O2 Ireland has boosted its mobile broadband service, giving customers HSUPA up to 1.4 Mbps. The HSDPA (downstream) rolls in at 7.2 Mbps – that’s faster than my fixed line broadband! Customers will be able to get this online or at stores, and the The devices which are HSUPA capable include the USB Modem E270,…
Interesting stats from immediately before iPhone3G launch
Immediately prior to the launch of the iPhone3G last Friday, comScore served up some tasty stats on what effect both the iPhone and 3G (independently) had had on content consumption – I guess the idea being that this data is the ‘before’, and after a couple of months, we’ll get the ‘after’… So the stats…
AuthenTec enables F906i with TrueNav
AuthenTec, the “world’s leading provider of fingerprint sensors and solutions” has announced that Fujitsu’s new FOMA F906i ultra-thin world phone has integrated an AuthenTec fingerprint sensor for Power of Touch(R) features including security, convenience, personalization and navigation. The feature-rich F906i, recently offered to subscribers of Japan’s leading wireless carrier NTT DOCOMO, utilizes AuthenTec’s new small…
comScore finds that MMS is more popular in the US during summertime…
comScore today released the latest figures from the M:Metrics Benchmark Study which reports that photo messaging (MMS) from mobile phones has grown 60 percent in the United States over the past year and 16 percent in Europe, where photo messaging got an earlier start. Interestingly, the stats show that for the US, in both July…
Flixwagon releases open public version
We’ve talked about Flixwagon a number of times in the past, but I was emailed by their PR today, to notify me about the open public version now available – in case you have forgotten/didn’t see what Flixwagon does: Flixwagon is a mobile phone and web application that allows users to broadcast and share live…
3 Italia and Microsoft shake on Windows Live deal
Whilst 3UK and Yahoo! are doing deals on Moby Ads, Microsoft and 3 Italia have signed an agreement giving subs access to the MSN Mobile portal – and more importantly perhaps, all of the Windows Live family of services. So, that means the use of Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live…
Hellboy goes Mobile with Player X
Player X has signed a deal with Starz Media to deliver mobile clips from the Hellboy animated movies “Sword of Storms” and “Blood & Iron.” The clips are going to be rolling out on Verizon Wireless in the US, slightly in advance of the cinema release “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” on (July 11). Hey…
Vodafone survey reveals stress over email
I just read a fascinating bit of research that Vodafone had commissioned regarding the impact that email has on (UK) businesses. To mak no bones about it, the reason that Vodafone sponsored the research is because they want to push their mobile email as a solution for the issues that were found – but aside…
3UK and Yahoo! tie up for Ads
Yahoo! has just announced a deal with 3UK to be the exclusive provider of banners and sponsored links inventory on “Planet 3” (the operator’s portal). The first ads will apparently appear later this month. Head of On-Portal Advertising Neil Andrews said: “We believe Yahoo! has the experience to help us take full advantage of our…
Blyk partners with Mobistar in Belgium
You might remember from only a few weeks back that I covered Blyk’s (the ad-funded MVNO) rollout to further European countries – well, they have just announced that for Belgium, the network they will be piggy-backing on is Mobistar. Blyk is the new mobile network for 16-24 year-olds that is funded by advertising. Blyk links…