I’m not sure should be categorize this as a good or bad usage of the technology. Maybe the right word is “weird,” you be the judge… A Spanish mortuary has created a new service to allow mourners to send condolences to grieving relatives by SMS. Madrid based M30 mortuary is publishing daily lists in local…
Cricket launches PAYgo unlimited prepaid plans
Today Cricket launched its new PAYgo prepaid offering. Three packages are available: $1 buys you unlimited local calls and voicemail, caller ID and three-way calling, $2 adds unlimited text and picture messaging, and the $3 plan adds unlimited U.S. long distance, international texting, mobile Web and directory assistance Add to that the fact that you…
Ryanair to start offering in-flight mobile calls
Low cost airline Ryanair is fitting 14 of its 166 aircrafts with miniature mobile phone masts to enable passengers to make and receive calls, texts, and emails via their mobile phones. As expected, calling from the sky won’t be cheap and it is expected that the costs will go up to 2 GBP per minute…
China: Mobile phone user base tops 616 million in August 2008
Don’t you just love the ever growing numbers from China? A single country has more mobile subscribers than whole of Europe. As a matter of fact, as of the end of August this year there were 616.02 million subscribers of mobile communication services in the “world’s fastest growing economy.” The number represents 45.6% of the…
Sagem brand to disappear from handsets by the end of the year
Back in August, we reported Safran will sell Sagem Mobiles to a VC firm. Now we have more information to add to that. As a result of the acquisition, brand name Sagem will disappear from handsets at the end the year. Sofinnova, the new owner of the company, obviously thinks there’s little value being associated…
TeliaSonera acquires controlling interests in mobile operators in Nepal and Cambodia for $484 million
TeliaSonera, the same company that we thought will be either bought by France Telecom or merge with Telenor, announced that it has acquired controlling interests in two mobile operators, Spice Nepal Private Limited in Nepal and Applifone Co Limited in Cambodia. Under the agreement, TeliaSonera will actually acquire 51% of the shares and votes in…
Texting while driving officially outlawed in California
Starting from January 2009, texting while driving will be considered as an illegal action. Those that do it despite the new regulation face a $20 fine the first time and a $50 for each recurring violation. “Banning electronic text messaging while driving will keep drivers’ hands on the wheel and their eyes on the road,…
ZTE smartphones coming next year
After getting its feets into the low-end handset market, China’s ZTE is now looking to enter the high-end market, too. Apparently, the Chinese company will begin shipping Windows Mobile-powered devices with Vodafone next year and there are signs of other such deals. According to the research firm Ovum, ZTE will also work on Linux-powered smartphones.…
Londoners forgot 62,000 phones and PDAs in cabs during the last six months
Living in a large city such as London is both rewarding and stressful. I guess we all know that, but I was still kinda surprised to learn that dozy Londoners have left a whopping 55,843 mobile phones and 6,193 other handheld devices in the back of black cabs. Credant Technologies carried out the survey amongst…
Telecom Italia’s employee sent 12,000 private text messages from his work phone
I think it’s fair to say literary that everyone uses his/her work phone to chat with his family and/or friends from time to time, and honestly I don’t see anything wrong about it. Let’s face it, sometimes it’s much easier to do that from a work phone than to change phone (or maybe even SIM…