Consumer Applications
Social networking app targets emerging markets by running on 80% of handset models
Services - Consumer Applications
Monday, 23 August 2010 15:12
The prohibitive costs of high-end smartphones, high-speed internet and additional memory have long stymied the development of mobile social networking in the developing world. A new service named MyXenzo aims to remedy this issue, claiming to offer a consistent user interface on 80% of handsets with even the most basic Internet access...
Movistar launches Windows Live Messenger Java in Argentina
Services - Consumer Applications
Friday, 20 August 2010 12:53
Subscribers of Movistar, Argentina’s largest mobile carrier, now have access to Windows Live Messenger Java, a new service which allows clients to use Windows Live Messenger through their mobile phones by downloading a Java-based client from Synchronica...
Shanghai Telecom introduces HD IPTV
Services - Consumer Applications
Wednesday, 04 August 2010 16:07
Over the last year, China has seen a rapid expansion in triple-play services, following the launch of a massive FTTH network by China Telecom. Shanghai Telecom – an operating unit of China Telecom which began a triple-play programme in June 2009 - is now preparing to launch HD IPTV services over this network...
Top up Mexican prepaid from anywhere in the world
Services - Consumer Applications
Tuesday, 06 July 2010 10:53
Prepaid.com, an online service for recharging the airtime of prepaid mobile phones, now allows anyone, anywhere in the world, to purchase minutes and other prepaid services for any of the more than 70 million Mexican prepaid mobile phone users...
Haiti’s Voilà upgrades SMS capabilities to handle increased demand
Services - Consumer Applications
Monday, 05 July 2010 11:57
In the aftermath of January’s devastating earthquake, texting traffic in Haiti has greatly increased. Now one of the country’s leading wireless providers, Voilà, has announced that it will upgrade its Business Support System solution and text messaging capabilities so as to better accommodate this increased volume of traffic...
TTNET Introduces Web TV Service in Turkey
Services - Consumer Applications
Friday, 02 July 2010 10:34
Türk Telekom subsidiary TTNET, the leading broadband internet service provider in Turkey, has launched a new Web TV service across the country...
Shaka Mobile offers TransferTo airtime to US Diaspora Africans
Services - Consumer Applications
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 00:00
Shaka Mobile, which is providing the first prepaid mobile and Mobile Money Transfer service for African immigrants in the US, has signed an agreement with TransferTo to launch a cross-border top-up service.
Banking on mobile banking
Services - Consumer Applications
Friday, 14 May 2010 00:00
Seldom in history has any invention offered so much to so many in such a short period of time. Mahuya Ghosh, Product Manager of Connectiva Systems, looks at the Mobile Miracle...
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