Ntelos and Thumbplay reached an agreement that allows Ntelos Wireless customers to access Thumbplay’s music offering. Thumbplay Music is a cloud-based music service that provides unlimited access to songs on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices as well as on computers. The Thumbplay application will be pre-loaded on select Ntelos phones and will be featured in NTelos’ Web and mobile store. Subscriptions cost $10 per month.
Motorola Inc. and Innofidei teamed up to show off TD-LTE technology at the Shanghai World Expo 2010. Innofidei said it collaborated with the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute to bring a TD-LTE chipset solution to the expo to support Motorola’s TD-LTE showcase network. Motorola used the Innofidei/ASTRI dongle to demonstrate video streaming, remote monitoring and high-speed Internet browsing.
Vesta Corp. said it expanded its contract with Telefonica O2 to manage all of O2’s electronic top-up transactions for prepaid customers. Vesta’s latest service suite offers a unified experience across all direct top-up channels, including phone, live agent, Web and short message service, said the company.
AURA Interactive signed an agreement with Netbiscuits to become one of the company’s Gold Partners in the Asia Pacific region and to distribute Netbiscuits’ mobile Web software.