According to a report this week, Russian MNO Vimpelcom said that over 10m have been scammed by Mobile phone scammers, calling them to transfer money. Apparently there are legal loopholes which prevent the police et al from protecting against this. Most scams are based on people’s trust instinct – either suggesting a relative is in…
Yahoo oneSearch live on T-Mobile
We’ve mentioned Yahoo! oneSearch many times before (here, here, and here) – however it has now officially gone live on T-Mobile across Europe. Sky News reports that the service is now available for T-Mobile “Web’n’walk” subscribers. As you might remember, oneSearch is designed for mobile users, which basically means optimised navigation for ease of use…
UK: O2 brand refresh means new TV Ad…
O2 recently launched their £5m brand refresh with a TV Ad that has an interesting tagline – “We’re better, connected”. This of course replaces the famous “(It’s your) O2. See what you can do”, voiced by Sean Bean. Mr Bean (Sean, not the Rowan Atkinson one) is used to deliver the new tagline also. Brand…
Omnifone MusicStation outsells OpCo services
We’ve reported on Omnifone and MusicStation (here and here) before, but apparently it is making more money for operators than traditional full-track download services: A spokesman for the company said that, in its first nine weeks since the launch, MusicStation generated more annual revenue for one of its network partners than the operator’s own established…
UK: demand surges for sub-£30 mobiles
According to research from GfK, low-end handsets have almost doubled their share of the market in the last year, in the UK. With the slowdown in growth of contract sales, Operators have been focusing on Prepay – with the resulting drop in market prices. These price drops are nicely highlighted by the Carphone Warehouse’s recent…
Samsung to preload Hard Candy on F400
Samsung has reached a deal with Warner Music to preload Madonna’s upcoming album “Hard Candy” the “4 minutes” video on the F400 handset. The handset also has B&O (Bang & Olufsen) speakers and will apparently launch in “early June in France (it’s already available in the US)“. This follows on from the previous announcement (which…
Sony Ericsson preloads Def Jam on W910i
Sony Ericsson has partnered with Def Jam Records to preload a stack of digital assets on to the W910i limited edition white/gold handset. Here’s what you get: Videos 1. Fabolous – Make Me Better 2. Ne-Yo – Do you 3. Rick Ross – The Boss 4. Rocko – Ummo Do Me 5. Mariah Carey –…
UK: Tesco Mobile users are “hungry” for Ads…
UK: Tesco, the (primarily) food-retailing superstore, which also happens to run an MVNP, has been trialling a WAP advertising portal since May 2007 – Tesco says access to the portal has been growing, resulting in 300,000 unique visitors in December 07. The Ads were delivered as “traditional” banner Ads with a click-through, and included brands…
UK: Virgin Trains boosts Mobile coverage
Virgin Trains is working with Vodafone to add retransmitters for 2G/3G to 52 of the trains on their fleet – boosting signal strengths for customers. The project, which is due to finish in November, has apparently seen a 60% increase in successfully completed calls. At the same time the carrier is also urging business users…
Moto demos first public WiMAX hand-off in Asia-Pac
Singapore: Motorola recently demonstrated the first handoffs between public WiMAX access points (at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008). The demo was enabled through a mobile WiMAX network set up at Motorola’s facility in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Attendees were able to experience various mobile applications including video conferencing, web browsing and mobile streaming while…