Gadget Review (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This video is apparently from 2007 so I feel a bit remiss posting in now, but hey, here goes. NTT DoCoMo, the Japanese telecom had plans to introduce a phone that could help middle aged businessmen and young women lose weight. It included a pedometer and software to keep you on track. But that’s not [...]
Unwired View (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As T-Mobile released its quarterly earnings and numbers today, it became much more apparent that there is a divide ever-expanding between the top 2 US carriers and the next 2. As AT&T and Verizon continue to grow its subscriber base from year to year, Sprint and T-Mobile are both losing customers. For Q3, T-Mobile lost 77,000 [...]
Unwired View (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This is going to be a bit of a shocker to (we hope) everyone: a new report by ABI Research determined that only 2% of all mobile phones that are no longer being used. This means the vast majority of cell phones are probably either just thrown away or lying around in someone’s basement. Another surprise [...]
Mukund Creations - All In One Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
NEW DELHI: Reliance Communication (RCOM) launched a per-second billing plan on Tuesday, days after intensifying price competition pushed sector leader Bharti Airtel into offering a similar scheme. RCOM, India’s second-largest mobile operator, will charge 1 paise per second for all local and national calls, a spokesman said. Top operators are facing tough competition from smaller rivals, including...
Mukund Creations - All In One Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
After getting Japanese Manga on mobile phones, Tata DoCoMo is all set to bring popular cartoon and animated characters on the screens of Indian mobile phone users. Tata DoCoMo has tied up with Zero Sum Wireless and will be bringing close to 2000 titles on to mobile phones. As per this deal, users will get [...]
Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I have long been of the view that the greatest challenge to operators' hold on mobile value-added services will not necessarily come from Google, Skype and other Internet players. It will come from each other. The unspoken threat has been that other MNOs could represent the scariest so-called "over the top" risk. That they would decouple access from service, and start providing branded services...
PC World (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
India's telephone subscribers topped 500 million, with the growth coming from mobile subscribers.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
WASHINGTON - The Besen Group, an international mobile data industry management consulting practice, today announced its Host Network Operator (HNO) Market Position Matrix. The Besen Group defines an HNO as a mobile network operator that owns its allocation of spectrum, network infrast
Telecompaper (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
(Telecompaper) Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo saw its profits and revenue slip in the second quarter ended 30 September, and has revised its full year guidance. Revenues fell 3.3 percent to JPY 1.06 trillion, compared with JPY 1.09 trillion in the year-ago quarter, and operating income totalled JPY 233.4 billion, down 14.5 percent from JPY 271.7 billion. NTT Docomo recorded a net income of JPY...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Japanese policymakers do look to India. Last month, both countries' trade delegations met for the 12th time to explore the possibility of a free-trade deal. They have good reasons to do so. Business between the two countries is booming. In fiscal 2008, India surpassed China as the destination for direct Japanese investment with a total of ¥809 billion. The figure for China came to ¥679 billion....
3G and 4G Wireless Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Tomi recently posted a blog on Birthdays and how the first commercial network will complete 30 years. It was first of December 1979, that the world's first commercial cellular automated (and 'modern') mobile telecoms network went live in Tokyo Japan, launched by NTT.ANd yes the mobile phone subscriber count will hit 4.6 billion by the end of the year. We passed a billion users in 2002, so it only took...
Nokia S60V3/5 Apps, Games, Themes (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Image: http://www.symbian-freak.com/images/news/09/10/qualcomm_00.jpg Collaboration Will Influence Direction of Symbian Platform, Strengthen Foundation and Enable New, Innovative Mobile Devices...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
New Delhi, Oct. 30: Bharti Airtel today launched a per-second billing plan, sounding the battle cry at rivals whose aggressive strategies have gnawed at its profit growth in the second quarter.
USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Symbian Foundation announced on Thursday that Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. (QuIC), a recently established subsidiary of Qualcomm, joined its member list and that it was also appointed to the Symbian Foundation board of directors. According to the duo, QuIC is set to provide help to the Symbian Foundation both with active participation on the board of directors as well as on the councils that...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Tokyo - NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan's largest mobile-phone operator, said Friday that profit in its second quarter dropped 21 per cent as demand for mobile phones fell. Net income in the July-to-September quarter fell to 137.3 billion yen (1.5 billion doll...
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