America Movil launches Ideas, a social networking service

By Editor on February 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A social networking service called Ideas has been launched by Latin American mobile operator America Movil. Through the service, the users can stay connected and update their account on social networking sites directly from their mobile phones.

The SMS or MMS sent by the Ideas users will be automatically posted on social networks, including Facebook, YouTube, WordPress, Twitter, and Picasa.

Mexico will be the first country to receive the service followed by Latin America.

Filed under Mobile · Tagged with ebook, Idea, Latin America, Mexico, MMS, operator, Social Networking, twitter

Motorola Ventures invests in Scanbuy, a mobile barcode firm

By Editor on February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Motorola Ventures, the strategic investment arm of Motorola, has made an unspecified investment in mobile barcode solutions provider Scanbuy. Besides Motorola, Masthead Venture Partners, Hudson Ventures and select private investors have also participated.

Consumers are enabled to scan two-dimensional barcodes with a standard camera phone to automatically display a specific mobile website featuring product reviews, price comparisons and coupon offers through the Scanbuy’s ScanLife application. Users can also view and share that information via social networking communities including Facebook and Twitter.

Android, BlackBerry OS, iPhone OS, Java and Symbian platforms are provided with ScanLife and operators and handset makers in North America, Latin America, Western Europe and Asia has deployed the solution.

Filed under Mobile · Tagged with Android, ASIA, Blackberry, Facebook, iPhone, Latin America, Motorola, North America, operator, Scanbuy, ScanLife, Social Networking, Symbian, Western Europe

Non-text mobile data services getting popular (USA)

By Editor on December 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to the latest consumer study by the Parks Associates’, 40% of the more than 70 million U.S. broadband households with a mobile phone service have adopted non-text mobile data services.

ARPU drivers like mobile TV and music have been eclipsed by mobile Internet and e-mail services indicating need for the carriers to offer practical” services first to the mobile service users. Carriers can also deploy popular web activities as revenue-generating data services due to 10 percent increase in mobile social networking and navigation services.

According to Director of Health and Mobile Product Research, Parks Associates, Harry Wang, the strong growth rate during the past two years in the usage of mobile Internet, social networking, e-mail, and navigation indicates eagerness in consumers for mobile applications offering convenience and loaded features.

Wang added that Smartphone will penetrate more than 30% of broadband households in US in 2009. Carriers will target these 20 million households to market their mobile data services.

Filed under Mobile · Tagged with ARPU, Broadband, e mail services, Harry Wang, internet, Mobile Applications, Mobile Data Services, mobile internet, Mobile Phone Service, Mobile Product, Mobile TV, North America, product research, rate, smartphone, Social Networking, USA, WEB, web activities

AirG’s Mobile Community Hits 10 Million Users; Becomes World’s Fastest Growing Mobile Social Network

By Editor on August 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (MARKET WIRE) — August 28, 2006 — AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities and wireless social networking, announced today that as of May 1, 2006, its mobile community reached a new milestone by surpassing more than 10 million unique users, making it the fastest growing mobile social network in the world. The rapid growth of AirG’s community is evidence that wireless social networking is becoming a mass market phenomenon and will soon rival the popularity of social networking on the Internet.AirG has been successfully powering social networking on mobile phones since 2000, and has built a mobile community that is interconnected to more than 85 mobile operators globally, including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Boost Mobile, Orange and Virgin Mobile. Many of AirG’s millions of unique users are in the coveted 18-25 demographic and spend an average of 59 minutes per day in the community. Based on these numbers, it is no surprise that mobile operators, media companies, consumer brands and advertisers alike are taking notice.

“AirG’s social network is the only mobile application in the market today where users are captive in a live and interactive environment on their phones for an average of an hour each day,” commented Frederick Ghahramani, co-founder of AirG. “This provides a tremendous opportunity for mobile operators, brand holders and advertisers to engage customers and communicate with them directly.”

To demonstrate the power of mobile communities to reach consumers directly, AirG recently conducted a survey in its community where over 30,000 users responded in just 90 minutes and provided valuable insights into their spending habits and behaviors. The survey found that the majority of users would rather chat on their phone than watch TV, do not own a PC, spend more than $80 each month on their mobile phone, and spend more than $100 each month on clothes and entertainment. In fact, the response rate to advertising in AirG’s mobile community is on average more than ten times as effective as online.

AirG’s comprehensive suite of mobile community products includes the Community Marketing Engine, Community Patrol, Community Storefront, Community Marketing Toolkit and Micro-Community Interface, and is available for licensing by mobile operators, media companies and consumer brands. By combining instant critical mass, recurring revenues, 24×7 monitoring and support, and the ability to target market directly to users in the community with a patented cutting edge user interface; AirG has the most feature-rich, interactive and fastest growing mobile community solution available in the market today.

About AirG

AirG powers mobile communities and wireless social networking. The company’s products and services have a proven track record of increasing customer affinity for leading mobile operators and media companies globally including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Orange and MTV Asia. AirG’s mobile community has more than ten million registered users worldwide and is available on more than 85 mobile operators. Based in Vancouver, Canada, the company also has offices in the UK, Australia, France, Germany, the Philippines and India.

Source- http://www.marketwire.com

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