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Google releases Android Open Source Code for smartphones , GPhone also launched: Google on October 21, 2008 released the open-source code which powers its Android mobile operating system and invited outside programmers to tinker with the software to develop their own features.
Doubling of cap on mobile transactions by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will provide a boon to mGovernmrnt and mcommerce: With the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) doubling the cap on mobile transactions, mobile payment companies are looking at the new opportunities to provide mobile based transactions for government servides as well as the wallet services through mobile devices. The move will benefit rural and unbanked citizens of India the most.
Bahrain to launch mGovernment services as an extension of e-Government services: The Comprehensive National Telecommunications Centre is going to role out e-Government services that will bve available to the residents of the country through their mobile devices and a dedicated government hotline number. revelaled the Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Ali Al Qued of Bahrain e-Government Authority.
Bahrain to launch mGovernment services as an expansion of their e-Government outreach: The Comprehensive National Telecommunications Centre is going to role out e-Government services that will bve available to the residents of the country through their mobile devices and a dedicated government hotline number. revelaled the Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Ali Al Qued of Bahrain e-Government Authority.
Lee Williams from Nokia to head Symbian Foundation: The ten initial board members of the Symbian Foundation (AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, ST-NXP Wireless, Texas Instruments and Vodafone) today announced the nomination of Lee Williams as the Executive Director for the planned foundation. Lee is currently head of the S60 organization in Nokia’s Devices business.
Global dialogue on the impact of Open Source Software in transforming Government to be organized by World Bank's e-Development Thematic Group: Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON), Oregon State University and the World Bank's e-Development Thematic Group, invite you to join via live webcast a videoconferenced Global Dialogue between Portland, Washington DC, Moscow, Colombo, Daccar, Accra, Kigali and Brasilia on "The Impact of Open Source Software on Transforming Government"
300 million US $ to be contributed by The World Bank for NeGP: The World Bank will contribute US $ 300 million for project preparation facilities under National e-Governance Programme. The facility is expected to assist capacity building and knowledge management initiatives for various mission mode projects (MMPs) under NeGP
BSNL IPO plans stuck with employees: The employee unions of public sector telco BSNL, which obtained its board’s approval to go for an IPO, have rejected the company’s and communications minister A Raja’s offer to give all the three-lakh employees 500 shares at Rs 10 each.
Another $800 million to be invested in Pakistan by China Mobile: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani held a series of meetings with Chinese corporate leaders, including Wang Jianzhou, Chairman of China Mobile, Jin Kening, President China National Chemical and Engineering Corporation (CNCEC) and Levin Zhu, Chairman China International Capital Corporation (CICC) during his visit to China.
Mobile Operators asked to neutralize signals in border areas of India: Stepping up security across the border, the government has asked mobile companies to install equipment to neutralise radio signals emanating from mobile phones in these areas.
Rural India will account for 40% of telecom sector share in emerging markets: India's rural telecom sector is poised for explosive growth in the next five to 10 years, grabbing a 40 per cent share of the new market, a study released on Wednesday said.
Vodafone acquires 70% stake in Ghana mobile firm: Vodafone has acquired a controlling stake in Ghana's third largest mobile phone company for $900m (£452m) as it continues to hunt for growth in emerging markets
Mobile Linux Group (LiPS) merges with Limo Foundation to strengthen efforts for a Mobile Linux Platform: The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum on Thursday announced it will roll is activities and members into the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMo) in an attempt to create a stronger entity for pushing mobile Linux.
EU Mobile Data Market Growing Rapidly Driven By Spread of Mobile Broadband - GSMA: Usage of mobile data services, which enable people to access the Internet, email and other multimedia on the move, is growing rapidly in the European Union as mobile broadband networks proliferate and prices fall.
Microsoft plans to buy Portuguese mobile software company: Microsoft has agreed to buy Portuguese mobile software company MobiComp in one of it's biggest-ever investment in Portugal
Telecom industry calls for new convergence policy to enable content on mobile devices: May25,2008. The telecom industry urged the government to bring out a comprehensive convergence policy to deal with changing technology.
Motorola bags $90 mn BSNL order for supply of GSM network equipment: Motorola has received a $90 million (Rs 360 crore) contract to supply GSM network equipment to state-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL).
RIM may launch new Blackberry device to compete with Apple iPhone: Research in Motion, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry handheld gadget, is working on plans to launch a touch-screen version to compete head-to-head with Apple's iPhone.
New study points to growing use of mobile devices in public sector: A growing number of public sector organisations are using mobile communications in innovative and cost-effective ways, a new study has found.
Idea and Tata Communications pilot mobile money transfer from UAE to India: A joint effort by Idea, Tata, HSBC and Etisalat may make remittances from UAE to Kerala (India) faster and convenient.
Vodafone downgraded on EU threat: Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile-phone company, and Telefonica SA fell in European trading after Morgan Stanley said regulators will cut rates aggressively'' for calls between fixed and wireless phones.
Intel unveils tiny chips tailored for mobile Internet gadgets: The world's biggest computer chip maker Intel unveiled on Wednesday a set of tiny "Atom" processors it says will give mobile devices desktop computing power.
South African pupils seek to improve maths results using mobile phone: Nokia, the South African Government's Department of Education and not for profit organization Mindset Network have launched this innovative application to help girl students learn Maths.
DoT allocates CDMA spectrum to Sistema: Sistema’s strategy to beat the huge demand for GSM spectrum by seeking bandwidth to deploy CDMA technology has worked while the GSMA operators have to wait for the clearance of spectrum by defence forces.
Zambia: Mobile Phones to the Rescue flood affected citizens: Satellite communication equipment including phones have arrived in Zambia to help several thousand flood-affected people access aid in time.
India to beat US in mobile telephony: Set to become second largest player in mobile subscribers after China, the next level of innovative applications will creat many global giants from India in the mobile / wireless space
AeroMobile deploys inflight mobile service for Emirates: The systems is launched by Emirates Airline. The Airline will be investing USD 27 Million to get the system deployed in its fleet.
Excise duty increase by government of India makes mobile phones costlier, telecom players unhappy: Mobile phones are set to get costlier by 4-5% as the finance minister, P Chidambaram on Friday announced imposition of a 1% excise duty on all handsets with immediate effect.
Leading Operators Work Together To Measure Mobile Advertising: GSMA & UK operators to form a working group to define common metrics and measurement processes for mobile advertising as part of the GSMA’s Mobile Advertising Programme
DoT likely to issue mobile licences, spectrum to nine companies by month-end: India , 2 5 February. The government will issue new telecom licences to nine firms, which were given letters of intent (LoI), and follow it up with allocation of start-up spectrum for the roll-out of mobile services.
GSMA Chairman’s Award 2008 presented to India’s Sunil Bharti Mittal: Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of India’s Bharti Enterprises was presented with the GSMA Chairman’s Award on 12th February 2008. The award is GSM Association’s most prestigious honour.
Radiation fear on mobile phone usage -Warns French government: In the first explicit advice of its kind in the Western world, the French government said children should not spend more than six minutes talking on a mobile phone. An accompanying television broadcast demonstrated how far radiation from the phones is able to penetrate into the brain.
Internet giants including Google and Yahoo focus on mobile for revenues: Internet firms are working with mobile phone companies on sending ads to customers as they walk near specific businesses. The rival systems use the ability of phone networks to pinpoint the location of customers to within 50 metres.
Film Legend Robert Redford to Headline at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress: Film actor, director and Sundance Institute Founder & President, Robert Redford will headline at Mobile Backstage, a special one day Mobile Entertainment conference on Wednesday 13th February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Reliance Communication to invest $ 5 billion in network expansion in 2008: With a view to extend its urban and rural coverage, Reliance Communication will invest $5 billion (Rs 20,000 crore) this year. The investment will help the company increase its urban coverage to 98 percent and rural reach to 67 percent.
Asia will dominate WiMax market by 2013 - Research report: Asia will account for over half of all mobile WiMax subscribers by 2013, equating to over 40 million subscribers, according to Juniper Research.
Decision to close factory results in anti-Nokia backlash in Germany: The Finnish mobile phone giant said on Tuesday it plans to close the factory in Bochum in the Ruhr industrial heartland and shift production to Romania where labour costs are lower. The closure will result in 2,300 job losses.
Spectrum allocation to telecom players in India under CVC scrutiny: While DoT has been championing the cause of the present route, saying that it was difficult to treat unified access service licence (UASL) on par with fixed-line or mobile licences, most other wings of the government have supported adopting the auction route.
Industry Leaders Collaborate to Introduce New Mobile Broadcast TV Technology Platform: Demonstrations and consumer trials in 2008 aim toward new mobile services, providing a potential multibillion dollar economic boost to broadcast TV and related industries
USA.gov makes more public services available through mobile devices: US legislative information, including access to the Library of Congress' Thomas database, hit the mobile web courtesy of USA.gov.
Mobile Based information Service launched by Singapore Government: The citizens can access important government information by sending an SMS to the number 74688. This will help the citizens on the move access government information as per their need.
Indian government to review charges for mobile spectrum usage: India will review the share of revenue it levies from firms offering mobile services for the use of wireless spectrum as per the recommendations by the Telecom Tribunal
China formulates national standard for mobile TV: Of the different mobile TV standards available in China, the CMMB, DMB-TH, T-MMB and CDMB standards are currently supported by SARFT; while the TD-MBMS and CMB standards are supported by the Department of Telecom
Google prepares to bid for spectrum auction in US: Google said it would file its application to bid on the valuable 700-megahertz spectrum, which is being vacated by television networks as they convert their signals to digital
Mobile Operators in India resort to RTI act to settle spectrum allocation issues: Incumbent mobile operators and applicants for new licences have found a new weapon to fight their rivals on the contentious issue of licensing and spectrum allocation: the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Mobile Operators in India use RTI act as a weapon for influencing spectrum allocation policy: Incumbent mobile operators and applicants for new licences have found a new weapon to fight their rivals on the contentious issue of licensing and spectrum allocation: the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
India and its neighbouring countries to cooperate on ICT connectivity: These networks will be established and operated through the public-private partnership with a strong focus on entrepreneurship development.
3G services by middle of 2008 - Indian IT Minister: Indian IT minister promises the release of additional spectrum for 2G and 3G services my end of 2007
Global VC Seminar on Mobile Government by eDTG of The World Bank: The seminar will be held during e-GovWorld 2007 scheduled for November 29-30,2007
Cisco unveils Mobile Government Solutions for state & local governments and municipalities in USA: Cisco® unveiled its Cisco Mobile Government solution, including partners and an integrated suite of products and applications at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in US
Vodafone to spend $2billion annually to tap Indian telecom market: British cellular giant Vodafone plans to spend $2 billion annually to make inroads into the rapidly growing Indian telecom market, Chief Executive Arun Sarin said Monday.
New telecom players line up to tap growing Indian market: India is soon going to emerge as the second biggest mobile market only after China with broadband being another area that will witness massive growth due to increase in Internet usage
Mobiles for mapping - Nokia's new initiative adds to the usability of the device: Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, made a huge play for this emerging technology by agreeing to buy Chicago-based digital mapmaker Navteq Corp. for $8.1 billion
SMS services for Indian farmers by Reuters: Reuters Group Plc rolled out a service on Monday to bring commodity prices, crop and weather data to Indian farmers via mobile phone
UK to lead pan European e-Identity program: The three year pilot project with a funding of 13 million ponds will cover 13 European countries to test interoperability of several e-Identity systems.
Myanmar cuts off mobile phones , blocks Internet: Myanmar authorities went after the Internet and mobile phones that have proven so vital and powerful in documenting the dramatic confrontations
Mobile players not investing enough : Crisil: The results of a recent study by a reputed research agency point out gaps between increase in subscription and investment on infrastructure.
Mobile payments for government services in Dubai: Dubai eGovernment signed a memorandum of strategic partnership (MOSP) with Etisalat, the UAE's leading telecommunications provider.
Mobile phones have no adverse impact on health: States the latest report published by UK's largest investigation study in to possible health risks from mobile telephone technology. The Programme received approximately £8.8 million of funding.
State IT agency of South Africa signs agreement to implement mobile government: The initiaitve helps the government by offering secure mobile and network solutions to government departments, to enable them to accelerate service delivery to the people of South Africa.
Vendors in India will have to state the radiation level on the mobile phones: The government may also specify the upper SAR limit as is being done in the West, which implies that cellphone radiation levels for handsets sold here must be below this threshold
Singapore's Mobile Government initiative is in the list of world's top 20 innovations: The nominated projects that make the top 20 list were selected from more than 100 applications from 30 countries. The winner of the award will be announced on 24 September.
India surges ahead of US and OK to become world's second largerst market for Nokia's mobile phones: With India emerging as the world’s fastest growing mobile market with over 6 million new subscriber additions every month coupled with the lowest tariffs, Nokia has surpassed its own target almost three years ahead of schedule.
Microsoft to reform Windows for mobile devices: Mobility, whether in the form of notebook PCs or smart phones, represents a rapidly expanding market and Microsoft is gearing itself to take the lead
Vodafone joins the WiMax Forum: WiMAX™ technology is set to allow high-speed internet access from laptops and other mobile devices over larger distances than previous technologies such as Wi-Fi.
Australian police experiments with mobile phones for crime reporting: Evidence from crime scenes is called in by mobile phone to police headquarters at Flinders Street.
Google entry in mobile services may change the way you access Internet: With the entry of Google in to mobile services domain, the internet experience in its innovative form on the mobile phones is poised narrow the gap between the mobile phone and comnputing devices
Now get Yellow pages on your mobile: Finding a business on the fly is becoming much easier as a host of free phone-directory services have begun offering custom searches of their business listings.
Put a TV in your pocket with new DVBH system: MOBILES already store contacts and appointments, check email, edit documents, surf the internet and take photos, but soon you'll be able to put a fully fledged television in your pocket.
SCO to market its mobile solutions through iBilt in India: The SCO Group Inc., a provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services, has named iBilt Technology as its partner for its mobility products in India.
Google and Sprint sign pact to deliver Wimax Mobile Internet services: This seems to be a bigger deal than what (Google's) done in the past, more comprehensive," said Pacific Crest analyst Steve Weinstein,
Indian Public Broadcaster Prasar Bharti to launch Mobile TV initiative to boost revenues: Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli said that he is upbeat about the mobile TV initiative, which Doordarshan had launched earlier this year on a pilot basis, and sees immense revenue earning potential given the first mover advantage.
Singapore PSU Temasek plans to acquire stake in Bharti Teleservices and TataSky: The Singapore government investment arm Temasek Holdings has announced that it is set to take equity stakes in India's leading mobile phone operator Bharti teleservices and direct-to-home (DTH) operator TataSky
Ireland government establishes €2.45 million research for the development of television, music and other services for mobile phones: The research programme brings together 23 of leading telecommunications companies working with researchers from third level institutions, led by the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group at Waterford IT.
Government of India to rope in Department of Posts for verification of mobile phone subscribers: “The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the Department of Posts (DoP) to engage its huge force of postmen for carrying out the verification process for mobile subscribers that are growing @ 6 million per month
Open USIM system in Korea to boost application development for cell phone authentication: As the discussion on open USIM, a core standard of Asynchronous 3G mobile service, mobile solution industry is busy with preparation for meeting the demand for application development.
India's first mobile government initiative launched by Madhya Pradesh government: The pilot project using SCO Mobile Server enables electronic provisioning of services and access to government information using a cell phone over the cell carrier network.
World's First Bollywood channel for mobile phone launched by Hungama Mobile: The channel is expected to be rolled out on 2.5G and 3G networks in countries such as Dubai, Maldives, Mauritius, Pakistan, South Africa, UK, Singapore and Oman.
World's first bollywood channel on mobile phones launched in India by Hungama Mobile: The channel is expected to be rolled out on 2.5G and 3G networks in countries such as Dubai, Maldives, Mauritius, Pakistan, South Africa, UK, Singapore and Oman
Malaysian PSU launches mobile content transcoding facility to tap USD 600 billion global market: The facility resulted from a collaboration between MDeC, custodian of the MSC Malaysia initiative, and telecommunications solutions provider NGT Solutions Sdn Bhd.
Ericsson, Idea Cellular and GSMA launch live biofuel base stations in India: Indian mobile operator and the GSM Association's Development Fund announced setting up of four mobile base stations powered by locally produced biofuels for rural India
Global dialogue on e-Governance strategies on June 19: The World Bank e-development thematic group, GICT and IT SLC in association with USAID are organizing a global dialogue on e-Governance strategies.
Text Message - New way for calling police on 999 service: The Government has given the go-ahead for a new 999 text-messaging emergency line which will work in tandem with the traditional call centre.
Mobile ID service launched in Estonia by EMT: A new service, Mobile-ID (Mobiil-ID in Estonian) has been launched in Estonia last May by mobile operator EMT in cooperation with CA AS Sertifitseerimiskeskus.
AirSage Introduces TrafficWiSE™ to Aid Industry and Government: New Solution Provides Targeted, Reliable and Cost-Effective Approach to Address Critical Needs Nationwide .
Mobile communication sector contributes more than 5% to Nairobi's GDP: Nairobi, The mobile communication sector contributed to more than five percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2006.
22% growth expected in China mobile phone market in 2007: Nokia is planning to launch a phone based on China's homegrown 3G standard, TD-SCDMA. Reports say the phone is expected to be available early next year.
Delhi high court issues notices to government , Hutch on Vodafone deal: Telecom Watchdog, an NGO, alleged that minority shareholders in the firm, Asim Ghosh, Analjit Singh, and another company hold 15.03 percent stake and they were acting as a front for Hutchison.
Mobile devices to change people’s interactions with government: The growing scientific understanding of the principle of swarm intelligence is an important aspect of this potential transformation of government. The term suggests that groups of people may be capable of a higher level of collaborative behavior than could be predicted from the abilities of individual members
Hong Kong to provide mobile Government services to its citizens: The Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee of Hong Kong government welcomed the Government's plan to provide Wi-Fi facilities at Government premises which is expected to bring benefits to citizens, the commercial sector, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, the Government and Hong Kong as a whole.
Indian government considering abolishing roaming charges for mobile users: The move by the ministry of communication will be a great boon to the mobile subscribers.
China accepts 3G mobile phone standards: The decision paves the way for the issuance of 3G licenses, which are to be issued in time for 3G service to be operating for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Dubai government to revamp e-Government services for improving economy: The Ministry of Government Sector Development signed an agreement with Dubai eGovernment to simplify and streamline online services throughout the seven emirates, under the umbrella of the Federal Government.
Mobile based emergency notifications on weather alerts to the conference attendees in US: After Hurricane Katrina it was critical for the ALA to be able to relay weather alerts to its annual conference attendees in a timely and cost effective manner. With more than 2,500 attendees signing up for the opt-in text message service, it was considered a huge success and a service we will continue to offer at future ALA conferences and events.
UK government launches new website for public services on 3G mobiles: Directgov has launched a new mobile service designed for 3G and newer handsets. Following customer research and testing, the service has a new navigation system, making it easier to find the information you need, fast.
Google bets big on mobile platform and rural India: Google is also betting heavily on the mobile platform (as PC penetration is low) and plans to introduce services like Google Talk (instant chat application), and Google Maps through tie-ups with Indian mobile operators.
Searching on mobile may soon become more effective than searching through computers: Searching on a mobile phone is starting to undergo a makeover that takes into account how mobile Web surfing can be different from surfing on a home PC. Companies including Yahoo, Google, Microsoft an