloDual-Mode, on Symbian OS will allow users to experience award winning power-efficient and fully-featured multi-mode applications. |
| MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 5.0 Enables Media Convergence on Intelligent Devices Original news source |
| This release of the popular software development platform provides the most advanced native Linux real-time capabilities to date, with performance matching that of traditional real-time operating systems for the first time in the industry. Moreover, MontaVista has dramatically reduced the memory footprint of this fifth-generation OS, giving device manufacturers a high performance, feature rich solution for even the smallest connected devices. |
| Microsoft's 'Deepfish' Mobile Browser Surfaces Original news source |
| Microsoft Research has released "Deepfish," a prototype browser for Windows Mobile 5+ phones that users can sign up for and try out.
The technology is not quite in beta stage, Microsoft said, lacking key features such as ActiveX controls, AJAX, cookies, Javascript, and HTTP POST functions.
Available from the Microsoft Live Labs Web site, the Deepfish browser is designed to maintain the look and feel of today's Web pages, through its own rendering methods as well as a zooming methodology that's apparently similar to one of Microsoft's own spinoffs, ZenZui. |
| Symbian announces Symbian OS v9.5 Original news source |
| Symbian OS v9.5 brings high performance features designed for richer consumer and enterprise experiences as well as significant savings to phone build costs and time-to-market, delivering a truly scalable mobile operating system for the global market. |
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This section lists news that describe innovative and competitive implementation of wireless data applications.
| RealNetworks and Nokia Make Wi-Fi Rhapsody a Reality With N800 Internet Tablet Original news source |
| The innovative collaboration gives Nokia N800 Internet
Tablet users rapid access to Rhapsody's three million songs anywhere they
have a Wi-Fi connection. |
| BasWare Introduces Mobile Application For Controlling The Purchase To Pay Process Original news source |
| It allows businesses to remove any delay from the procurement and invoice approval process, enabling them to more easily capture early payment dividends and avoid late payment charges. |
| Harris Corporation, LG Electronics Announce In-Band Mobile DTV System Original news source |
| The inventor of the transmission standard for digital television (DTV) and the market leader in broadcast equipment and automation technology announced an innovative new technology designed to extend over-the-air broadcast TV signals beyond the living room to viewers on the go. |
| * Citibank Introduces Citi Mobile Original news source |
| A push of a button on your cell phone is all it takes to check your balance, pay bills, transfer funds, find an ATM and more. |
| * MasterCard announces trial of mobile search and content service Original news source |
| MasterCard Worldwide has unveiled MasterCard Nearby, a trial of a new service that allows US MasterCard cardholders to use their mobile phones to access a wealth of helpful information, including ATM and merchant locations, driving directions, rewards and special offers, and much more. |
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This section lists news about outsourcing/hosting of mobile corporate/enterprise applications by e.g. software developers, network carriers, and consulting companies. News about mobile access to portals are also included here.
| 24/7 Real Media Debuts Open AdStream Mobile Edition Original news source |
| Open AdStream Mobile Edition allows marketers and mobile content providers to seamlessly integrate mobile ads into their broader digital marketing campaigns. The new solution provides enhanced delivery and reporting tools designed to target users and streamline ad operations across online and mobile channels. |
| * emoze launches free global service for push email without server side software Original news source |
| emoze offers a central server solution with a seamless connection via an Outlook Web Access (OWA). The expanded service offering is completely free of charge to consumer and businesses. |
| Yahoo! Launches Mobile Publisher Services Original news source |
| The new services publishers will have access to are the Yahoo! Mobile Ad Network, Mobile Content Engine, Mobile Media Directory and Mobile Site Submit. |
| Bango 2Go gives brands the fast-track to the mobile web Original news source |
| Bango 2Go is a simple, cost effective way for brands and content providers to launch a presence on the mobile web. The service costs $4,995 to set up, with monthly fees as low as $1,395 for hosting, the Bango Service (billing, tracking, traffic, info) and ongoing maintenance. |
| * Metavante and Monitise To Create Mobile Payments System for North America Original news source |
| The joint venture to be established by Metavante and Monitise will enable consumers to rely on a common, intuitive and secure interface to initially check account balances, transfer funds between bank accounts and pay bills any time from the device they always have with them — the mobile phone. |
| fring Rings in Mobile VoIP Freedom of Choice Original news source |
| fring users (fringsters) now can easily pick-and-choose between their favourite SIP-based VoIP networks, even without a SIP-enabled phone. |
| * Consilient Launches Free Push Email Application for Five Mobile Accounts Original news source |
| The service features multi-account access, giving users a single application for retrieving up to five different mail accounts on mobile phones. The Push service also includes photo attaching and saving with color-coding for easy identification of multiple accounts. |
| * ClairMail and TELUS Enable Canadian Banks to Offer Mobile Banking Original news source |
| TELUS and ClairMail will initially focus on enabling retail banks, credit unions, brokerages, and credit card companies across Canada to offer mobile banking and payments services. |
| * BancorpSouth Announces Mobile Banking Application Original news source |
| BancorpSouth customers who subscribe to AT&T's wireless service can download the mobile banking application directly to their device, where they can access the application anywhere and at any time with just one click. |
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This section lists news about new financing opportunities for and in the wireless data industry.
| Wireless Edge Addresses Broadening Product Demand Via New Name, $2 Million in Second Round Funding Original news source |
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| * Microsoft Backs New Mobile Technology Company: ZenZui Original news source |
| ZenZui’s core technology brings advanced information visualization techniques out of the research lab and onto mobile phones and into the hands of mobile device operators, marketers and consumers. ZenZui’s high-frame rate zooming user interface employs up to 36 individual “Tiles” that are selected and customized by the user to reflect their interests and lifestyle with relevant content, interactive communications and fresh data. From the connected communities of social networks and the immediacy of pop culture to the have-to-know sports and weather info, this modular tile interface lets users sync, surf, and share digital content quickly, easily, and in a distinctly new way. |
| * Visa CEO Sees Collaboration with Wireless Industry as Key to Unlocking Potential of Mobile Payments Original news source |
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This section lists the trade shows and conferences which are relevant to wireless data from either participation or exhibiting point of view.
| CTIA WIRELESS Announces E-Tech Award Winners Original news source |
| Nearly 250 submissions were received for this year’s E-Tech Awards. Judges evaluated each entry on innovation, functionality, wow factor, importance of technology and ease of use/implementation. |
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