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Articles tagged with: Mobile Messaging
Growth of Mobile Content Services to Increase ARPUs for LatAm Operators
Mobile content services have been catching on fast in Latin America and were responsible for 3.1 percent of the total mobile telephony revenues in 2007. In the same year, the number of mobile content users reached 57.1 million or 31.1 percent of the total number of mobile subscribers. While mobile music continues to be the most in-demand service among end users, games and video will gradually gain in popularity. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, mobile-music, mobile-content, wap
SMS Vendor TynTec Secures Private Equity Investment
Mobile messaging operator TynTec has accepted a significant minority investment from HarbourVest Partners, a private equity investment firm. HarbourVest investment professionals Alex Rogers and Claudio Siniscalco will be joining TynTec Ltd's Board of Directors. more
Related Tags: skype, voip, rogers
Motorola Launches New 3G WAN Rugged Enterprise Digital Assistant
Motorola has announced the MC75, the latest addition to its portfolio of Enterprise Digital Assistants (EDA). The MC75 combines high-speed access to voice and data with support for 3G networks based on both HSDPA and CDMA-EVDO (Rev A) standards. more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, microsoft, gps, motorola, operating-system, hsdpa, interoperability
Motorola Launches New Push-Email Platform
Motorola has announced the upcoming availability of Good Mobility Suite version 6.0 which includes a new managed-service virtual private network (VPN) as well as an enhanced device management and security platform. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, motorola, chief-technology-officer, network-operations-center
VeriSign Processed Record 43 Billion SMS's in Q1
Wireless subscribers continue to flood networks with record numbers of mobile messages each day, according to numbers released by VeriSign's Mobile Messaging and Media division. VeriSign has published a report which indicates single-day and quarterly mobile messaging records have been broken. In addition, the numbers strongly suggest that the annual mobile messaging record will be shattered in 2008. more
Related Tags: mms, mobile-banking, verisign
Presence and Converged Services Will Drive Messaging Usage
The availability of Presence information - status text, availability, mood and even potentially location - within mobile messaging services, such as mobile instant messaging, would drive UK mobile users to communicate more regularly, a survey by Colibria (which sells presence based services) has revealed. The survey of 2,000 online respondents in Britain found that over 80% of respondents interested in mobile instant messaging (MIM) would be more likely to chat with contacts - friends, family and colleagues - on their mobile phone if they could see their availability or mood, for example. more
Related Tags: social-networking, instant-messaging, colibria, mobile-instant-messaging
Nearly Half of Brits Would Switch Operators to Avoid SMS Spam
Research commissioned by anti-spam firm, Cloudmark has shown that 66% of UK mobile phone users have been victims of spam, with the number of 18 to 24 year olds targeted as high as 75% - the highest percentage of any age category. more
Related Tags: m-commerce, spam, sharp, yougov, cloudmark, text-message, UK
Fun Text Goes Live On 3 UK Handsets
Graphical messaging firm, Fun Text says that it has secured a deal with Hutchison 3G UK (3) for its handset-based messaging application to be installed on a range of 3's mobile phones. Under the deal, 3UK customers will be able to access Fun Text's rich media messaging capabilities direct from the messaging menu of their phone, alongside traditional alternatives such as SMS and MMS. more
Related Tags: mms, hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, driving, text-messages, UK
Windows Mobile Approved for Secure Access to Military Emails
Microsoft Federal has announced the addition of two critical security certifications to its Windows Mobile operating system. Windows Mobile 5.0 with Messaging and Security Feature Pack, and Windows Mobile 6 operating systems have been awarded Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ (EAL2+). more
Related Tags: windows-mobile, microsoft, mobile-email, bluetooth, encryption, smart-card, USA
Mobile Operators Brace for Global Surge in Mobile Messaging Abuse
Messaging security firm, Cloudmark has published the results of its research into mobile messaging abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe which point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. more
Related Tags: google, sim-card, mms, text-messaging, walled-garden, chief-technology-officer, mobile-advertising, spam, virus, sms-spam, cloudmark, smsc, storm