China Mobile reports that about 330,000 people used map services through their mobile phones for driving guidance and commuting tips during the Olympic Games. With the map software installed in their handsets, users could find their positions through the Global Positioning System (GPS) service, get real-time traffic information for Beijing and the best ways to reach their destinations.
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330,000 people used map service during Olympics (China)
- August 25th, 2008
- 1:20 pm
Telstra’s Olympic TV 3G service experienced drop-outs, pushes to sell TV spectrum for mobile phones (Australia)
- August 22nd, 2008
- 10:43 am
Every Mobile operator is gazing Olympics as a medium to double their revenue. Various countries are trying hard to provide their customers each and every minutes update to survive in the race. Huge demand have crashed some of Telstra’s 3G-based mobile videos during the Olympics, suppliers of Australia’s mobile phone handsets are recommending the federal Government to stimulate the sales of TV spectrum for mobile phones.
The Australian Digital Suppliers Industry Forum (ADSIF), which is represented on federal Government committees determining how we switch off analogue TV, has created a sub-group known as the Mobile Broadcast Project Group.
ADSIF co-ordinator Tim O’Keefe said that Australia had lost its world-leading position in the development of broadcast-based mobile TV. To overcome this situation, they want the federal Government to sell one of Australia’s two spare digital TV channels for mobile broadcast. “Our representations to Government have been about trying to decouple the idea of having channel A (originally mooted for narrowcast TV services) and channel B (planned for mobile TV) as the one package and move ahead of the allocation of the mobile licence,” Mr O’Keefe said.
Olympics updates now on your mobile phone!
- August 11th, 2008
- 9:30 am
Olympics lover can now have every minute update on Google mobile website. Along with the the regular search results, Google will also offer a timetable of Olympic schedules and results for that event. In 35 other languages this search is available. Another mobile website is created as a storehouse of olympic information. The Olympics tie-ins are a little bit more extensive on Google’s regular browser search; other search engines, such as Yahoo, are doing something similar. Google is also serving ads on NBC’s online-video coverage of the Olympics using its DoubleClick technology. Just the text based information is not enough for users these days for that NBC will be serving up mobile video to customers of Verizon’s V-Cast service.
New Mobile Media Services for China Unicom (China)
- August 8th, 2008
- 9:28 am
To broadcast 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing, China Unicom acquires new mobile media services of Celltick Technologies, an Israeli developer of interactive broadcast technology for mobile networks. “The Olympic Games represents an enormous opportunity for the mobile industry and our managed LiveScreen Media application is ideally positioned to help China Unicom capitalize on its full potential,” said Stacy Fassberg, Celltick’s Vice President of marketing. “We are very pleased to be working with China Unicom with their wide reach and significant customer base, both of which will help strengthen our presence across China as we roll out further LiveScreen Media deployments,” he added.
AsiaInfo Holdings for China Mobile’s Olympics related business (China)
- August 8th, 2008
- 7:45 am
A leading provider of telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, AsiaInfo Holdings reveals that they have signed the contract with China Mobile to provide a system monitoring and management platform and related services to China Mobile’s headquarters during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. “This historic event provides telecom carriers with an exciting arena to showcase new and innovative technologies and services to some of the most sophisticated customers from around the world,” said Steve Zhang, AsiaInfo’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
Duing the olympics, system monitoring and management platform and services will work to ensure continuous operations and the security of China Mobile’s Business Operation Support System (”BOSS”), Business Intelligence (”BI”) system and other business support systems. To manage China Mobile’s partner effectively, this platform will provide real-time analysis and monitoring of China Mobile’s Olympics related business.
China Mobile introduces new mobile tariffs for Olympics (China)
- August 6th, 2008
- 9:05 am
During the Beijing Olympics, China Mobile to reduce its roaming charges. They are expecting to arrive at an agreement with the major global mobile operators in the same perspective. China Mobile President, Wang Jianzhou said that the company will also offer overseas users with roaming SIM cards and phone leasing services during the Olympics. Also China Mobile will provide live broadcast services for the games via TD-SCDMA handsets. We have abundant supply of TD-SCDMA handsets and diversified 3G services for consumers during the Olympic Games, Wang added. It is expected that China Mobile will have 100,000 TD-SCDMA users during the games, according to Media report.
