The mobile payments solution provider Obopay has announced partnership with Yodlee to allow its customers to link their existing bank account to Obopay so they can move money between their bank account and Obopay more quickly and easily than ever. Yodlee’s secure Account Verification has already been proven and is currently used at more than…
KDDI cuts rates and fees, keeps deflating Japanese economy
Just as we, and the Japanese Ministry of International Affairs and Communications, expected, KDDI has cut their rates and fees in the ever-continuing battle to win over wireless subscribers. The wireless carrier will no longer be subsidizing handsets with new-activations, offering lower calling plan prices. KDDI customers can expect to pay 1,050 yen ($9) and…
AT&T looking to expand oversease?
It looks like Randall Stephenson is taking a gander at the overseas market, namely India, as a possible expansion opportunity. AT&T has entered a bid for a wireless license in Qatar, India in cooperation with India’s Mahindra Telecommunications. As the world’s fastest growing wireless market with 200 million mobile users, it makes sense for AT&T…
Japan facing continuing deflation woes due to mobile phone price wars
When do low prices on mobile phones and service actually hurt consumers? Well, for Japan, the continuing decline of mobile phone prices is putting the hurt on the island-nation’s economy. With 100 million mobile phone users, Japan’s top mobile phone manufacturers and carriers are engaged in a months-long battle to entice wireless customers into their…
O2 brings MySpace and Facebook to mobile users in the UK
Social networking is definitely the hottest show in the tech-game right now, and bringing it to the mobile space is a logical step. O2 seems to understand the need to bring the most popular social networks to its customers – the UK wireless carrier has just inked deals with MySpace and Facebook to provide mobile…
EU citizens benefiting from Eurotariff roaming charge price cap
The European Commission is touting their achievements with this announcement that the price cap on EU roaming charges has been a boon for Eu residents. If you’re in the European Union and you like to travel, you probably already know how good the recently passed “Eurotariff” has been. But, just to be clear, the European…
GoWare and MomCentral Announce MobileMom
Creators of the personalized homepage for mobiles – DoMo HomePage, GoWare, and the web portal for modern Moms, MomCentral, have announced the new mobile service called MobileMom. The idea is to provide busy Moms with a practical mobile solution to keep them well organized while on the go. That being said, the new service offers…
Another RIM BlackBerry outage?
The title says it all. Reports are coming in from various interwebs that indicate another RIM BlackBerry server outage. If this turns out to be more than a regional/isolated outage, we’re looking at yet another RIM outage – the second outage in as many months. Oh, and this would make it strike three for RIM’s…
Nokia releases Mail for Exchange 2.0 to boost the power of its smartphones for businesses
Just recently, Nokia has released the new version (2.0) of their Mail for Exchange client for businesses using Microsoft Exchange Server and Nokia ESeries and/or selected NSeries devices. The main addition to the new version is the overall improved user experience (something we see increasingly demanded by both business and individual users), and an access…
Nokia inks video content deal with CNN, Sony
It looks like Nokia is really pushing their expansion of online mobile services. With their recent announcement of the Navteq buy-out, Nokia is poised to take mobile navigation to a new level. Now, Nokia has announced that they have inked a deal with video content providers like CNN and Sony to bring more content to…