Glu Mobile CEO Greg Ballard has said that the Mobile games business is looking good, and backed it up with some stats, during his keynote at the Games and Mobile Forum recently. Glu Mobile holds a 14% market share of the mobile games business, ranking second overall, he said, adding that the company ports 10…
Archives for June 2008
BREW 08: Qualcomm positions as “Operator friendly”
Qualcomm has stated that it’s intentions as regards mobile contents services is to “sit behind” MNOs, not compete with them, Ovi-style. At BREW 08, Andrew Gilbert, EVP and president of Qualcomm Internet Services, stressed that his company was an ‘operator friendly’ service provider. Apparently Gilbert was referring specifically to the BREW “download ecosystem”, the MediaFLO…
Malicious image could affects security of Moto’s RAZR
You could have some issues if you accept a JPEG from strangers to your RAZR, according to CNET News…. A vulnerability has been discovered in the phones that could allow a hacker to send a corrupt JPEG image via Multimedia Messaging Service that could be leveraged to run malicious code on the phone. However, you…
M:Metrics acquired by comScore
M:Metrics, our favourite Mobile stats company measuring activity in the mobile industry, has been acquired by comScore, one of the top trackers of Internet and digital-market share. comScore paid $44.3mn, and issued stock options also, to close the deal. With the acquisition, comScore strengthens its position in measuring mobile-phone usage, mobile-Internet browsing and related advertising…
Vodafone wants more of Vodacom
South African telecoms market is in the middle of a shake-up, following MTN’s admittance last week that it is in merger talks with India’s Reliance Communications. That being said, the country’s fixed-line operator Telkom said it has received a non-binding proposal from Vodafone to sell piece of its 50% stake in the largest mobile operator…
Informa: EU operators hike non-EU roaming rates to offset Eurotariff declines
In order to compensate for the loss of roaming revenues within Europe since the introduction of the Eurotariff, mobile operators around the continent have raised the price of roaming calls into the European Union as much as 163 percent, according to Informa’s analysis which was based on the percentage change in aggregated roaming prices on…
China Unicom merge with China Netcom in a $56.3 billion deal
Consolidation of Chinese telecoms market is well underway. A week ago we reported that China Mobile Group is acquiring China Railcom, and now China Unicom is merging with fixed-line player China Netcom, while at the same time spinning off its CDMA business to China Telecom. The two companies are merging in a share swap deal…
fring for Symbian S60, Windows Mobile updated
The company behind the popular mobile VoIP client fring announced updates for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile versions of their application. First comes the S60, which in version 3.35 is more stable than ever and also brings all round better sound quality. Speakerphone support is added for devices running on top of Symbian 9.2 (S60…
Earth Trek phone stand acts like a USB hub and card reader
Here’s an interesting accessory, every gadget freak should consider getting. The Earth Trek 4-in-1 mobile stand is a multi purpose device that can be used for charging a mobile phone or connecting the device in question (which actually doesn’t have to be a mobile phone) with a PC. In addition, it acts as a three-way…
Verizon presentation reveals Samsung i770, Palm 800w, more
Verizon is preparing itself for a hot and busy summer. According to the leaked presentation, potential and existing Verizon customers should expect to see the carrier launching such things as: Global roamin’ Samsung i770, which we already saw passing the FCC hurdle WiFi-equipped Treo 800w, shedulled for Q3 2008 Novatel USB modem that supports both…