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Here is a scoop from Smart PR via our favorite Yuga’s personal blog about … wait for it … Mobile TV. Yes, Mobile TV is here under test broadcast from the mobile network operator with twenty-five (25) million subscribers.
Now under test broadcast, the new mobile TV service is being offered by MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. in […]

Here is an article by Tomi T. Ahonen of Communities-Dominate.blogs.com fame. He is a respected author and independent consultant. I don’t normally write a short profile spill of people. In this case, I make an exception because I like his Mobile as the 7th Mass Media post. My comments will be coming in pretty late. […]

Looks like the Philippine mobile market is heathier than ever. Here is an article confirming that PLDT-owned mobile operators Smart and Piltel have reach 25 million subscribers.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) had a record 25 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of 2006, equivalent to about a 58 percent share of the local […]

An interesting area of discussion is the concept of Electronic Mobile Money Transfer or Expatriate Mobile Money Transfer (EMMT). It has been getting a lot of coverage lately[1][2][3][4][5].This is definitely one of those buzzwords that has not been finalized yet. EMMT refers to the ability to send money using the mobile phone. In the case […]

Here is an article from GMANews.TV about a NTC plan to introduce a new registration sticker for mobile phones and a recent update on how this will increase the cost of handsets.
Dealers, suppliers and even subscribers who plan to sell mobile phones soon must obtain National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) registration stickers – which regulatory body […]

Here is this scoop from New Telephony about some major announcements about the future of SMS and Instant Messaging. Actually, it basically states that the future of SMS is Instant Messaging.
The unforeseen popularity of ringtones may be synonymous with “windfall” for mobile operators, but text messaging is really the one to watch. That’s why industry […]

Innovation comes from strange places. It is something people search for and rarely find. Sometimes, they are the product of resources and access. Other times, they are the product of pure genius. And at times, they are just the product of plain ole luck. No matter where innovation comes from the mobile industry has been […]

The guys at Funambol are making a big announcement at 3GSMA in Barcelona. This PR article from Yahoo mentions that they will be demonstrating the world’s first open source mobile email, contacts and calendaring solution.
Funambol, the mobile open source software company, today announced it will preview its new mobile email portal for consumers at 3GSM […]

Here is a Washington Post story about the GSMA awarding a contract to LG electronics to make low cost Third Generation (3G) GSM mobile phones.
The handset will cost around $100, breaking through an important price barrier which is expected to boost sales of 3G phones. Most 3G phones are currently much more expensive and […]

Looks like the ITU-T is making the popular wireless broadband radio technology - WiMAX, the latest in the elite circle of radio technologies dubbed 3G (or Third Generation Mobile) or IMT-2000. Here is the scoop from ITWire.
There is a good chance that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will allow mobile WiMAX to be included in […]