Articles tagged with: Coca Cola

Coca-Cola Vending Machines to Accept Mobile Payments in Belgium and Luxembourg

PingPing and coca-cola have expanded a partnership agreement on enabling Near Field Communication (NFC) payments on coca-cola vending machines in Belgium and Luxembourg. The implementation, which will start at the end of 2010, will make Belgium the first European country to be equipped with a contactless payment solution. more

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Sprint Nextel Names New Head for its WiMAX Operations

Sprint Nextel has named Matt Carter, 48, as "President - 4G", to oversee the company's continuing roll-out of its WiMAX services. The appointment will be effective January 11, when Carter moves from his current role as Vice President - Sprint Prepaid. more

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Vodafone Hutchison Australia Warned for Breaching Anti-Spam Laws

Vodafone Hutchison Australia has been censured by the telecoms regulator after it supported an SMS marketing campaign that breached the country's anti-spam laws. more

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Vodacom Taps Andrew for Wireless Coverage In South African World Cup Stadiums

Andrew Solutions says that it has won a contract from South Africa's Vodacom to deploy indoor coverage in five of the 10 South African stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup. Andrew's multi-operator ION-M optical distributed antenna system supports current GSM 900/1800 and UMTS frequency bands as well as next generation LTE and WiMAX networks. The systems' basic architecture involves fiber optic and coaxial cables, master and remote units, and other subsystem products that receive and transmit signals from dedicated operator base stations to customer handhelds throughout the facility. more

Cross-Network Mobile Credits for UK Phone Subscribers

UK phone subscribers can now have payment credits sent to their account by use of an SMS. The service, being launched by MX Telecom is initially being trialed as the centre piece of a coca-cola Summer on-pack promotion for Sprite, Fanta, and Dr Pepper, where users can simply text-in to receive 50p of mobile credit for free. more

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Survey: Sony is Asia's Favorite Brand, Replacing Nokia

HONG KONG (AFP)--Japanese electronic giant Sony is Asia's favorite brand, according to a survey of Asian shoppers released on Sunday that was dominated by consumer technology firms. more

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Coca-Cola Vending Machine Sales via Mobile Phones

VeriSign has announced a deal to enable purchases at coca-cola vending machines via mobile phones in Austria. Now, over two million mobilkom austria and ONE wireless customers have access to the mobile payment function at vending machines across Austria. more

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PRESS: 2 Vodafone Directors To Stand Down Shortly

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Two of Vodafone Group's longest-serving directors, Paul Hazen and Penny Hughes, are expected to stand down shortly, The Sunday Times reported, without citing sources. more

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A 3G Soft Drink ?

The UK magazine, Marketing Week has reported that coca-cola is planning to launch a new soft drink, called Sprite3G next month. The drink presumably has nothing to do with 3G phones, but might be trying to capitalize on the association with high speed, modern mobile phones. The drink will reportedly be a high-energy drink - appropriate association with high speed data downloads ? more

A recent brand loyalty report has shown that several mobile phone companies are rising up the tables. The latest Brand Keys' Customer Loyalty Leaders survey found that T-Mobile (76 to 38) and Sony Ericsson (93 to 22) both jumped up the league tables, while Nokia (50 to 61) and Siemens (52 to 125) have dropped down. more