STC launches Java Facebook App (Saudi Arabia)

On 01.31.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has launched a separate application for mobile devices and smartphones that support Java based applications, letting them access the world’s largest social network.

The number of Saudi users on Facebook is estimated to be around 3.3 million, and the majority of those are still using devices that run Nokia’s aging Symbian operating system.

To make the most of Facebook’s popularity and increase user interaction on the platform, the  company is providing a fully interactive Java based application that it states is optimized to use as little data as possible while providing the great user experience mobile applications offer.

Using minimal data is the punch line here as STC’s main objective is likely to be to increase data usage, even for users on relatively older mobile devices.

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Telkomsel launches mobile money transfer service (Indonesia)

On 11.19.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s largest mobile service provider has launched a mobile money transfer service called T-Cash Kirim Uang (Telkomsel Cash Transfer), which allows customers to transfer money using their cell phones.

Subscribers need to register for prepaid e-wallet deposits, which function like bank accounts. It helps customer to transfer funds via SMS, which recipients can claim at customer service centers and thousands of branches of retailer Indomaret in Java, Bali and Lampung. All they need is the recipient of the transaction number to an authorized merchant to claim the money.

According to Ricardo Indra, Telkomsel’s corporate communications manager, the service is the first of its kind in the country. Company’s target market is the people who do not have bank accounts, especially in rural areas.

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Virgin Mobile India inks deal with GetJar to offer apps catalogue to consumers

On 08.25.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Virgin Mobile India has joined hands with GetJar, an independent mobile phone application store , to provide applications from GetJar’s App Catalogue Express.

Through the deal, Virgin Mobile customers will have the access to applications varying from games, social networking, entertainment, food, health, lifestyle and other helpful applications.

Applications like Yahoo, Nimbuzz, Opera Mini Browser and such applications can now be downloaded in all major handsets, like Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian phones.

Virgin Mobile subscribers can visit m.virginin.getjar.com to get GetJar’s applications. This link is presently available on Virgin Mobile India’s WAP portal on GSM platform in sixteen circles, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Chennai, Kerala, Orissa, Mumbai and Maharashtra, Kolkata and West Bengal, Haryana, Bihar, MP&CG, Punjab, UP (E) and UP (W).

Virgin Mobile India users can download all applications free of cost. Only the data browsing charges of INR 0.01 per kb will be charged.

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Java Leads the path for Mobile eBook Downloads

On 04.14.10, In Mobile Marketing, By Editor

Wattpad, the ebook community has unveiled its Q3 2009 Global Ebook Metrics Report which covers both country and handset/manufacturer data based on ebook usage of subscribers of over 600 mobile operators in 160 countries.

Te report has found out that Wattpad continues to be the world’s most downloaded mobile ebook application with over 4 million downloads.

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IBM to provide cloud computing to SK Telecom

On 12.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Winning the battle against four of its largest rivals, International Business Machines Corp. will operate a cloud computing platform for SK Telecom Co., Ltd. As per the deal, IBM will provide the infrastructure to SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest telecoms operator with more than 50% of the market.

The networks will be used by SK Telecom and its business partners to test and publish telecoms applications in order for the applications to later to be rolled out on its networks for consumers.

IBM beat Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA) in order to win the contract but the value of the deal was not revealed. The technology giant has focused recently on building out infrastructure in Asia for cloud computing.

Cloud Computing has tightened its grip recently especially with smaller customers as it enables significant cost savings.

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