Mobilkom Austria has developed an NFC service, working alongside the railway operator ÖBB. Cellular News has the details: The new chip-based NFC application is based on the interoperable international standard VDV-KA (Association of German Transport Undertakings – Core Application) and has been integrated into the mobilkom austria mobile ticketing platform. Tickets can be validated with…
New report says Mobile Industry shouldn’t panic
Informa has done it’s part to quell unrest within the Mobile Industry, that is being driven by global financial turmoil – Informa Telecoms & Media’s latest Global Mobile Market Outlook report suggests there is no reason to panic. Moreover, it also suggests that there opportunities for “investors, operators, and vendors”. It apparently goes on to…
UK: Babelgum Mobile on Vodafone Live!
Babelgum, a Web TV service, has launched a 6-month trial of “Babelgum Mobile” with Vodafone UK. The service will see a stack of clips across a range of genres, all available for that best of prices – free! Checking out Babelgum’s site, it tells me: Whatever your passion, Babelgum has something for you: intriguing, unconventional…
Is Mobile TV going to make it?
Well it’s a question I’ve asked a number of times before, citing pieces of evidence both for and against. However, I’ve come across two articles within the same week that are both asking the question about whether Mobile TV is going to continue as a viable service… The first article on Broadband TV News states…
BBC World Service Trust uses Ericsson to do Mobile learning in Bangladesh
The BBC World Service Trust has selected Ericsson as its strategic mobile partner to help develop its mobile learning strategy in Bangladesh. The BBC World Service Trust, the BBC’s international development organization, uses the creative power of media to reduce poverty and promote human rights. Ericsson will work on a project to develop English-language learning…
Australia does DVB-H trial
Yep, Australia has decided it’s DVB-H trial-time according to Rapid TV News: The broadcast TV via mobile trial, being conducted in Sydney and coordinated by the Australian Industry (Ai) Group’s Australian Digital Suppliers industry Forum (ADSIF), is partly to demonstrate the interoperability of current handsets with start of the art head-end mobile TV encoders. It…
Bluestreak gets further investment; does Mobile TV
Well it’s a relatively small one, but it’s brighter news in the face of bleak economic news – so it’s worth a mention… Bluestreak Technology has managed to raise $4m in finance from it’s major shareholders. In case you are wondering what Bluestreak do exactly, they have a Flash-based engine that runs what is called…
UK: Dancing on Ice on Tour – at the O2!
Now I do like to cover as diverse a range of events relating to Mobile Operators as possible – it just so happens that O2 have bagged the best entertainment venue in the UK, and turned it in to a Marketing dream. In the last year or so, I’ve blogged about some HUGE stats that…
UK: Social networking traffic overtakes traffic to adult sites
Apparently… in the UK last year, traffic to social networking sites was higher than it was to porn providers! That’s something I didn’t see coming (no pun intended), that’s for sure! Fascinatingly, 55% of the visitors to the SN sites are women – I wonder what the balance is for visitors to the porn sites?…
UK: Mobile phone service agreements -2nd most complained about!
BBC News is carrying an interesting story on the most complained about things for UK consumers. The story focuses on a report by government-funded advice service Consumer Direct, which lists mobile phone service contracts as being right up there in second place! To be honest, I can see this one happening – for various reasons,…