Qik launches video apps for iPhone

Qik, a mobile video streaming platform has introduced an iPhone app, named Qik Video Connect.

The service intends to allow a person to stay connected with friends and family through video calling, video messaging and video sharing.

With the Qik Video Connect, users can instantly share the latest happening with their contacts through a live video call. If they are not able to connect live, users can send a video mail. Customers can also post live video links to Facebook and Twitter.

The social video feed allows users to follow what friends are doing by receiving alerts when new videos are shared and watching those videos directly on their mobile phone. The application is available in two options, Qik Video Connect and Qik Video Connect Plus.

The Plus option is available for US$2.99 and offers additional features such as real-time effects, video editing, and HD quality. Both the Qik Video Connect and Connect Plus apps enable live video chat over 3G or Wi-Fi between iPhones, iPod Touches with built-in cameras. Both apps are available for download at the Apple App store for iPhone and 4 generation iPod Touch models with iOS 4 or later.

Hutchison 3G Austria is modernizing its radio access network to be ready for HSPA+ and the next generation of mobile broadband, or LTE. At the same time this step will allow the operator to halve the energy consumption of its base stations. Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake this upgrade starting in autumn 2009.

The demand for increased mobile broadband capacity and throughput in Austria is reflected in the increasing usage of data cards and mobile services like Mobile TV, video download or video sharing,” said Berthold Thoma, CEO of Hutchison 3G Austria. Mobile broadband is also one of the most pragmatic solutions to bridging the digital gap between cities and rural areas. For rural areas, mobile broadband coverage is simply less expensive and faster to deploy than fiber to the home” solutions. We hope that with our nationwide coverage we will contribute significantly to this end.” (more…)

Portugal Telecom’s mobile operator, TMN, has announced it has 750,000 clients with 3G and 3.5G equipment, representing 15 percent of the total (5 million), and giving it the leadership of the mobile broadband market in Portugal. Mobile TV, video calls, video sharing and broadband connectivity for wireless internet access are some of the services made available by TMN thanks to the new technology.

Source- http://www.telecompaper.com

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