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TELECOM REPORT: In Wireless, Be Careful of Next Big Thing

..;Mobile advertising has a place," she said. "The problem is finding that right model -- if there is a model." While searching for the next big idea, Zweig said carriers and their investors would do well to remember what made them  more

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China Mobile Clamps Down on SMS Spam

..will block marketing SMSs from seven advertising companies following a recent outcry about SMS spam in the country. It was recently claimed that 80% of all SMS spam originated from just the one company, Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of US listed more

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One Company Accused of Sending 80% of Chinese Spam SMS

Some eighty percent of SMS spam in China is sent by just one company reports the Beijing Morning Post citing China Central Television's (CCTV) televised World Consumer Day ceremony. Focus Wireless, a subsidiary of US listed Focus Media has acquired several small companies in preparation for a separate stock listing and the loosely controlled subsidiaries may be responsible for the spam, explained Focus Wireless vice president Ji Hairong.  more

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How NOT to market your bulk SMS service

..online news publication with what is by now, frankly - just spam emails. So, if you are looking for a bulk SMS vendor, you may choose to avoid companies such as these - an example being Routesms Solutions Limited - who despite many attempts to more

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Mobile Operators Brace for Global Surge in Mobile Messaging Abuse

..ing abuse trends in Asia, North America and Europe which point to a precipitous rise in mobile spam, phishing and virus attacks in 2008. In the past year, Cloudmark has worked closely with leading mobile operators across the globe to help them a more

Related Tags: google, sim-card, mms, mobile-messaging, text-messaging, walled-garden, chief-technology-officer, mobile-advertising, virus, sms-spam, cloudmark, smsc, storm


Agressive Mobile Advertising by Operators Could Spike Churn Rates

AdaptiveMobile, a provider of messaging anti-spam services to mobile network operators has warned the operators to be prudent when planning how advertisers use their network this year, as the threat of unparalleled customer churn looms.  more

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Atlanta No. 1 in Wireless Security

.. security for their businesses, and 79 percent have already installed software, such as spam filters or anti-virus protection, to keep their businesses safe from wireless security threats. Nationally, less than three-quarters (73%) of small bus more

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The Smithsonian Acquires Wireless Picturephone Prototypes

.. video data from a message center for display on a portable device. It also anticipated spam filtering for wireless devices and the convergence of wireless communications and portable computing devices, which allowed users to see, hear and acce more

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Sudanese Operator Deploys Anti-Spam Software

.. solution enabling operators to protect their network and their subscribers from fraud, spam, malicious content and malware threats."MobiTel wanted to proactively and aggressively address the growing effects of spam and malware on our network and more

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Mobile Advertising: Will there be a consumer backlash?

..requisites as consumers try and protect themselves from the evils of spam messaging and an invasion of their privacy via their always-on cell phones.How then do operators harness the medium's obvious opportunities without alienating their loyal subsc more

Related Tags: mobile-tv, analytics, privacy, strategy-analytics, yahoo, mobile-advertising, yankee-group, danger


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