Saturday, August 27, 2005



SAMSUNG Demonstrates World'S First CDMA DVB-H Handset at CTIA [Mobile TV Forum news]
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Focus on DVB-H technology. DVB-H is the technology that Orange prefers. This technology is in fact the most advanced in Europe [Mobile TV Forum news]
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Orange launches mobile TV. Orange mobile customers can now enjoy some of their favourite television programmes via their phones. [Mobile TV Forum news]
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TV shows discover mobility [Mobile TV Forum news]
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Nokia Supports Australian Mobile TV Trial. Nokia is working with The Bridge Networks to launch a mobile TV trial in Australia, the country's first, according to Nokia. [Mobile TV Forum news]
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The Bridge Networks and Telstra today launch "movemedia" the worlds first high powered DVB-H technical trial [Mobile TV Forum news]
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FOXTEL Channels on the movemedia trial [Mobile TV Forum news]
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"Ring Back" Can Ring Up Billions For Telecom Bottom-Lines. "Ring back" ads are the newest advertising platform. The worldwide market for "ring backs" is projected to grow from 148 million in 2003 to 2.4 billion by 2008. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
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Mobile phones next? Google, moving into IM and Telephony: MSN and Yahoo will respond. Industry gossip now suggests that Google Talk, the newest Instant Messenger, will prod rival Yahoo into going one up later this year or early next year, with a link to the mobile phone business. [Newswireless.net headlines]
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BBC's Renewed Push Online And On Mobile. : Update: read below: BBC plans to accelerate plans to broadcast programmes and entire channels on the internet and on mobile phones, using popular shows such as Doctor Who in a series of pilots designed to assess public demand. A... [PaidContent.org]
10:58:28 AM    comment   



The Return of Craig McCaw. Craig McCaw, the wireless zen master, and market non-pareil has made his “check mate move.” His company Clearwire has raised $260 million in debt in order to expand company’s fixed wireless network. (Take that Vonage!) As a background, McCaw was the founder of McCaw Cellular, one of the early start-ups that grew to become [...] [Om Malik's Broadband Blog]
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Tough Times Ahead For Steve Jobs. window.document.getElementById('post-4979').parentNode.className += ' adhesive_post';It is not going to be a happy weekend at the Jobs’. Both of Steve’s babies - Apple and Pixar - are in bit of a pickle. Pixar is being informally investigated by the SEC which has asked for more information from the company after it missed its second quarter earnings estimates [...] [Om Malik's Broadband Blog]
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Dreams of a Korean Summer: School and a New Cell. Jeong Hye Jin, 15, and her peers are coming of age in a South Korea that has transformed itself into the world's most wired society. By NORIMITSU ONISHI. [NYT > Technology]
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Apple, Digital Music's Angel, Earns Record Industry's Scorn. Steven P. Jobs is girding for a showdown with at least two of the four major record companies over the price of iTunes songs. By JEFF LEEDS. [NYT > Technology]
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Q2 Handset Market Share. Gartner's come out with its assessment of the second-quarter handset market, and there aren't any surprises, really: Nokia and Motorola continue to eke out gains, while Samsung continues to drop, along with Siemens. Most stories compare the current quarter's results... [MobHappy]
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Congrats to O2. It can be too easy to focus on the mistakes operators make when you're blogging - a bit like restaurant critics usually have something to critisise with even the best meal. After all, a constant diet of Golly gosh,... [MobHappy]
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Location-Based Mobile Media Course. Just because operators in Europe are reluctant to get into location-based services and their cousins in the US are dragging their heels over implementing Directive 911, doesn't mean that the rest of us have given up on LBS. Pasta... [MobHappy]
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Thoughts on Convergence. There's been a lot of talk lately about converging mobile and fixed lines with technologies like UMA. The common thinking goes that mobile networks will grab traffic from fixed lines when users can take advantage of the benefits of mobile... [MobHappy]
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