Archive for June, 2008
My expectations in dealing with mobile operators and retailers are not high. I have come to terms with the fact that they are geared up to deal with high volumes of users who just want minutes, texts and the latest shiny phone. Move off that brief, and they’re just not equipped to help you.
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If you’re planning on going over to Beijing for the Olympics then you might need to buy a new handset when you get there. It has been reported in the Wall Street Journal (here) that although China is planning to have 3G available to users, it will be based on the TD-SCDMA technology standard - [...]
Continue ReadingThis week Ewan’s still on his desert island, James is in a muddy field (Glastonbury apparently) so Ben and Dan talk to special guest Jay Fenton on subjects including the Nokia buy-out of Symbian, Nokia’s problem with product leaks, the new ‘UK network’ UK01 and the furore over Roger’s tariffs for the iPhone in Canada [...]
Continue ReadingIn the past few days we have heard about the Blyk model spreading around the world but now it seems that a variant on the Blyk model has been setup to rival this not only in the UK and all over the world as well! Pumbby works on the basis of paying users a small [...]
Continue ReadingLink: Rogers unveils iPhone price plans
The device will run on Rogers third-generation, or 3G, network and will cost either $199 or $299 with a 3-year contract, depending on memory size.
The iPhone will only be available with the purchase of a monthly voice and data plan, with the cheapest priced at $60 a month for 400 [...]
I picked up this news release from AT&T earlier:
Phone home. For most U.S. troops stationed overseas, it’s at the top of their to-do list. To help keep them connected with loved ones and celebrate Independence Day, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is donating 10,000 prepaid phone cards. This is the second installment of more than 30,000 prepaid [...]
From our Blyk Watcher Ricky…
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Patrick broke the news yesterday that Blyk was expanding into Europe and it seems that the model looks to be taken up round the work! Last month Ewan reported that U-Mobile in the Philippians to Blyk had just started up and it seems that over in United Arab Emirates a company [...]
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So who had 7 days before Blyk screwed up for me again?! The dreaded communication’s error is back again! This time everything I have tried (Sim reset, Phone reset and even putting the sim in another phone) and I still get this stupid error! If you want to know more about it read about in [...]
Mundhu, the Spokesperson to the President of the Maldives has sorted it.
I had a continuing nightmare over the last week and a bit with my prized ‘private mobile network’ test unit from Teleware stuck in Customs at Male Airport, here in the Maldives.
The nightmare, it turns out, is all of my very own making.
Yes. [...]
Aye, it’s no good. Despite the initial valiant efforts of Aisha at the Ministry of Information, I’ve heard nothing from the Customs folk, nor Aisha herself. That’s the end of the day here in the Maldives. The end of the day on Thursday heralds the arrival of the Maldives weekend. So [...]
Continue ReadingI called up the Ministry of Information this morning. Somebody answered! I was put through to a lady who then put me through to Aisha, who listened to my issue.
“It really doesn’t take a week!” she replied, after I explained that I was waiting for Customs to contact her Ministry.
“Ah really?” I said, [...]
Alltel Wireless has announced that it has signed a deal with Boingo Wireless that will allow anyone to access to its more than 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in the US.
The deal with Boingo means that you can sign in and pay for usage without having to have a contract with Alltel. The rates are $19.99 for [...]
Following up on my earlier piece, here then is the gallery of images I took from the Dell M1330’s internal webcam this afternoon. They’re pretty good and lightweight in size for easy transmission.
And the AVI video? The webcam application supplied on the laptop also takes video. Here’s a silent (i.e. I’m not [...]
Cover me in marmalade and call me Susannah!
I was sat in the Dhoni (the boat) the other night with Marcus, the Director of Operations for The Conrad Rangali Island.
“It was you I saw in the bar this morning wasn’t it?” He asked.
“Errr,” was my initial response.
“With the M1330 and the Air?”
Wow. I didn’t think [...]
Alcatel-Lucent and Speedcast have teamed up to jointly create a DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia. The two have said they’ll use their technologies, infrastructure and content delivery products to build the service, which they’ll market to operators in the region.
The pair’s service will cover: the service platform, a security and encryption technology, [...]
Microsoft has added another firm to its mobile arsenal, announcing this week that it’s buying MobiComp, a Portuguese mobile content sharing and back up company. There’s no word on the terms or the price of the acquisition, but Microsoft did say the company will now fit into Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business.
Microsoft could well be planning [...]
In Australia, it looks like three of the four main mobile operators are getting the iPhone: Optus and Vodafone have got the official nod, and Telstra is rumoured to be announcing a deal soon. Who’s left out? 3. Despite its best efforts to get the device on its inventory, there’s still no deal in the [...]
Continue ReadingSMS Text News reader Ross Derrick emailed me the other day to share his (positive!) experience with Orange after I solicited opinion. It’s good to read positive stories about Orange. It’s really depressing when you look at their offering, still. Anyway, over to Ross…
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I’ve been an Orange user [...]
Continue ReadingIf you’re planning to go out for the night in any of the major US cities then you might want to try out buzz’d. By texting your zipcode to buzz’d’s shortcode you can be told the answer to the question on everybody’s lips - “What’s going on around me right now?”
There are now 1.2 million [...]
Jonathan Jensen on Thursday – National roaming for 999/112 emergency calls from your mobile?
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Back in 1991 the EU mandated 112 as a pan European emergency service number and since then its availability has spread across Europe so that now only Bulgaria, among EU countries, has yet to implement it. The idea behind 112 is that [...]
Continue ReadingTynTec are on the march — they’ve just received a ’significant minority investment’ — a good amount of cash, I’m sure — to help them expand into Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Congratulations to all at TynTec!
More information here.
Mobile messaging operator TynTec (www.tyntec.com) today accepted a significant minority investment from HarbourVest Partners, LLC, [...]
Mobile termination fees are on their way down, with a source telling Reuters that EC Commissioner Viviane Reding is planning to publish draft guidelines that will cut the fees by 70 percent.
According to the source, the changes will come in 2011 and, while the EC won’t mandate any numerical caps, it will specify what charges [...]
I have been snorkeling. Probably one of the only times that I don’t take my mobile phone with me when I go out. Sad, but true.
But you’re the same, right?
I did, however, take The Flip. In fact, if I’m totally honest, The Flip is the major reason that I agreed to snorkeling [...]
I called up the Ministry of Information this morning. Somebody answered! I was put through to a lady who then put me through to Aisha, who listened to my issue.
“It really doesn’t take a week!” she replied, after I explained that I was waiting for Customs to contact her Ministry.
“Ah really?” I said, [...]
Over the next three years, the number of mobile web users will triple, according to Juniper Research, rising from its current level - 577 million - to 1.7 billion by 2013, as users get online hungry for the web 2.0 applications.
According to Juniper, The Far East & China region will be the largest market with [...]
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