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Music On MicroSD

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2008

SanDisk and four major music companies announced today a new format called slotMusic which puts an album, plus extras, on a compact memory card. It can be played on mobile phones, PCs and portable MP3 players. The cards are inserted into vacant slots on phones and other devices. Included with every purchase is a USB [...]

Canada’s Wireless: Tied to Financial Markets?

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2008

Reuters says newcomers to Canada’s wireless market could be delayed in launching services to compete with the country’s Big Three carriers because of the crisis in the financial markets.
Privately held Globalive Communications, as well as publishing and media group Quebecor and other potential new entrants, won wireless spectrum in this summer’s C$4.25 billion ($4.10 billion) [...]

Wi-Fi Use Grows

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2008

iPass a global provider of services that unify the management of enterprise mobility, today released the latest edition of the iPass Mobile Broadband Index, which tracks the wireless use patterns of mobile workers around the world.
The report shows worldwide business use of iPass Wi-Fi hotspots increased by 46% from the first half of 2007 [...]

Mobility: Free WiMAX for Ramadan

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 19th, 2008

Mobily, a GSM operator in Saudi Arabia, announced earlier this month, that their new WiMAX network will be free for new subscribers during the month of Ramadan. New subscribers will also receive free installation and CPE modems.
The Mobily WiMAX service will be available in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Khobar. Mobily says that eventually its [...]

Google Streetview on Cell Phones

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 17th, 2008

Google has announced a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile software that includes support for Street View, as well as walking directions and reviews of businesses. Google said the new version is faster too.

Street View provides a ground-level, driver’s-eye view of the world. Now pedestrians can use it, too — at least on [...]

Global Telecom Revenue: $2 Trillion

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 17th, 2008

Global telecom revenue will reach $2 trillion by the end of 2008, an increase of 7.6% over telecom revenue in 2007, research firm Gartner projects.

One of the biggest drivers for telecom growth in 2008 has been the expansion of the Asian telecom market, which Gartner says will surpass the North American market in total revenues [...]

700MHz: War in Europe

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 16th, 2008

Representatives from European regulators met today to hash out the details on how to allocate future 4G spectrum that many operators want for Long-Term Evolution (LTE) deployments, reports Unstrung.
The spectrum, from 790 MHz to 862 MHz, will be freed up when broadcasters switch from analog to digital TV. It’s the European equivalent of the 700 [...]

Sony Ericsson: We’re Not Married to Microsoft

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 16th, 2008

Sony Ericsson yesterday, rolling out its Windows Mobile-based Xperia X1 handset told Reuters that future Xperia devices will not necessarily run Microsoft software. “The brand is not tied into any specific technical platform,” Magnus Andersson, product manager for the X1, told the news agency.

The X-1 features a 3.2 megapixel camera with video recording, FM, music [...]

Vertical Applications = Big Bucks for Broadband Wireless

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 15th, 2008

Vertical services will reach 24% of WiMAX subscriptions and 14% of LTE subscriptions by 2014, and represent a huge growth opportunity for operators facing flat ARPUs, says a new report from Senza Fili Consulting.
Enterprises who have historically shunned mobile data applications are warming up to specialized, vertical applications including mobile-to-mobile (M2M), in-vehicle telematics [...]

NBC Not Dumping Silverlight

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 11th, 2008

NBC raised eyebrows when it live-streamed its first NFL game last week using Adobe’s Flash, notes New TeeVee. There was speculation that the peacock had unceremoniously dumped Microsoft Silverlight after the technology’s debut during the Olympics.

Not true, according to both Microsoft and NBC. The network had a separate deal with the NFL that was in [...]