Articles tagged with: Blackberry and Roaming

Apple's iPhone Overtakes BlackBerry for Travelling Business Users

Wi-Fi roaming provider, iPass says that the Apple iPhone has displaced the blackberry as the top handset accessing Wi-Fi hotspots when roaming. The iPhone took a 45 percent market share, and overall business smartphone usage has increased to 91 percent. more

Related Tags: ipass, wi-fi, apple-iphone

Passenger In-Flight Mobile Use Exceeds 40% on Malaysia Airlines

Passengers on Malaysia Airlines are proving some of the world's most enthusiastic users of in-flight mobiles as they embrace the AeroMobile service. On some flights, passenger adoption has exceeded 40%. Data devices such as blackberry are proving popular, with data traffic on some flights exceeding 2MB, the equivalent of 40 blackberry users sending and receiving email. more

Related Tags: sms, rsa, privacy, ovi, text-messages, inmarsat, in-flight, aeromobile, airlines, honeywell, Malaysia

BlackBerry Phones Arrive in Mongolia

Mongolian mobile network operator, Mobicom has announced the launch of the blackberry range of smartphones in the country. At launch Mobicom will offer customers the blackberry Bold smartphone as well as service plans for blackberry Enterprise Server and blackberry Internet Service. more

Qualcomm Chips Powering the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone

It isn't a shock that the new blackberry Storm smart phone from Research in Motion (RIM) offers features comparable to Apple's iPhone 3G - including the use of a touchscreen - a first for a RIM product. However, the Storm brings some interesting developments on the inside, such as the inclusion of a Qualcomm baseband chip, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli. more

Asian Operators Agree to Improved Roaming for BlackBerry Users

The Asian mobile operators group, Conexus Mobile Alliance has announced the start of the regional rollout of a mobile data roaming plan for blackberry smartphones among Alliance members. The new plan offers a high mobile data access ceiling in most countries to cater to the data usage needs of frequent mobile roamers. more

Rogers Cuts iPhone Data Cost, But Not Everyone Happy

TORONTO -(Dow Jones)- Canadians have always grudgingly accepted hefty monthly cellphone fees, but the upcoming launch of Apple's 3G iPhone has led normally compliant Canucks to protest a perceived price gouge by Rogers Communications. more

Related Tags: buffalo, smartphones, verizon-wireless, verizon, rogers, Canada

EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband

Usage of mobile data services, which enable people to access the Internet, email and other multimedia on the move, is growing rapidly in the European Union as mobile broadband networks proliferate and prices fall. more

Qantas Airline to Allow In-Flight SMS and Mobile Data Services

Australian airline, Qantas has said that it would roll out new technology on its domestic aircraft from late 2008 to allow customers to send and receive email and SMS via mobile phone or personal electronic device. more

Taiwan Mobile Expects 1Q Capex of NT$3 Billion; Eyes Blackberry Boost

TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan Mobile plans capital expenditure of about NT$3 billion in the first quarter, and expects to benefit from a strong increase in the number of blackberry users this year, company executives said Tuesday at a media luncheon. more

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