Handsets
Airtel launches m-commerce service on voice
Bharti Airtel, an integrated telecom services provider headquartered in India, has launched its m-commerce service – ‘Mchek on Airtel’ on the voice platform. This service enables use of voice (IVR) for m-commerce transactions for all Airtel mobile customers. The customer has to call 543219 to access the service which is toll free. The new service [...]
America Movil, Nokia to bring mobile e-mail to Latin America
America Movil and Nokia has signed an agreement to bring a “top-of-the-line messaging experience” in multiple devices to customers in Latin America. Through this agreement, the Nokia Messaging solution will be available to America Movil customers in seven countries before the end of the year. Through Nokia Messaging, America Movil customers will be able to [...]
Airtel launches ‘Push-to-Connect’ service on Motorola iDEN Network
Motorola Home & Networks Mobility has announced that Airtel Wireless has launched ‘Push-to-Connect’ service in the province of Alberta, Canada, using Motorola’s iDEN handsets and an iDEN Harmony wireless communication system. With Motorola’s iDEN cellular technology, users can make regular voice calls, share data and also have immediate contact for two-way conversations with the simple [...]
Family Safeware launches filter for iPhone, iPod Touch
Family Safeware, a developer of internet filters for mobile devices, has launched iNet SafetyBubble, a parental control and web filtering solution for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. The company informed the application allows parents to customise which websites they want to block either by category or individual site and also monitor web activity with [...]
Vip, RIM launch BlackBerry Storm in Serbia
Vip mobile, a member of Mobilkom Austria, and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced the BlackBerry Storm smartphone – featuring a ‘clickable’ touch-screen – to customers in Serbia. Purpose-built for Vodafone and its partners, the smartphone will be available in Vip mobile centers across Serbia. The price starts from RSD1 including a 1GB data package [...]
Telefonica, Nokia partner to ‘mobilise’ education in Latin America
Telefonica and Nokia have signed a strategic agreement to bring educational content to remote schools in Latin America through the use of mobile technology. The two companies aim to transform the delivery of education in isolated areas as a way to close the digital inclusion gap in the region and promote social development. The agreement [...]
Etisalat, RIM introduce BlackBerry Storm smartphone in UAE
Etisalat and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone, featuring a ‘clickable’ touch-screen, to customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BlackBerry Storm smartphone’s platform and multimedia and communications capabilities are aimed at providing business customers and consumers alike with personalised entertainment, information and communications at their fingertips. The smartphone also [...]
Orange, Nokia extend partnership with mobile e-mail
Orange and Nokia will extend their partnership with a new e-mail service for consumers. This extension to their multi-country agreement is aimed at delivering and launching a co-branded solution, Nokia Messaging by Orange, on a range of Orange Signature devices. First announced in February 2008, this three-year agreement was formed by Nokia and Orange to [...]
Belgacom, RIM launch BlackBerry Storm in Belgium
Belgacom and Research In Motion (RIM)have announced the availability of the BlackBerry Storm smartphone in Belgium. Designed to satisfy the needs of both consumers and business customers, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone combines the communications features, global connectivity and personal productivity attributes of the BlackBerry platform with a touch-screen technology. The phone’s SurePress touch-screen is aimed [...]
Nokia to launch Nokia E71x
Nokia has announced it will deliver the thinnest QWERTY smartphone, the Nokia E71x, to consumers across the United States together with AT&T in the coming weeks. Echoing the design and feel of the Nokia E71, the Nokia E71x is being promoted as a multimedia machine for busy people who want internet-on-the-go capabilities in the palm [...]
