Emmaville residents will soon have the luxury of choice in mobile phone providers following an announcement by Optus that it would expand its 3G network by the end of next year.
Thu, 15 May 2008 00:04:42 GMT
Boost Mobile Hires VP, GM (socalTech.com)
Irvine-based Boost Mobile, the youth lifestyle mobile phone brand owned by Sprint, said today that it has named Matt Carter as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Carter joins the firm from Sprint, where he was SVP Base Management. Carter has previously served at Bristol Myers, Coca-Cola, Leap Wireless, and BellSouth. Carter will be responsible for Boost's marketing, sales and ...
Wed, 14 May 2008 13:22:01 GMT
WAYN offers members a way to save mobile phone costs while travelling (eyefortravel.com)
Travel and lifestyle-focused social networking community website WAYN.com has launched 'pay as you go' Mobile SIM card providing domestic level low cost international calls at home and abroad.
Fri, 16 May 2008 06:52:47 GMT
Thai AIS Q1 net up 29 pct on higher mobile usage (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BANGKOK, May 14 - Advanced Info Service PCL , Thailand's top mobile phone operator, reported a better-than-expected 29 percent rise in quarterly earnings on Wednesday, as both revenues and subscriber numbers grew.
Wed, 14 May 2008 06:50:57 GMT
AT&T planning to boost wireless service (Daily Herald)
If you're an AT&T Inc. wireless subscriber, you soon could get faster downloads and better reception, even if you're in your basement.
Fri, 16 May 2008 06:19:34 GMT
Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada (CBS News)
Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada's subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which can be redeemed for a ringtone, game or other mobile contentthe new deal will let people download full songs to their computer and transfer them to a mobile phone or digital music player. Dada wants other labels to ...
Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:21 GMT
Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada's subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which can be redeemed for a ringtone, game or other mobile contentthe new deal will let people download full songs to their computer and transfer them to a mobile phone or digital music player.
Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:00 GMT
Music industry hopes upgrades boost mobile sector (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Perhaps no single device has had more impact on mobile music than Apple's iPhone. While only 6.7 percent of overall mobile customers use their phone to listen to music, rising to 27.9 percent for smartphone users, a full 74.1 percent of iPhone owners reported using the device as an MP3 player, according to M:Metrics.
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:36:48 GMT
GyPSii Opens China Data Centre to Enhance Local User Experience (Business Wire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
GyPSii the leading geo-location and mobile social networking service provider, has today announced the opening of a China Data Centre, to offer localised content and an enhanced user experience to customers across China and the Asia Pacific region. The Shanghai-based centre will boost GyPSii's existing infrastructure in the area and provide users with specific local content and even faster ...
Thu, 15 May 2008 09:15:00 GMT
Mobile carriers find demand for GPS handsets (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
More than 550 million GPS-enabled mobile phone handsets will ship by 2012, market watchers predict.