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Zain Kenya customers enjoys Ramzan with inspirational quotes!

  • September 5th, 2008
  • 7:18 am

Zain is looking forward to become  a world-class mobile service provider. In a move to accompalish the goal, Zain has launched a specialized offer for Muslim holy month of Ramzan. Throughout September, Zain Kenya customers will be able to receive  inspirational quotes from the Koran via SMS. Customers can avail this service by sending a text message with the word “Ramadhan” to 786 for a one-off fee of 100 Kenyan shillings. “In the spirit of supporting and showing solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters, we will offer this special service throughout the fasting period,” said Rene Meza, Zain Kenya managing director. Zain will also donate food through some of the country’s mosques during the breaking of the fast, Meza added.

Virgin Mobile-buzzd in agreement (USA)

  • September 5th, 2008
  • 4:52 am

Virgin Mobile is now in an agreement with buzzd. Buzzd is a location-based cityguide and mobile socila network to its WAP deck. Virgin Mobile and buzzd will enable users to:

  • Broadcast and share local entertainment information based on their current location
  • Delivers editorially-driven event
  • Venue data alongside consumer ratings and reviews

buzzd comprises

  • SMS and messaging features
  • User-generated feedback and licensed content from providers like TimeOut, Zagat and Flavorpill

buzzd is now planning to spread its wings in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. as well as locales in Europe and India.

Virgin Mobile-buzzd in agreement (USA)

  • September 4th, 2008
  • 11:04 am

Virgin Mobile is now in an agreement with buzzd. Buzzd is a location-based cityguide and mobile social network to its WAP deck. Virgin Mobile and buzzd will enable users to:

  • Broadcast and share local entertainment information based on their current location
  • Delivers editorially-driven event
  • Venue data alongside consumer ratings and reviews

buzzd comprises of

  • SMS and messaging features
  • User-generated feedback and licensed content from providers like TimeOut, Zagat and Flavorpill

buzzd is now planning to spread its wings in major metropolitan areas across the U.S. as well as locales in Europe and India.

Greece to be the most highly penetrated market of the world by 2010 (Greece)

  • August 29th, 2008
  • 5:16 am

Mobile market of Greece has reached a saturation point where there  is no or little room for organic growth through new subscriber additions. In an order to taise the ARPU levels mobile network operators are encouraging prepaid users to migrate to postpaid plans and introducing mobile content and data. However, non-SMS mobile data usage is low, as attributed by the marginal amounts of revenue generated although the deployment of 3G\HSDPA networks provides the foundation for future mobile content services.

Operators serving Greece Mobile market are Vodafone Panafon, TIM Hellas, Cosmote, and Q-Telecom.

Notable highlights of Greece Mobile Forecast include:

  • In 2010, Greece will be the most highly penetrated market in the world. The wireless penetration level will increase from our projected 156.7% in 2008 to 173.3% in 2010.
  • The number of total subscribers in Greece will increase from 17.5 million in 2008 to 19.3 million in 2010.
  • The two largest operators in Greece will continue to be Vodafone Panafon and Cosmote.  Cosmote will continue to increase its market share in the next few years. It will increase from 39.9% to 42.1% from 2008 to 2010.
  • Cosmote will enjoy a higher EBITDA margin at 40.3% and a lower ARPU of US$ 33.74 per month compared to Vodafone Panafon with 35.1% EBITDA margin and $34.43 ARPU per month.

Ofcom reports 85% of British Adults are mobile (UK)

  • August 28th, 2008
  • 8:33 am

Ofcom reports 85% of the UK’s adult population have a mobile now and has become a part of their lives.

The number of mobile phone subscribers in the UK is over 70 million, the number higher than the population of 60 million of the country.
The households tend to have mobile phones rather than fixed line.
Figures for the market include:

  • Number of mobile connections: 74 million
  • Number of mobile voice calls: 115.6 minutes per month per subscriber
  • Number of SMS and MMS messages sent: 59.1 billion
  • Average time spent texting and calling per mobile connection: 10 minutes per day.

“The UK has the most competitive mobile industry in Europe - with five operators and a healthy number of virtual network operators competing to offer services,” Ofcom said.

“The sector generates over £15bn a year - 51 per cent of overall retail revenue for telecoms in the UK. The mobile sector now produces more revenue than fixed voice and broadband services combined.” it added.

Subscribe for mobile ads and avail attractive offers! (Australia)

  • August 25th, 2008
  • 9:33 am

As advertising is directly proportional to creativity in order to present this creativity a good tool is required, otherwise creativity looses its value.  In 21st century where reach and access to customers by advertisers have increased. Advertisers are now days gazing mobile handsets as an innovative tool of advertising which is soon going to become a battleground for advertisers. SMSpup Mobile unveiled a new plan offering $130 of talk and text value for $29 per month but customers who agree to receive five SMS or email ads per day will only be charged $10. Icing on the cake is that 65 per cent discount users can also earn reward points for responding to promotions and participating in surveys. These points can then be redeemed for movie tickets and travel discounts.

Each mobile subscriber averaged 137 SMS per month in Q2′08 (Portugal)

  • August 21st, 2008
  • 11:26 am

According to a market regulator, Portugal had 14.3 million mobile telephony subscribers at the end of June, an increase of 4.8 percent on the previous quarter and 15.5 percent year-on-year.

Statistics shows (Q2′08)

  • Post-paid users increased by 2.9%
  • 151,000 post-paid subscribers are added
  • Prepaid cards grow 4.6 percent
  • More than 1.83 billion calls are made
  • Each mobile subscriber send more than four messages per day
  • Mobile phone users sent 5.86 billion SMS

Consumer spending on mobile messaging services will increase from $65 bln to $88bln by 2012-Forecast

  • August 14th, 2008
  • 6:44 am

It is forecasted that, Worldwide consumer spending on mobile messaging services will increase 15 percent from $65 billion in 2007 to over $88 billion by 2012. Anayst believes that  in 2012, mobile messaging,SMS, MMS, mobile email and IM will account for over 40 percent of total consumer spending on mobile data services.  But the forecast anticipates SMS will remain the primary focus of consumer messaging spend, traditional PC-based messaging services like mobile email and IM are also expected to experience rapid growth thanks to growing availability of low-cost, flat-rate data plans.

It is predicted that mobile email will represent 20 percent of total mobile messaging spending by 2012.  The report reveals that SMS will continue to gain traction in the North American market, with the region contributing roughly 25 percent of total end-user spend on mobile messaging by 2012, in Western Europe, SMS revenues have hit a plateau due to price erosion, even as overall traffic continues to increase.

Umniah joined Unified International Roaming service (Jordan)

  • August 11th, 2008
  • 2:08 pm

To provide subscribers with One-World Roaming services, Umniah, a leading provider of telecommunications services, recently joined the new Unified International Roaming service launched by Saudi Telecom, and Batelco Bahrain.

In August, 2008 this sevice will be instigated. This will provide travellers with fixed and low cost rates for calls during their stay at these countries. Customers will also receive a message explaining the roaming rates as well as the preferred roaming network in these respective countries. STC, Baleco Bahrain, and Umniah will be acting as one network.

VAS and Roaming Manager, Mr. Mohammad Serieh said, “We are proud to be amongst the pioneering providers of the One-World Roaming service in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain. By inaugurating this partnership, we are making communication easier and less costly for subscribers traveling across KSA, Bahrain and for travelers coming to Jordan,”
Umniah had launched International Voice Short Message service (SMS) to Palestine last March to send voice SMS messages to make easy communication with friends and relatives living in Palestine.

Vodafone UK offers free SMS for new prepaid subscribers (UK)

  • August 6th, 2008
  • 10:42 am

A brand new offer for the brand new prepaid subscribers is being give by Vodafone UK. A one-off reward of 500 free text messages when the subscribers top up £15 till august end.
This bumper allowance is for cross network use with a one month validity for SIM - only prepaid subscribers.
Subscribers can buy upto two free prepaid SIM cards by logging to the Vodafone website. For the subscribers who have purchesed the SIM after July 16 have until December 31 to top up to receive the offer.