|
|
Articles tagged with: Social Networking
Mobile entertainment industry confident in face of economic downturn
The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has launched its first quarterly Business Confidence Index (BCI) for the US$32 billion global mobile entertainment industry. It reveals that the industry is confident it will continue to grow despite the economic downturn, with MEF members predicting an average revenue growth of 27% in 2009. more
Related Tags: ict, mobile-entertainment-forum, hotspots
Telenor Luanches Online Backup Facility for Camera Phone Photos
Telenor Norway has launched a service that offers an online backup service for photos and videos taken with mobile phones - and also to share them with other online social networking websites. more
Related Tags: sim, telenor, personal, Norway
Time to invest in mobile messaging, say operators worldwide
Airwide Solutions, has published the results of a study - which was conducted by the independent analyst house, Direct2Mobile - which found that mobile operators believe SMS will become the enabler that underpins next generation advanced services with all the operators surveyed claiming that they are seeking to use the investment they have made in developing their mobile messaging infrastructure in order to introduce new value-added services. more
Related Tags: sim, mms, mobile-messaging, sms, arpu, mobile-broadband, location-based-services, mobile-internet, play, wap
Ericsson Launches Pixl8r and Social Media Portal
Ericsson has announced the launch of an social networking portfolio for mobile network operators, the Pixl8r initiative and the Social Media Portal. The technologies together offer simplified sharing of user-generated content between friends across diverse networks. more
Related Tags: sim, mms, sms, xl, ericsson, personal
Nokia in Talks with Facebook Over Handset Integration
Internet social networking website, Facebook is reported to be in talks with a number of mobile phone manufacturers to more tightly embed access to its services within the phone menus. The Wall Street Journal also noted that Facebook is in close talks at the moment with Nokia on this topic. more
Related Tags: nokia, wall-street-journal, ovi, facebook, presence
Comverse spotlights innovations to mobilise the internet world
As the internet becomes more pervasive, Comverse is developing innovative ways for on-the-go people to use and enjoy the web - regardless of where they are and what device they are using - with services that transcend what's currently available. more
Related Tags: itu, edge, wind, voicemail, comverse, weather
Sales of Smartphones to Reach 300m by 2013
High-end mobile handsets (so-called 'smartphones') are expected to account for a growing proportion of mobile phones sold each year, potentially sustaining the performance of key brands such as Nokia at a time of economic uncertainty. A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that, between 2008 and 2013, annual sales of smartphones will rise by 95% to over 300 million. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, nokia, juniper-research, smartphone, smartphones, ericsson, sony, andrew
Smartphones Provide Extra Mana for Mobile Games Industry
comScore reports that the number of people downloading a mobile game grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008, when 8.5 million people, or 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. more
Related Tags: iphone, sms, smartphone, smartphones, comscore, blackberry, ringtone, mobile-content
Mobile Social Networking Driving Growth of the Mobile Internet in Europe
comScore reports that social networking is drawing new users into the mobile Web. In November, 34 percent of mobile phone owners in Western Europe who visited social networking sites accessed social media exclusive of all other mobile Web content. more
Related Tags: sms, comscore, mobile-internet, Germany
Eight Mobile Technologies to Watch in 2009 and 2010
Gartner says that it has identified eight mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2010, impacting short-term mobile strategies and policies. more
Related Tags: ethernet, wi-fi, nfc, near-field-communication, apple, bluetooth, rsa, privacy, itu, gps, hspa, e-book, gartner, uwb, battery, wireless-broadband, chipsets, projectors, displays, presence, 802.11n, widgets, bandwidth