By Editor on May 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to launch Korean-language Disney channels in South Korea, SK Telekom has expressed its desire to form a joint venture with the Walt Disney Company. With 51% stake, SK telecom will be the majority shareholder in the joint venture and the remaining 49% will be controlled by Disney Channel International, one of Walt Disney’s subsidiaries.
As per the agreement, Korean-language versions of the Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney Channel will be launched as joint venture.
According to the telco, these two channels will be available in HD multiplex as well as SD format over cable, direct-to-home and IPTV platforms and related on-demand digital media services in South Korea.
By Editor on March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A leading European airline, Lufthansa has announced the launch of MemberScout, the air travel industry’s first real-time location-based social networking solution for frequent flyers. The application which is available as an iPhone and is soon also going to be a Blackberry application, enables its users to instantly swap, share or exchange knowledge and ideas.
MemberScout was developed by mobile apps developer match2blue, using the Apama Business Event Processing (BEP) platform from Progress Software Corporation. It provides instant information exchange through which participants offer their subordinates, help and advice by asking questions and providing information related to destinations and travel.
According to the Head of Social Media of Lufthans, Dr Torsten Wingenter, it is a company’s effort to help the business community that flies with them to gain benefits of being in that community, wherever and whenever they need to.
The company’s vision is to help frequent flyers connect with each other to benefit from peer group advice.
By Editor on March 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The Motorola Backflip which came out this weekend for AT&T looked like a standard mid-range Android device. According to the critics it is completely bush league.
While the Backflip is loaded with AT&T’s bloatware, the default Google is completely replaced with Yahoo. AT&T is doing business so it cannot be blamed for blindly copying Android but you can blame them for not allowing you to delete those carrier apps or install apps that don’t come from the Android Market.
According to Phandroid, programs cannot be installed from other app stores even if an individual puts them into his microSD card while it’s connected to his computer. This could be AT&T approach to ensure that the Backflip Android experience isn’t tainted by bad apps but it goes directly against what the company said it planned to do with the operating system.
Last year the AT&T Mobility’s CEO, Ralph de la Vega opined that, the Android is liked as an operating system on its own, however the company wants to make sure that the company as well as the customers have the option to put applications on that device that are not just Google applications. Therefore when the G1 came out and T-Mobile launched it, it’s primarily a Google phone.
The company wants to give customers the choice of other applications on that device and not just the same Google applications.
Eric Zemen of Phonescoop added to the scene by mentioning on his Twitter stream that the MotoBlur on his Backflip gave him the option to set up myFaves at a time when myFaves is an exclusive calling feature of T-Mobile.
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Tagged with Android, Android Market, Applications, AT&T Mobility, Droid, Google Applications, Launched, LED, MicroSD card, Mobile, MOTOBLUR, Motorola, Operating System, Phandroid, phone, RIM, T-Mob, T-Mobile, twitter
By Editor on February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: While the private telecom operators in India are waiting patiently for the 3G auction to take place in the country, state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is spreading its ground by launching its 3G mobile services in the Bangalore-Karnataka telecom circle.
The commercial 3G service will be available to BSNL postpaid and prepaid subscribers from February 20 across the city. The new 3G prepaid connections of BSNL comes at just Rs.59 and this starter pack contents U-SIM (3G Sim card).
High-speed Internet with speed up to 7.2Mbps and video calls on mobile phones as well as mobile TV facility could be offered by the telco through these 3G services. 3G Mobile Service of BSNL has already been launched in about 240 cities.
By Editor on February 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Safir, an IPTV service in Algerie has been launched by Algerie Telecom along with French IPTV set-top box maker Netgem. FTTH fibre-optic network has been rolled out for Safir and Algeria Telecom broadband customers a mix of advanced digital TV services and a choice of 60 IP-delivered TV channels will be offered under the service.
NetgemTV software is used to create and Netgem’s set-top box is used to deliver the service. Safir was implemented in close cooperation with the integration partner Spec-Com Algerie.
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Tagged with Africa, Algeria, Algerie Telecom, Fibre-Optic Network, FTTH, IPTV, Launched, LG, NetgemTV, Safir, Telecom broadband
By Editor on February 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The inaugural GSMA’s 2010 ‘Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service’ award at the Mobile World Congress has been won by Zain, a leading mobile network operator in the Middle East and Africa. The Global Mobile Awards in this category has been given for Zain’s mobile commerce service called ‘Zap’.
To recognize innovative mobile banking around the world, the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Service has been established, pioneering the roll out of low-cost financial services to millions of people, in countries where traditional financial services are either not within easy reach or unavailable.
Launched exactly one year ago on February 16, 2009, Zap, is the biggest Mobile Commerce service in the world accessible to approximately 200 million potential customers in Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Ghana. It provides the most comprehensive and accessible package of m-commerce features currently available anywhere in the world.
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Tagged with Africa, Ghana, GSM, GSMA, Kenya, Launched, Malawi, Middle East, Mobile Banking, Mobile World Congress, MWC2010, Niger, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zain
By Editor on August 1, 2006 · Leave a Comment
Southeastern Europe mobile operator Cosmote has reported second-quarter revenues up 31.6 percent from a year ago to EUR 540.7 million. EBITDA increased 13.5 percent to EUR 203.6 million, while net profit slipped 2.9 percent to EUR 81.5 million. Cosmote attributed the drop in net profit to higher depreciation and financing charges from expanding its operations, as well as losses from its recently re-launched Romanian operation, which had a net loss of EUR 26 million in the quarter. Cosmote said it expects to complete the earlier announced acquisition of telecom retailer Germanos in the fourth quarter.
Source- http://www.telecompaper.com
Technorati : Cosmote, EBITDA, Mobile, Romania
Ice Rocket : Cosmote, EBITDA, Mobile, Romania
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Tagged with Acquisition, Charge, Charges, Cosmo, Cosmote, Depreciation, Eastern, Eastern Europe, EBITDA, Expand, Germanos, Launched, Losses, Net Loss, Net Profit, Oman, Operations, Profit, Report, Retail, Retailer, Romania, Romanian
