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TDC enhances Play digital music service

On 12.22.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In order to include unlimited music streaming, TDC has enhanced its Play digital music service. No PC client or DRM component installations will be required in the unlimited streaming feature.

With no additional cost, the Danish operator’s subscribers can access to stream songs from the 6.1 million track library. The TDC Play service is included in all mobile and broadband subscriptions and available for both Windows and Mac users.

The enhanced playlist function with increased usability enables customers to listen to music while simultaneously downloading tracks. Besides, a super distribution function enables quick file sharing among TDC Play service users.

Tagged with: Denmark • DRM • Europe • TDC

France Telecom merges with Sunrise in 1.5 billion euros deal

On 12.04.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 1.5 billion euros will be paid by France Telecom to merge its Swiss Mobile Units with Sunrise, owned by TDC of Copenhagen. The move was taken to challenge Swisscom, the state-run market leader.

Sunrise and its own operator, Orange Switzerland will combine with France Telecom forming a new entity with 38 percent market share and 3.4 million customers. 75% of the joint venture will be owned by France Telecom while 25% will be retained by TDC.

According to Orange executive vice president Olaf Swantee, who is also in charge of France Telecom’s mobile businesses, the merger will provide the company the critical mass they need in the Swiss market.

Earlier, France telecom entered into a 50- 50 partnership of its British operator, Orange U.K. with T-Mobile U.K., both operators struggling in UK telecom market.

Tagged with: Copenhagen • Europe • France • Joint Venture • Market Share mobile units • operator • Orange • swiss market • Swisscom • Switzerland • TDC • telecom • uk telecom

Orange & RIM introduce BlackBerry Curve 8520 in Spain

On 08.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Orange and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone, a new addition to the BlackBerry Curve series of smartphones.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will be available from Orange Spain in frost. (more…)

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RIM launches BlackBerry Curve 8520 in France

On 08.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the new BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone for customers in France. The stylish handset, a new addition to the BlackBerry® Curve™ series of smartphones, is available from wireless carriers in France.

The slim new BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone. For people who like to be connected, it provides easy mobile access to email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and popular social networking sites (including Facebook® and MySpace) and features a highly tactile full-Azerty keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing. It also features rich multimedia capabilities and access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go.

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is a quad band phone, and is also Wi-Fi®-enabled to arm customers with fast Web browsing, Wi-Fi calling via UMA where available, and extended data coverage. (more…)

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2ergo & AT&T form a joint venture to promote Vans Warped Tour (USA)

On 08.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 2ergo, a leading international provider of integrated mobile products and services with a focus on mobile marketing, mobile business solutions and mobile entertainment, and AT&T’s Youth Marketing Group today announced a joint venture to promote the annual Vans Warped Tour, a popular music and sports festival featuring some of today’s hottest bands and most talented extreme sports athletes.

As part of the agreement, the AT&T Youth Marketing Group will utilize 2ergo’s Mobile Campaign Manager technology to manage pre-tour text messaging campaigns to concert enthusiasts who opt-in via their mobile devices. By texting the words “WARPED VANS 09” to short code 826709, consumers can then enter their city of choice to receive customized Warped Tour exclusive stage schedules, information regarding contests and more. (more…)

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M1 & Nokia launch Nokia Messaging to subscribers at lower price (Singapore)

On 07.06.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Nokia and M1 today announced a collaboration to offer a new, easy-to-use email service to M1 customers. With the Nokia Messaging service, M1 customers will be able to enjoy push email service on the go at a very affordable price.

By subscribing to any of the bundled data plans specially customized for this service, M1 customers will be the first in Singapore to be able to use Nokia Messaging on more than 20 Nokia handset models at a low cost. (more…)

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Telecom Express, IMImobile join forces to launch IMEXmobile (UK)

On 06.18.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telecom Express, the UK’s largest provider of interactive services to UK media companies, and IMImobile, the mobile technology platform and services specialist, today announced the launch of IMEXmobile. The joint venture company has been set-up to provide major media groups with an end to end solution for the implementation of interactive mobile services to grow revenues across this sector.

IMEXmobile unites Telecom Express’s 20 year track record in the delivery of interactive services to media clients with IMImobile’s proven service delivery platform. Telecom Express currently provides services to the UK’s leading media companies including News International, the BBC and Telegraph Media Group, whilst IMImobile provides mobile technology platforms and services to network operators and media companies such as Vodafone, Airtel, Virgin Mobile, Yahoo and Reuters in 40 countries around the world.

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German mobile operators to continue dominate market-study

On 06.17.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: According to a study, the German mobile market will be dominated by content platforms of mobile operators, IT providers and handset manufacturers. The study further reveals that mobile operators will keep their leading position on the market, according to 65% of the surveyed experts, followed by the handset manufacturers with 44% and IT companies like Microsoft, Google or Yahoo! with 35%. Also, mobile content providers are anticipated to lead the market by 25%, whereas MVNOs will be leading by only 9%.

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Chunghwa Telecom inks mobile search deal with Yahoo (Taiwan)

On 06.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Chunghwa Telecom is in a mobile search pact with Yahoo. The non-exclusive agreement has been extended for one year. “This is a service that will give users a faster search function on their phones,” Chunghwa Telecom mobile business group Vice President Lin Jen-Hon reportedly said.

Yahoo announced the availability of its Yahoo mobile service in nine additional countries–Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Spain and Italy–and 100 more devices worldwide. Yahoo Mobile now extends across 17 markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia and supports more than 400 devices, including Apple’s iPhone.

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RIM launches BlackBerry Tour smartphone

On 06.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Tour™ – a powerful new 3G BlackBerry® smartphone for CDMA customers in North America. The new BlackBerry Tour smartphone offers state-of-the-art communications and multimedia capabilities with outstanding mobile performance and consummate styling. It is a feature-packed and highly refined world phone that keeps you connected and lets you tour the world in style.

“BlackBerry continues to be the top selling smartphone brand in North America and we are proud to add this powerful new 3G world phone to our successful product portfolio,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “With its striking design and exceptional performance, the new BlackBerry Tour will offer a compelling choice for the growing number of wireless customers looking to upgrade their existing cell phone to a smartphone.”

The BlackBerry Tour smartphone allows customers to stay seamlessly connected – across town and around the world. It supports high-speed 3G EV-DO Rev. A networks in North America, as well as 3G UMTS/HSPA (2100Mhz) and quad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM networks abroad. (more…)

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