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APAC mobile multimedia services to dethrone SMS
News Mobile multimedia services will surpass short messaging service in revenue contribution to Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan by year-end, reports IDC.
Tags: Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Development/design, Mobile Multimedia Service, cell phone, multimedia, revenue, network, mobile, Mobile applications
Philippine SMS tax 'burden' and 'dangerous'
News Country's lobbyist groups and carriers strongly oppose government-proposed tax on SMS messages, saying it will increase communications cost.
Tags: Legal, Mobile platforms/communications, Taxes, Philippines, income tax, mobile company, telecommunications company, U.S. Congress, tax, Income
SMS still No.1 in Asia, study finds
News SMS will remain the dominant application for Asian mobile phone users despite growing interest in mobile e-mail and instant messaging, study predicts.
Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless e-mail devices, Instant messaging
IBM to buy Chinese e-mail company
News Big Blue has announced its intention to acquire Outblaze, a hosted e-mail and messaging business based in Hong Kong.
Tags: E-mail servers, Services, Acquisitions, IBM Corp., Hong Kong, messaging service, Tool, Messaging, messaging company, developing country
McAfee to sell Postini e-mail security service
News The announcement marks McAfee's entry into the enterprise hosted e-mail security arena.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Security applications/tools
Short Take: Ringtones, logos available on Chilipadi.com
News Mobile content provider Chilipadi.com has added to its suite of services ringtones and logos which subscribers can download onto their mobile devices via http://www.chilipadi.com.
Firm unveils inflight text messaging
News update Airline passengers may soon be able to send and receive text messages in midflight.
Nokia wins MobileOne messaging contract
News Singapore mobile operator MobileOne has awarded a contract to Nokia to provide an end-to-end multimedia messaging service (MMS) platform.
Motorola phones to get BlackBerry flavor
News in brief Research In Motion announced on Tuesday that Motorola is licensing technology that will allow its cell phones to connect to RIM's BlackBerry messaging service and software.
Tags: Cellular phones, Instant messaging
Supreme Court info via SMS
News The latest information on Supreme Court hearings is now an SMS away.
Singapore seeks wireless developers
News Several industry players have come together to launch a wireless competition, aimed at stimulating Singapore's nascent mobile developer community.
Supreme Court info via SMS
News The latest information on Supreme Court hearings is now a short messaging service (SMS) away.
Malicious image could open security hole in Razr
News Motorola fixes hole in new Razr phones that could open them up to attack.
Tags: Mobile, Digital media, Security, Motorola Inc., Vulnerability, Image, phone, software, JPEG, malicious code
Sony Ericsson awaits post-merger progeny
News Sony Ericsson released a number of new handsets Monday, but the world has yet to see its true colors, says one company executive.
Singapore telcos connect MMS networks
News Cell phone users in Singapore will be able to send and receive multimedia messages across the different networks thanks to an inter-connect agreement.
