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Distributors offered incentives to push BlackBerry service

Distributors offered incentives to push BlackBerry service

Retailers are being offered ongoing revenue if they push TrackTech's eMerit BlackBerry banking application.The software allows users to process credit card transactions on their mobile phones, reports Mobile News. A Merchant Banking Service does not need to be used by those who use the e-commerce solution because it connects via the BlackBerry Internet Service or Enterprise Server. Use of the prog...
Friday, 29th August 2008 - full story

UK mobile phone sales increase by 14 per cent

UK mobile phone sales increase by 14 per cent

Recent figures have shown that the number of sales of mobile phones in the UK has risen by 14 per cent in the past year.A study by GfK and GFU revealed that the Britain is currently Europe's largest buyer of consumer electronics, accounting for 22 per cent of the market, reports Mobile Entertainments.The growth may come as a surprise to some, given that the market value of the products has dropped...
Friday, 29th August 2008 - full story

Mobile phone market needs 'less regulation and more choice'

Mobile phone market needs 'less regulation and more choice'

UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom recently stated that the mobile phone market in Britain needs "less regulation and more competition".Following consultation with major industry players, the body concluded that with an increase in the use of mobile communication and a decline in landline use, people require better access, value and choice.Ed Richards, Ofcom's chief executive, commented: "With significant...
Thursday, 28th August 2008 - full story

Nokia reveals new fashion phone

Nokia has recently unveiled one of the latest and most exclusive additions to its range of mobile phones. The 3G Carbon Arte 8800 is a follow-up to the Sirocco and will retail in the UK for £870 ...
Thursday, 28th August 2008 - full story

Mobile phone technology makes 'working easier'

Increasingly advanced mobile phone technology and the dropping cost of purchasing it has led to working while on the move becoming easier.At least this is the claim of Renato Bottini, head of business...
Thursday, 28th August 2008 - full story

China Mobile to expand 3G

China Mobile has announced that it will be conducting commercial trials of 3G in 38 cities by June 2009.The chairman of the mobile phone company's parent firm Wang Jianzhou said the company has alread...
Wednesday, 27th August 2008 - full story

Photoshop to be released for mobiles

Adobe Systems has announced that it will be releasing a mobile version of Photoshop in late September. Early reports of the software suggest that it will serve three main functions, the first of which...
Wednesday, 27th August 2008 - full story

Sony unveils mobile gaming plans

Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Sudios (SCE WWS) has announced that it has selected Player X to publish a new set of games for a mobile phone, including Buzz! and Destruction Derby.The Buzz! fra...
Friday, 22nd August 2008 - full story

Cameras are 'key mobile battleground'

Cameras are the deciding factor in the mobile phone war, according to an expert in the sector.Ben Wood, analyst at CSS Insight, predicts that phones with ten and 12 megapixel technology will hit the m...
Friday, 22nd August 2008 - full story

Mobile gaming receives iPhone boost

The popular Apple iPhone is helping to encourage the development of mobile gaming, according to new figures.A report from media analyst Screen Digest reveals that the top four game publishers are cont...
Thursday, 21st August 2008 - full story

Asda slashes mobile charges

Asda has unveiled new price plans for its pay as you go (PAYG) mobile phone services.Call costs for PAYG customers have been cut to 8 pence a minute, with texts priced at 4p, compared to rates from Or...
Thursday, 21st August 2008 - full story

Mobile honour for Google

Google has today won a leading mobile phone award.The company came out on top in the search category of the Future Mobile Awards, chosen by Juniper Research.Companies that have made a significant cont...
Thursday, 21st August 2008 - full story

Mobile banking 'makes life easier'

Taking advantage of mobile phone banking services is one way to make managing money simpler, according to an industry expert.Most high street banks have provided some form of mobile banking for some t...
Wednesday, 20th August 2008 - full story

'Do not ban overseas mobile downloads'

Mobile operators should think carefully before implementing a ban on international mobile broadband downloads following an EU threat to impose legal measures, says AdaptiveMobile.The European commissi...
Tuesday, 19th August 2008 - full story

China expected to produce 605m handsets this year

More than 605 million mobile handsets are expected to be produced in China this year, according to CCID Consulting. Manufacturers in China have already made 279 million mobile phones this year. Nokia,...
Monday, 18th August 2008 - full story

Mobile use doubles in 5 years

The average Britons spends twice as long texting and chatting on their mobile phone as they did in 2002, according to Ofcom.A survey by the UK telecoms regulator reveals that there has been a sharp ri...
Friday, 15th August 2008 - full story

Air passengers use mobile phones

It has been confirmed that the first UK-bound commercial flight that allowed passengers to use their mobile phones while on board landed at London Heathrow last week. The Emirates Boeing 777 service f...
Thursday, 14th August 2008 - full story

Handset owners urged to delete mobile web history

Leaving personal information and web browser history on a mobile phone can make it "that little bit easier" for a fraudster to steal that person's identity.This is the view of Danny Harrison, head of ...
Thursday, 14th August 2008 - full story

VoIP capabilities added to new iPhone

Global IP Solutions has unveiled a software development kit for the Apple iPhone 3G, it has emerged.According to a statement issued by the company, this will enable application developers to integrate...
Wednesday, 13th August 2008 - full story

51% of Brits receive mobile ads

Some 51 per cent of mobile phone users in the UK receive advertising messages through their mobile phone, new figures show.According to GfK Technology, mobile phone marketing exposure is becoming incr...
Wednesday, 13th August 2008 - full story

Mobile phone sales 'to rise 11% in 2008'

Global mobile phone sales will grow by 11 per cent this year to 1.28 billion units, it has been estimated.Despite challenges in some regions, the handset market is set for double-digit growth over the...
Tuesday, 12th August 2008 - full story

LiMo and Android 'can coexist'

Mobile platforms LiMo and Google's new Android should be able to "coexist" in the market for Linux-based handsets, it has been claimed.Strategy Analytics believes both platforms will be successful bec...
Tuesday, 12th August 2008 - full story

Texting 'more reliable' than picture messaging

New services on mobile phones will only take off when they work on every handset with every operator, according to Huw Morgan, the editor of MobileChoiceUK.com.This is why text messaging has become so...
Monday, 11th August 2008 - full story

Survey reveals strange mobile habits

New research from tech magazine iGizmo has uncovered the strange habits of mobile phone users in the UK. An estimated 730,000 Britons have conversed on their mobile while in the throes of passion. Ove...
Monday, 11th August 2008 - full story

'Don't report lost handset as stolen'

Many people are unaware that reporting a mobile phone as stolen when it is just lost is a criminal offence that could actually land the person who finds the phone in trouble.Danny Harrison, head of mo...
Friday, 8th August 2008 - full story

Sharp growth in handset recycling

Mobile phone recycler Eazyfone Group has seen an 80 per cent increase in people exchanging unwanted mobile phones for cash since the start of the year.The sharp rise has been attributed to the credit ...
Thursday, 7th August 2008 - full story

Report predicts sharp rise in mobile broadband

The number of mobile broadband subscribers around the world will top 5.2 billion by 2011, a new report has claimed.According to Infonetics Research, cellular mobile broadband subscribers are forecast ...
Thursday, 7th August 2008 - full story

Mobile email is the 'next step'

The "obvious next step" for the mobile phones industry is delivering email to handset owners, according to MobileChoiceUK.com.Huw Morgan, editor of the handset review website, said that people send em...
Wednesday, 6th August 2008 - full story

IDC: Smartphones driving global mobile shipments

Sales of smartphones helped maintain double-digit growth in the global mobile phone market during the second quarter of 2008, according to a report by IDC. Smartphone shipments are currently growing b...
Tuesday, 5th August 2008 - full story

Mobile industry reports strong growth

New figures show that the worldwide mobile phone industry enjoyed significant growth in the second quarter (Q2) thanks to increased competition between manufactures of high-end handsets.According to I...
Thursday, 31st July 2008 - full story

Study predicts the rise of 3G VoIP

The number of 3G mobile voice over internet (VoIP) users will rise sharply over the next five, years, it has been claimed.A new report by Research & Markets (R&M) has forecast that the number of 3G Vo...
Wednesday, 30th July 2008 - full story

Mobile map technology 'on the rise'

Accessing maps via mobile phones is on the increase, according to a new comScore report.In the three-month period ending May 2008, three per cent of UK consumers and eight per cent of US consumers use...
Tuesday, 29th July 2008 - full story

Boom time for mobile internet, texts and picture messaging

The Mobile Data Association (MDA) has reported growth in text messaging, mobile internet and picture and video messaging in the first five months of the year.Some 1.4 billion text messages were in the...
Tuesday, 29th July 2008 - full story

Ofcom gives the green light to inflight mobile calls

A ruling by Ofcom means that passengers could soon be allowed to use their mobile phones on aircraft.The regulator said radio equipment for inflight mobile telecommunications would be licensed under t...
Tuesday, 29th July 2008 - full story

SMS dominates messaging market

Short Message Service (SMS) will account for 83 per cent of all messaging revenues by 2013, it has been claimed.A new report from ABI Research has shown that SMS will generate revenues of £89 bil...
Monday, 28th July 2008 - full story

BBC consults on mobile TV content

Bosses at the BBC are consulting on plans to stream television and radio channels to mobiles phones. The consultation, which ends in August, comes in the middle of a year-long trial in which BBC servi...
Monday, 28th July 2008 - full story

Report: Mobile premium content set to grow

Mobile penetration looks set to hit 100 per cent in many parts of Europe, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.The study states that the industry will have to commit to new services and appli...
Friday, 25th July 2008 - full story

Mobile browser market 'on the up'

Consumers and business users are increasingly using their mobile handsets for internet browsing and other data services.This can be attributed to the emerging interest in open-source browsers, accordi...
Thursday, 24th July 2008 - full story

Ryanair to test inflight mobile phone service

Budget airline Ryanair is to trial a system that will allow passengers to use their mobile phones on flights.If successful, inflight mobile phone calls could be being made by travellers sometime in Ja...
Thursday, 24th July 2008 - full story

Mobile phones to replace marking meters?

Doncaster council is looking into whether mobile phones could be used to pay for car parking.In attempt to combat accusations that council is profiteering from parking meters that fail to give out cha...
Friday, 18th July 2008 - full story

Report: Softphone usage to grow thanks to multitasking

The proliferation of wireless headsets attached to mobile phones and PCs will boost the penetration of headsets in offices, it has been claimed.A study by Frost & Sullivan found that because headsets ...
Thursday, 17th July 2008 - full story

WiMax chipsets integrated into smaller mobiles

Mobile vendors can increasingly afford to integrate WiMax chipsets into smaller mobile devices, according to a new report by ABI Research.The study attributes this to a decline in average selling pric...
Thursday, 17th July 2008 - full story

Travel managers urged to use mobile phone technology

Travel managers have a high regard for mobile phone technology but are failing to use it to its full potential, according to a new survey.A poll conducted by Amadeus found that all travel managers sur...
Wednesday, 16th July 2008 - full story

EU wants cheaper text messages

EU citizens should be free to text across borders without being "ripped off", European telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding has said.She said that under new plans, the cost of sending text messages wh...
Wednesday, 16th July 2008 - full story

US and UK lead mobile internet market

Mobile phone owners in the US and the UK are leading the way when it comes to browsing the internet on the go, a new study has found.A report by analysts Nielsen reveals that over 40 million Americans...
Tuesday, 15th July 2008 - full story

Email most common use for smartphones

Consumers in the UK are increasingly using mobile phones to check their emails, new research has revealed.According to the London School of Economics (LSE), 43 per cent of people use their handsets to...
Thursday, 10th July 2008 - full story

Mobile internet 'becoming essential'

Mobile internet systems are likely to become a big part of people's everyday lives, according to an expert.Andrew Lim, mobile phones editor at CNET, stated that being able to access the web via a mobi...
Thursday, 10th July 2008 - full story

Mobile service for tourists launched

A mobile phone company is collaborating with five tourist boards in north-west England to provide an information service to visitors.Travel Buddy is working with authorities in Merseyside, Cumbria, Ch...
Wednesday, 9th July 2008 - full story

City workers 'will take phones on holiday'

Smartphones are likely to be the must-have accessory on the beach this summer, the results of a new survey suggest.However, the trend for taking a hi-tech mobile phone on holiday has nothing to do wit...
Tuesday, 8th July 2008 - full story