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Vodafone Malta offers prepaid packages with all BlackBerry smartphones

On 08.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Following Vodafone Malta’s introduction of its prepaid mobile Internet service, making it the first company in Malta to offer the option, the company is now introducing tailor-made prepaid packages with BlackBerry smartphones.

The prepaid BlackBerry® Internet Service from Vodafone offers unlimited e-mail, unlimited Internet browsing and BlackBerry® Messenger. The packages available for purchase are e20 for unlimited data usage expiring after 30 days and e7 for unlimited data usage expiring after seven days.

As a special launch incentive, Vodafone is also offering its prepaid customers a special discounted price on the BlackBerry Storm smartphone of e450 instead of e565, which also includes three months free prepaid BlackBerry Internet Service.

The prepaid BlackBerry Internet Service from Vodafone enables customers to connect to people and places and includes features to help the subscriber remain in touch from almost anywhere. With e-mail and text messaging, instant messaging and social networking applications such as Facebook and MySpace, customers can easily stay in touch with their colleagues, family and friends while on the go.

“We’re pleased to offer our customers BlackBerry smartphones with the flexibility, value and benefits on a prepaid service. One simply has to purchase the Internet bundles from Vodafone’s website,” said Rachael Demicoli, Marketing Executive at Vodafone Malta.

The prepaid BlackBerry solution works with Vodafone prepaid SIM cards. The data within the bundle includes only local usage. Terms and conditions apply. For more information, contact Vodafone Customer Service on 247 from your Vodafone mobile or dial 999 99247 from any other line. Alternatively, visit www.vodafone.com.mt or visit one of Vodafone’s retail outlets.

T-Mobile USA offers WHERE to its subscribers

On 08.27.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: uLocate Communications, a leading developer and publisher of location-based mobile services in North America, today announced that WHERE® is now available to T-Mobile USA customers through T-Mobile’s web2go SM service.

WHERE® is an award-winning location-based application that helps consumers to find the people, places, and things around them. Local content available through WHERE includes everything from the weather, news, and restaurant reviews, to the cheapest gas, movie show times, and the ability to connect with other people on the WHERE Wall™.

“We’ve built a loyal user base because WHERE provides local information that informs, entertains, and helps people save time and money in their daily lives,” said Walt Doyle, CEO of uLocate. “Working with T-Mobile as part of their Partner Network gave us all the tools and resources we needed to get to market quickly with an engaging customer experience that will run across a wide range of smartphones and feature phones.” (more…)

Tagged with: DD mobile TV • EDGE Technology • Essar Communication • Handset Firm • Open Source Mobile Operating System • Pay-SMS • PSE • Radiocom • Vodafone Mobile Broadband • Vodafone Prepaid Flexi Caps

Chunghwa Telecom to launch Hami Bookstore in September (Taiwan)

On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Chunghwa Telecom, the Taiwanese mobile operator, has reportedly announced a strategic alliance with High Tech Computer (HTC), Microsoft Taiwan and a number of local publishing companies to launch Hami Bookstore, a platform which will offer e-book service, in September 2009.

The reading devices which will be used are smartphones rather than electronic readers, with the iPhone to be selected initially and then smartphone models based on Android and Windows Mobile.
CHT has struck a cooperation deal with the local publishing companies, which will set content charge rates, with CHT getting a 25% commission on sales, the carrier said.

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Chunghwa to launch HSPA+ & 3G services by 2010 (Taiwan)

On 08.14.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Chunghwa Telecom, the Taiwanese mobile operator has reportedly selected Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to upgrade its wireless infrastructure with HSPA+ technology. The operator intends to launch its HSPA+ and 3G services by 2010, boosting mobile broadband download speeds to up to 21Mbps. Initially, devices able to utilise the HSPA+ service will include data network cards, USB dongles and wireless modules before it is extended to cover smartphones, netbooks and notebooks.

Tagged with: download speeds • Free Airtime • GSM • mLogic • Mobiel Broadband • Mobile payment • Mobilink • NextWave Wireless Inc • O2 My Handy • Radiocom • Riverside • Sales Outlet • Taiwan • wallpapers

NTT DoCoMo surpasses Softbank’s net addition of new subscribers in July (Japan)

On 08.07.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: NTT DoCoMo, the nation’s leading mobile operator has reportedly surpassed SoftBank in the number of net addition of new subscribers in July, driven by the new range of smartphones offered by the operator.
DoCoMo has added 143,600 new subscribers minus cancellations, while Softbank added 137,600 and KDDI Corp grabbed 56,600.

Tagged with: Blackberry 8830 • Charges • Free Airtime • Japan • Jiangxi MCC • Phone Users • Radiocom • Tanla mobile

Verizon Wireless slashes smartphone prices to $100 or less (USA)

On 08.06.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon Wireless, the USA based mobile operator, has dropped the prices of almost all its smartphones to $99 or less for customers subscribing for a 2 year contract. Verizon with this moves comes in a neck to neck competition with Apple’s iPhone 3G through AT&T, and raises speculation that newer smartphones may be coming to the carrier.
Every BlackBerry device will now cost $100 or less apart from BlackBerry Tour.
The price cuts suggest that Verizon is planning to clear out the inventory to launch new smartphones.

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Verizon Wireless expands 3G wireless network in Stowe, Vermont

On 08.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Stowe, Vermont. The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G coverage for the towns of Stowe and Moscow, as well as the surrounding areas.

Verizon Wireless, originally the first wireless provider to offer 3G speeds, today has the largest and most reliable 3G network coverage area in the United States, giving customers with notebook computers or smartphones the ability to:

* Browse the web faster with quicker page loading times
* Quickly download and play music
* Watch streaming video
* Send emails with attachments
* Download and play 3D games
* Video conference with your contacts
* Rapidly share files

“Verizon Wireless’ 3G network coverage across New England is unparalleled,” said director for Network System Performance for Verizon Wireless, Richard Enright. “We’ve invested billions of dollars into New England believing that even the most sophisticated cell phone is only as good as the network it runs on. Our continued aggressive network investments provide customers with a 3G network advantage at home and on vacation.”

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Tagged with: GSM • MVNO • Radiocom • RCL • Riverside • TMobileG2Phone.com • wireless space

Motorola plans to release two Android phones by 2009-end

On 08.03.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to CEO Motorola, Sanjay Jha, the company promises to have two new smartphones running on Android OS in the market by 2009-end. These handsets will be launched with two major carriers in North America, and multiple carriers outside the U.S.
According to media speculation, the two US carriers will be T-Mobile and Verizon, and these devices will have different designs but will supposedly both have touchscreens and sliding, QWERTY keyboards.
Jha said, “We have plans for several additional Android-based devices in the first quarter of 2010.”
Jha further reveals his company’s plan is to make inexpensive phones running Google operating system. “Our core strategy really is to take Android… as low down the feature phone tier as we possibly can.”
As part of this effort, Motorola will release phones for Sprint’s pre-paid service Boost Mobile, which uses the iDEN networking technology.

Nevertheless, it doesn’t plan to have it’s low-cost models run a “vanilla” version of Android, but have a custom user interface that will “simplify mobile communications with integrated contact and message management, multimedia and social collaboration,” according to Jha.

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Orange confirms to offer BlackBerry Curve 8520 (UK)

On 07.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange is going to offer the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 on both pay as you go and pay monthly tariffs from August. RIM said that it will support mobile access to both Facebook and MySpace, as well as offering the usual email and messaging services. The handset adorns a touch-sensitive optical trackpad and is the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

“More and more cell phone users are choosing to upgrade to a smartphone and the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 will undoubtedly convince many more people in the UK to make the switch. It is a great new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series and delivers all the great messaging, social networking and multimedia features that customers have come to love about BlackBerry smartphones,” said Carlo Chiarello, Vice President, Product Management, Research In Motion.

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Citibank launches Citi Mobile(R) for smartphones (USA)

On 07.28.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Checking your account balance or paying a bill used to involve a trip to the bank, and in recent years, logging on to your home PC. Today, Citibank is making banking easier than ever for its U.S. customers by expanding its mobile offering to smartphones, including most BlackBerry(R) smartphones, Palm(R) devices and iPhone(TM)( )mobile devices. Now, more Citibank customers can access and manage their bank accounts — anytime and anywhere — via their smartphone’s mobile browser.

“We understand that our customers’ busy lives keep them on the go, which is why we want to make it as easy as possible for them to bank with us,” said Peter Knitzer, Group Executive Vice President, Citi. “With Citi Mobile now available for all smartphones, even more of our customers have access to fast, highly secure day-to-day banking whenever they need it.”

It’s become clear that consumers are no longer using their smartphones for business purposes only. According to a repot, Q1 2009 Mobile Insights survey, 62% of recent smartphone acquirers use their devices for personal reasons, such as taking photos or texting friends, while only 10% use them solely for business. Additionally, consumers are switching to smartphones at a rapid pace, with smartphones accounting for 22% of all devices acquired in the past six months, increasing total market penetration in the U.S. to 16%.