Archive for February, 2010

Mobile World Congress 2010 Report

All of the thrills and spills from MWC in Barcelona are coming right at ya in our submission to the next edition of The Mob Rulz. From the Google keynote and other notable Congress action, with some evening mixer photos tossed in for good measure, make sure you subscribe to the mail list there!

Posted: 28 February 2010 | Filed under: Editor's Note, Events | ..Continue >> 

Entry Level Mobile CMS

Livedoor will begin offering a simple turn-key mobile web cms platform on 25 Feb. with monthly service fee of approx. $120 (usd) per month.

Posted: 24 February 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Mobile Portal of Women’s Magazines

Au by KDDI has announced a new on-deck offer featuring ‘WWD Japan’ and ‘WWD Beauty’ magazine content to launch in late May.

Posted: 23 February 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Carlyle Group Books Loss on Willcom

The Washington Post is reporting that The Carlyle Group suffered a $330 million loss Thursday when a Japanese mobile phone company in which it had a big interest filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time in a little more than a year that Carlyle has taken a hit in the highly volatile telecommunications field.

Posted: 20 February 2010 | Filed under: Carriers, Wireless News | ..Continue >> 

Mobile World Congress 2010 Report

Despite an unusual chill in the air, it was snowing when we landed on Saturday night, the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is wrapping up here today with plenty of hot news bits. The 2010 event will most likely be remembered for the “Arrival of Android” and the keynote from Eric Schmidt was a refreshing shift from the usual ‘dumb pipe’ belly button gazing offered by the operators. Watch the full presentation, including a few interesting demos followed by Q&A, via YouTube.

Of course the entire cycle towards LTE networks was key topic on the show floor, the Samsung Wave was certainly turning heads, Intel and Nokia introduced MeeGo and plenty of worthy press going around the debut of Windows 7 series - Video Here. Props to Microsoft for making what appears to be a quantum leap with WiMo, better late than never, and too their PR folks for freezing the clock on Plaza Catalunya Hotel at 7 for the whole week.. interesting times ahead to be sure!

Posted: 18 February 2010 | Filed under: Editor's Note, Events | ..Continue >> 

Global Solution for Voice over LTE

The GSMA the One Voice Initiative to drive the industry towards a global standard platform for voice and messaging services over LTE.

Posted: 16 February 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Wholesale Applications Community

Twenty-four leading telecommunications operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community, an alliance to build an open platform that delivers applications to all mobile phone users.

Posted: 15 February 2010 | Filed under: Carriers, Content Providers | ..Continue >> 

Japan Trials RCS Initiative

The GSMA today reported significant progress with its Rich Communication Suite (RCS) initiative, a service that provides mobile operators with a feature-rich portfolio of interoperable communication services, enabling customers to access a wide range of advanced messaging applications direct from their handset’s contact list.

Posted: 15 February 2010 | Filed under: New Tech & Services, Sign of the Times | ..Continue >> 

Buffalo Licenses Ericsson WiFi Patents

Ericsson has signed an agreement to license its patented WiFi technology to Japanese digital equipment manufacturer Buffalo.

Posted: 12 February 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >> 

Tokyo Court Grants Qualcomm Stay

Tokyo High Court stayed a cease and desist order issued Sept. 30, 2009 regarding Qualcomm’s license agreements with Japanese manufacturers.

Posted: 11 February 2010 | Filed under: tweets | ..Continue >>