Polish mobile operator Polkomtel is all set to bring selected matches of the Volleyball League on its portal wap.plus.pl, broadcast by TV Polsat Sport.
The company will charge a one time fee of US$0.86 for its transmission. Customers will not have to bear any additional charges for data transmission. The site also offers video archives of the most interesting matches and interviews with players.
Brazilian mobile operator Vivo has launched a pre-paid internet plan for US$5.94 per 30 days, or for US$0.19 per day.
When withdrawing the subscription, the value of the Vivo Internet Brazil Pre Internet is automatically deducted from the total credits of the subscriber.
Customers can try out the service for ten days, by requesting it via SMS. Customers can also contract the service using an SMS. The service is compatible with WAP devices and smart phones and provides for a monthly use of up to 20 MB of data at a maximum speed of 1 Mbps. If this limit is exceeded, the speed is reduced to 32 kbps.
MTS Ukraine is planning to launch a single quality monitoring system for value-added services on its network.
The operator will install 30 local modules with dedicated software and a central server in Kiev for the system.
The system will test VAS based on known subscriber behavior, including SMS, MMS, WAP, EDGE/GPRS and other services. The system is supplied by Russian integrator Sitronics.
Claro Peru, America Movil’s subsidiary has launched Claro Messenger, a carrier-branded mobile instant messaging service based on and powered by mobile messaging systems provider Synchronica’s hosted IMPS platform.
Synchronica is in the process of deploying this mobile IM solution across all 17 of Am©rica M³vil’s subsidiaries as part of an agreement which was signed earlier this year.
Claro Perº subscribers can register for the service by visiting the dedicated Claro Messenger website or by navigating to the icon Msngr icon in the WAP menu of their phones.
According to Juan Cueva, Claro’s VAS Manager, 80% of all mobile subscribers in Peru are younger than 45 years of age. Claro Messenger is ideal for their market because younger users tend to embrace alternative ways of communicating with each other, and their Claro-branded instant messaging community does exactly that.
According to Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, with a high pre-paid base and low smartphone penetration, Peru is exactly the type of market that Synchronica thinks of when they develop their award-winning products. Claro Perº is now the fifth subsidiary of Am©rica M³vil to launch their churn-busting Claro Messenger solution, and they certain that it will prove to be a highly popular addition to its value-added services portfolio.
eBay Inc. today announced it has acquired Critical Path Software, a leading mobile application developer that has worked with eBay for more than two years to help deliver popular mobile apps such as the eBay for iPhone® app, and StubHub, eBay Classifieds and Shopping.com iPhone applications. Critical Path Software’s proven mobile development capabilities will play an integral role in enabling eBay to accelerate improvements to the mobile experience for customers globally. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
“We’re very serious about innovating in mobile commerce, and this acquisition underscores our commitment to bringing the very best and brightest in the field to eBay,” said Mark Carges, chief technology officer and senior vice president, global products, eBay Marketplaces. “Integrating the Critical Path Software team into eBay will be a big win for mobile shoppers around the world; combined with the talent on our team today, we can make shopping and selling anywhere, anytime, for almost anything, even better.”
With more than 200 million listings available globally at any given time on eBay, shoppers have access to a wide selection of merchandise right from their mobile phones. eBay Mobile collaborated with Critical Path Software most recently on eBay Inc.’s most popular mobile app, the iPhone 2.0 core eBay app, which has been downloaded by more than 14 million times since its launch in 2008. Critical Path Software also was a key contributor in developing mobile apps enabling users to buy tickets on-the-go on StubHub; search local listings on eBay Classifieds; and access more than 7,000 global merchants on Shopping.com.
About eBay Inc. Mobile
eBay launched its first application for the iPhone in July 2008 and has since become a leader in mobile commerce. Its core iPhone application, which is available free via iTunes in eight languages and 190 countries, has been downloaded more than 14 million times and allows users to fully browse and buy without leaving the application. The eBay app for the iPadTM debuted in the top ten most downloaded free iPad apps in the iTunes Store and delivers a dramatically different, visually compelling shopping experience to browse and purchase the vast selection of products available on eBay. eBay’s suite of mobile apps, including Selling, Classifieds, StubHub and Deals, make selling and buying possible virtually anywhere, anytime. In 2009, eBay’s mobile gross merchandise volume (GMV) – the value of all goods sold – was more than $600 million. eBay expects to generate $1.5 billion in GMV through mobile commerce in 2010.
eBay Inc.’s PayPalTM division has been delivering mobile payments since 2005 and has a mobile app for iPhone®, AndroidTM, BlackBerry® and Windows® Phone 7 smartphones, as well as SMS and WAP-based payments solutions. PayPal offers merchants an easy way for shoppers to checkout on mobile websites via Mobile Express Checkout and mobile developers can use PayPal for in-app payments using PayPal’s Mobile Payments Library. In 2009, $141 million in payments were transacted over PayPal’s mobile applications and PayPal expects to close out 2010 with more than $500 million in mobile payment volume from five million PayPal members worldwide.
For more information on eBay Mobile, visit www.ebay.com/mobile.
About eBay Inc.
Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of buyers and sellers globally through eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, and PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive online payments. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world’s largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. For more information about the company and our global portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
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About Critical Path Inc.
Critical Path Software is a leading mobile application development company, based in Portland, Oregon, built on a foundation of pioneering the growth of new technologies since 1991. The company was one of the first developers to create mobile experiences for the iPhone®, AndroidTM and Windows® Phone 7 platforms. Critical Path Software has helped create mobiles apps that are consistently the top apps in their respective categories, such as lifestyle, shopping, health and fitness and travel. Critical Path Software is a team of talented software developers and quality assurance (QA) professionals, with a constant drive to improve the mobile user experience.
The number of mobile subscribers in the UAE is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of over 7% during 2009-2012, says RNCOS in its research report.
Our research report Booming UAE Telecom Sector†shows that the UAE’s telecommunication market has shown tremendous growth during the past few years, mainly propelled by the government initiatives aimed at the deregulation of the market and introduction of competition. Our research reveals that penetration in the mobile market reached around 190% in 2008, leaving less room for operators to acquire further advantage of the market. But this doesn’t indicate the end of growth as the number of mobile subscribers is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of over 7% during 2009-2012. Our report has discussed factors behind the growth of mobile market and telecommunication market in the UAE.
In line with the increasing education and business in the region, the demand for Internet services has also increased during the past few years. Although dial-up subscriptions currently dominates the Internet market, we project broadband subscribers to account for more than half of the Internet subscribers in coming few years. Our study provides a deep analysis on all segments including mobile market, fixed-line market, Internet market, and broadband market with their current market and future outlook.
With robust economic growth and rise in disposable income, various industries in the UAE are performing well. These mainly include the retail industry, banking industry, insurance industry, etc. Growth in these industries is driving the demand for ICT products in the country, as there is a rising demand for Internet usage in these industries to stay connected with the rest of the world. Our study shows that including huge domestic demand, there are also many other drivers that are fuelling growth in the UAE telecom market.
There has been a mass migration of users from traditional voice-only mobiles to more sophisticated third-generation mobile technology. As a result, there has been an upsurge in the sales of 3G mobile phones in the UAE. The emerging 3G markets present tremendous growth potential for the content and application providers in the UAE, as 3G helps mobile users to access various WAP-enabled websites on mobiles. Besides, we have studied other emerging markets in the UAE telecom sector.
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