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Telcos 'struggle' to stay competitive
News Carriers worldwide face growing challenge as customer demand changes and new government policies are introduced, finds new Gartner report.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Best strategies, Corporate culture, Wireless Broadband, Carrier, Gartner Inc., investment strategy, research company, recession, financial
Google: Choose Android, save 20 percent
News Phone manufacturers stand to save a fifth on development costs just by going with the free and open source platform, says Android co-founder.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Mobile, Google Inc., Carrier, Developer, operating system, phone, software, co-founder
Singapore gets flat-rate mobile IM
News StarHub launches a service to tap user demand for mobile IM, which Gartner says is another application to cross over from the "fixed-line Internet".
Tags: Mobile applications, Instant messaging, Starhub, Mobile, Carrier, Mobile Internet, phone, social networking, IM, network
Nokia exec talks Ovi platform
News Niklas Savander, Nokia's top services guy, shares his thoughts on everything from lessons learned from Apple to why the Ovi store still isn't available on AT&T's network.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., cell phone company, Ovi Storefront, Ovi Store, Mobile Client, Market Category, Phone
Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
News The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone", due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AppleInsider, Phone, handset, Carrier, UMTS, GSM, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc.
Researchers can attack mobile phones via spoofed SMS messages
News Researchers at the Black Hat security conference showed how an attacker could spoof a SMS message that appears to be sent from the carrier or some other trusted source.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam, PayPal, Message, Cell Phone, Carrier, Attack, Server, phone, Attacker
Android's spread could become a problem
News With more handset makers adopting Android, there's a danger of multiple versions of the operating system.
Tags: Google Android, Phone, Operating System, software, mobile, handset, Google Android, Android, Device, Carrier
US carriers not keen on Nokia's Ovi Store
News Nokia's mobile-application store customers in the United States will not be able to pay for application downloads on their monthly carrier bills, an option in eight other countries.
Tags: Apple Inc., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Google Inc., Carrier, Europe, payment, billing, U.S., Nokia Corp.
The once and future app store
News Third-party applications are the future of the smartphone business, but there are varying--and valid--theories on how those applications should reach the world.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Business applications, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Carrier, Symbian Inc., phone, AT&T Corp.
Report: US Justice Dept looks into telecom dominance
News Department of Justice is reviewing potential anticompetitive practices by large phone companies.
Tags: Corporate law, Federal Government, Lawsuits, Regulations, Network infrastructure, Mobile platforms/communications, Telecommunications, Carrier, U.S. Department Of Justice, Wireless
UK demand for iPhone 3G halts O2 preorders
News Potential iPhone 3G customers rushed to O2's Web site to place preorders for the new model after receiving text messages Monday morning, but overwhelmed the site, according to reports.
Tags: Smart phones, Mac OS, 3G (Third Generation), O2 Plc., Apple iPhone 3G, Carrier, Europe, phone, AT&T Corp., 3G
Bridgewater plugs OTA WiMax for Philippine operators
News Network company says over-the-air WiMax provisioning applications can open new usage and revenue models for telcos in the Philippines.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Business broadband, Personal broadband, Mobile, Philippines, Carrier, Broadband, Japan, network, WiMAX
Philippine operators oppose free SMS bid
News Mobile operators in the Philippines have rejected the government's proposal to make short messaging service free to subscribers, according to local daily.
Tags: Data services, Government, Mobile, Philippines, Proposal, Carrier, QoS, Sun Microsystems Inc., phone, network
Philippine carrier offers free 3G service
News Newcomer to the Philippine telecommunications market, CURE, says it would offer 3G services for free as long as subscribers allow ads to be served to their handsets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile advertising, Subscriber, Mobile, Google Inc., Carrier, Advertisement, 3G, SIM card
Orange, T-Mobile merge to create UK's largest carrier
News Decreasing revenue and heavy competition trigger U.K.'s biggest mobile merger, which will give the new joint venture lead position in United Kingdom with more than 28 million customers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Carrier, Britain, 3G Network, T-Mobile
