SURABAYA, Indonesia-The path toward the next generation of mobile services has pushed carriers to provide various applications and related content to enrich their mobile data offerings and give their customers new mobile experiences. Carriers in Southeast Asia have many content-focused initiatives in place to...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Reports from Finland suggest that mobile operator TeliaSonera, which this week has signed a number of interconnect agreements for multimedia messaging services (MMS) and announced plans to launch third-generation (3G) services early next year, is to sell its Finnish operation. The company is...
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands-Go Mobile, a wireless operator in Malta, will use technology from LogicaCMG to offer multimedia messaging services, the companies announced."Launching MMS services marks the next stage in our business strategy and will enable us to tap into new revenue streams," said Juanito Camilleri,...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone announced it will launch its Vodafone Live! service from 21 April. The service offering will include multimedia messaging service (MMS) and polyphonic ring tones. At the same time, Hutchison Telecommunications announced that its third-generation (3G) service will begin 15 April. It will...
OSLO, Norway-An agreement among Sweden's operators to allow customers to send multimedia messaging services (MMS) between competing networks has failed to encompass all the country's operators, as giant TeliaSonera has yet to get on board.With MMS widely tipped by both studies and pundits to...
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics' sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo has shed the suit coat he wore during his keynote appearance to reveal a...
LONDON-Multimedia messaging services continues to drive much of the news in the wireless industry, with LogicaCMG and others announcing moves in the area.LogicaCMG announced an MMS framework agreement with KPN Mobile, and that E-Plus in Germany will be the first carrier to use LogicaCMG's...
NEW ORLEANS-Openwave Systems Inc. made a slew of announcements this week at CTIA Wireless 2003:the company introduced Openwave Voice MMS which integrates voice and data messaging capabilities;Openwave will partner with Network Associates to integrate McAfee Security's anti-virus technology into its MX messaging platform;RealNetworks Inc.'s...
HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps the most interesting announcement with plans to sell a new style of wireless devices based...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-More than 430 billion mobile messages were sent worldwide during 2002, according to a new report from Telecom Trends International. More than 580 million users sent the messages.In 2002, 95 percent of messaging users used text-based messaging, 4 percent of users opted...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having launched its first W-CDMA handset in Cannes last month, Sony Ericsson is trying to convince Hutchison that it does have a medium-term third-generation (3G) cell-phone strategy in an attempt to secure a volume contract for the device. The two firms are...
NEW YORK-Although 2002 "was a very difficult year" because new landline competition squeezed profits, Matav, Hungary's incumbent carrier, rode the country's rising tide of wireless penetration and gained significantly in terms of mobile customers and associated revenue growth, said Elek Straub, chief executive officer...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Telia Denmark is introducing a charge of 44 U.S. cents for its multimedia messaging service following a free introductory period, which ends at the end of this month. The price is in line with other European operators' MMS charges.The cost applies to the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the service until June. The company had planned to halt its free trial service at...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-After launching multimedia messaging services in August last year, Singapore's MobileOne (M1) asked its subsidiary Wireless Intellect Labs to boost the use of MMS among MobileOne customers by delivering an application called Permodia.Permodia enables MMS-based access to any standard Web camera connected to...
CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. The event focused less on when wideband CDMA launches would occur in Europe and...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association's new board declared its two key strategic goals for this year are shortening time-to-market and ensuring the global availability of new and developing wireless services.The GSMA is especially focused on accelerating MMS interoperability and in ensuring the vitality and commercial...
CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as a former semiconductor partner.The Swedish vendor signed a contract to supply UMTS gear to...
BEIJING-China mobile handset users sent close to 6 billion short message service (SMS) messages and more than 1 million multimedia message service (MMS) messages during the week-long Chinese New Year celebrations from 1-7 February. Sending short messages has become the primary way for young...
WOODBURY, New York, United States-Messaging company Comverse announced Taiwanese mobile carrier MoBiTai will use its server to offer multimedia message services (MMS)."Our agreement with MoBiTai emphasizes that our platform is configurable, open and flexible, and strengthens Comverse's position as a leading mobile data provider,"...
CANNES, France-Testing, monitoring and management solutions provider NetTest will introduce several additions to its portfolio of testing solutions at the 2003 3GSM World Congress.NetTest will introduce two middleware enhancements to its MasterQuest solution. MasterQuest Mobile Location System will instantly provide the locations of subscribers...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Multimedia Messaging Service allowing customers to combine pictures, text, animations and sounds into a single messaging service.The carrier said MMS messages can be sent to and from MMS-capable handsets, which include the currently available Sony Ericsson T68i,...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging company Comverse announced Taiwanese mobile carrier MoBiTai will use its server to offer multimedia messaging services."Our agreement with MoBiTai emphasizes that our platform is configurable, open and flexible, and strengthens Comverse's position as a leading mobile data provider," said Zeev Bregman, Comverse's...
PARIS-Alcatel will launch version 2.0 of its Multimedia Messaging Services at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The products feature a high-performance ratio per cost per unit; interoperability between mobile-phone bands; and simple and flexible billing services. The MMS suite can be bundled...
