www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Unicom and Apple are likely to close the iPhone deal soon and launch the handset across the nation. According to a source close to the mobile operator said that the firms are discussing the details and the timetable for Apple iPhone’s debut in China, but that no agreements have been reached yet.
The main obstacles of launching the handset in China are software, built-in service widgets and Software and built-in service widgets.

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone announces today that it has fulfilled its ambition to expand the availability of its mobile advertising services to 18 operating company markets in the last 18 months. Despite the worsening economic climate, Vodafone has also enjoyed strong revenue growth from mobile advertising services during 2008/9 and plans to continue the roll out, expanding both the portfolio of mobile advertising services and their reach.

Over the last year Vodafone Marketing Solutions has run over 2000 campaigns across its global footprint for hundreds of global brands*. While those brands continue to enjoy considerable success with mobile banner campaigns, they are increasingly trying newer mobile advertising formats including the use of branded content, sponsored alerts, opt-in push messaging and advertising on service based text messages**. (more…)