There used to be a time when satellite phones came attached to briefcases (much like the first cellphones, in fact). More recently, sat-phones have grown small enough to carry in a pocket, but still came with chunky waistlines and awkward antennas. TerreStar is looking to change all that with their TerreStar satellite phone service and…
Streamezzo, Atos Worldline team-up to power mobile TV application on the iPhone
Streamezzo and Atos Worldline have recently announced a partnership to power an interactive Live TV application for the iPhone. The solution is designed to enable operators and broadcasters to offer iPhone subscribers great mobile TV experience, combining the power of Streamezzo’s technology and of Atos Worldline in-depth experience in the telecom market with large volume…
Bill would give low income Colorado residents free cellphones
If there was ever a time and a place to be down on your luck, Colorado may soon be it. Pre-paid wireless carrier TracFone Wireless has proposed a plan that would make Colorado the 17th state in the US to offer free cellphones and cellular service to low income residents. The Public Utilities Commission is…
Team Columbia-HTC’s Cavendish clinches Stage 11 win in Tour de France!
While the wide-world of cycling isn’t exactly included in our mobile-related beat, I figure HTC’s Tour de France cycling team is doing too well to ignore. Team Columbia-HTC has been seeing great success at the Tour de France, thanks to team rider Mark Cavendish. I won’t pretend to know too much about cycling (please tell…
Join IntoMobile at MobileBeat 2009 in SF!
IntoMobile is now officially part of the Silicon Valley! To celebrate our arrival in the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve teamed up with VentureBeat to give our readers discounted passes to the MobileBeat 2009 conference in San Francisco’s Parc 55 Hotel. MobileBeat 2009 is a one-day event where big-wigs from the mobile world converge to…
T-Mobile sides with VoLGA standard for LTE voice calls
It might not sound all that interesting or important to casual wireless consumer, but T-Mobile’s newfound alliance with the Voice Over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum is an important development in the move to 4G LTE adoption. While 4G LTE networks promise to deliver true wireless broadband data speeds, there’s still the issue of…
Zave Networks, Scanbuy team-up on mobile coupons
Digital incentive and information management company, Zave Networks, and provider of mobile barcode solutions, Scanbuy, announced a partnership to offer consumers an easier way to access discounts and coupons while on the go. As a result of this co-operation, a new solution will be developed, combining Scanbuy’s ScanLife mobile barcode technology with Zave Network’s incentive…
US Census survey to use Sprint’s wireless network for census-ing
The US Census Bureau is getting ready to conduct the most wireless, high-tech census in US history. And, they’ve tapped none other than No. 3 US wireless carrier Sprint as the exclusive wireless provider for all their “census-ing” needs. The wirelessly connected Decennial Census will kick off in 2010, and promises to be the most…
Roamware, Grameen team-up to develop global mobile financial ecosystem for the unbanked
One more release from the Mobile Money Summit event in Barcelona… Leader in global roaming and interoperability solutions, California-based Roamware, announced a strategic partnership with Grameen Solutions to develop mobile money applications and services for the unbanked. So, on one side we have Grameen Solutions which is part of Grameen group that also includes Grameen…
MTS, Nokia team-up in Russia and CIS
Russia’s MTS and Nokia announced the signing of the memorandum of understanding on the direct delivery of Nokia devices to MTS’ retail network. The first joint project of the two companies will be the priority sales launch of the Nokia N97, which will start selling with pre-installed software from MTS. Under the terms of agreement,…