Articles from Dianne See Morrison

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Technologies: MMS, Mobile Applications, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Security, Mobile Social Networking, Mobile Spam, Operator Services, Smartphones, SMS
Regions: Americas, APAC, EMEA
Standards & Legislation: Congress & FCC, Distracted Driving, Handset Exclusivity

  1. Orange UK To Sell iPhone Starting 10 November; No Price War For Now

    Explore Article mocoNews (Nov 2 2009) EMEA

    Orange UK, the country’s third largest network, announced today that it will begin selling the iPhone on November 10. While the move marks the end of O2’s exclusive contract to sell the phone to its customers, consumers hoping for a better deal at Orange will be disappointed. As Orange UK CEO Tom Alexander promised earlier, the carrier has sidestepped a price war. The monthly price plans for the phone are nearly identical to O2, save a few pence difference. The phone will also be offered on pay as you go deals, with the iPhone 3GS 32GB version costing £539. Full ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Tom Alexander   Orange

  2. European Carrier Orange To Put Google Mobile App On Homescreen

    Explore Article mocoNews (Oct 28 2009) Smartphones

    European Carrier Orange To Put Google Mobile App On Homescreen The Google (NSDQ: GOOG) juggernaut steams on. In the US, today’s launch of Motorola’s Droid phone, the first Android phone for the country’s largest carrier Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) dominated tech news. In Europe, France Telecom’s wireless carrier Orange announced that it has partnered up with Google to give its mobile application, Google Mobile App, one-click access on the carrier’s homescreen, starting with Android handsets in its portfolio. It will also be available on Symbian S60, RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and Windows Mobile devices at a later date. Google Mobile App provides access to the search giant’s popular applications, including search, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Android   Orange   Google

  3. Damages Could Be Worth Up To $1 Billion In Nokia's Patent Spat With Apple

    Explore Article mocoNews (Oct 23 2009)

    How much is at stake in Nokia’s lawsuit against Apple? According to Reuters, analysts believe that if the case is found in Nokia’s favor, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) may have to pay up to $1 billion for the mobile technology patents that the Finnish handset maker alleges that the iPhone maker has infringed. Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston believes the damages could amount to anything between $200 million and $1 billion for the 34 million iPhones already sold. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster put the figure at $6 to $12 per phone sold, or between $200-$400 million. But does Nokia (NYSE: ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   iPhone   Nokia

  4. Palm Pre Owners Downloaded One Million Apps

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 25 2009) Mobile Applications , Smartphones

    Palm Pre Owners Downloaded One Million Apps The Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre may only have around 30 applications available to it so far, but that hasn’t stopped new Pre owners from already downloading a million apps, according to mobile analytics firm Medialets. The nytimes.com’s Bits Blog did the math, working out that based on RBC Capital’s estimate of 150,000 Pres shipped since the device’s June 6 debut, this works out to an average of six or more applications downloaded per device. Not bad at all given the very limited choice. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Palm Pre   Ovi Store   Nokia

  5. YouTube Sees 400 Percent Jump In Mobile Video Uploads Since New iPhone Launch

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 25 2009) MMS

    YouTube Sees 400 Percent Jump In Mobile Video Uploads Since New iPhone Launch Give them easier access and they will upload and watch. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) said today that since the iPhone 3G S has come out, YouTube uploads have risen 400 percent. That’s a mighty jump being attributed to one phone model. But Google, which owns the online video site, said that in the last six months, uploads from all mobile phones to YouTube have surged 1,700 percent. The company attributes the overall growth to new video-enabled phones on the market, as well as improvements it made to make it easier to post a video to YouTube from a phone, plus a ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Google

  6. Microsoft Signs Mobile Ad Deal With Hyatt

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 22 2009)

    Microsoft Signs Mobile Ad Deal With Hyatt Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has signed a deal with Hyatt to put the hotel chain’s ads on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) phones, on which the software giant is the default search engine. Bloomberg reports that the deal to be announced at today’s Cannes Lions advertising conference is part of Microsoft’s attempt to turnaround its faltering ad business by moving beyond PCs. Not many of the deal’s details have emerged just yet. Apparently, the Hyatt ads will take users to the chain’s mobile web site and will allow people to sign up for the chain’s loyalty program, as well as letting them book ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Bloomberg   Microsoft   Google

  7. Interview: Chris Wade, CEO, Shozu: VC's Won't Pay For Free Apps Forever

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 19 2009) Mobile Applications

    Interview: Chris Wade, CEO, Shozu: VC's Won't Pay For Free Apps Forever Charging for apps may just be the wave of the future, according to Chris Wade, the brand new CEO of Shozu, whose applications allows users to upload content on their phones to content sharing sites—such as Flickr and Facebook—on the internet. Though there’s been much debate about whether its only free apps that do well with consumers, and whether consumers have now been primed to expect apps for free, or at the 99-cent mark, Wade, who is Shozu’s largest private shareholder, and has been its chairman since 2002, believes that many companies, and especially those backed by VCs, will soon ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   iPhone   Ovi Store

  8. iPhone 3G S Could Rack Up 500,000 In Sales In Debut Weekend

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 19 2009) Smartphones

    iPhone 3G S Could Rack Up 500,000 In Sales In Debut Weekend Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster believes that Apply may sell half a million iPhone 3G S models when they go on sale this weekend, half the number of its predecessor, the iPhone 3G, reports Fortune. But that lower estimate reflects the fewer number of countries the new version is rolling out in—eight instead of 21, Munster said. It also reflects the fact that the new phone’s features aren’t “major improvements” and that the iPhone 3G debuted at half the price. Still, it’s much more than the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre drummed up, which according to analysts, racked up some 50,000 ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Apple   Apple

  9. Report: Qualcomm Charged With Unfair Licensing Practices In South Korea

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 19 2009) MMS

    Trouble for Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) in South Korea. The country’s competition regulator has charged the chip maker with unfair licensing terms, as well as charges that the San Diego-based company acknowledged earlier, according to Reuters, citing an unnamed source. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Broadcom   Texas Instruments   Qualcomm

  10. IRS Asks Congress To Drop Cellphone Tax

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 18 2009) Congress & FCC

    IRS Asks Congress To Drop Cellphone Tax The IRS has asked Congress to abandon a 1989 law that taxes personal cellphone calls that are paid for by a worker’s company, calling the law “obsolete” thanks to the “passage of time, advances in technology, and the nature of communication in the modern workplace,” reports the WSJ. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology

  11. iPhone Price Cut To $99 Will 'Kneecap' The Industry

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 16 2009) Smartphones

    iPhone Price Cut To $99 Will 'Kneecap' The Industry Apple’s price cut of the iPhone 3G to $99, largely overlooked at the launch of the iPhone 3GS last week, will not just “kneecap” the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre, but will kneecap the entire industry, and most importantly carriers and cellphone makers, according to Roger Entner, Nielsen’s Telecom Practice research head. In a very persuasive post, Entner writes that the new $99 price point for the iPhone 3G “completely changes the value proposition of every handset at every carrier in the US.” Now that the price of the iPhone 3G has been halved, any device over $49 looks “outright overpriced, ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   AT&T   Nielsen

  12. Vodafone's CEO Sees "Monetization Potential" In Mobile Advertising

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 16 2009)

    Of all the carriers, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) seems to be positioning itself to make the most of mobile advertising, which is reflected in a lengthy feature in Investors Daily, in which Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao discusses the carrier's plans for mobile advertising. We've written about those plans here and here, but it's still interesting to see that the carrier has wheeled out its CEO to discuss mobile advertising, and not just a product manager. (No doubt Colao's experience from his two years as head of Italian media group RCS prior to joining Vodafone helps). Colao notes that after years of ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   Vittorio Colao

  13. GetJar To Provide Virgin Mobile France's Upcoming App Store With Free Applications

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 15 2009) Mobile Applications

    GetJar, the independent mobile app store, has struck a deal with Virgin Mobile France, to provide the French carrier's new mobile app store to launch on Wednesday with its entire selection of free applications, some 45,000 in total. The deal is the second for Getjar this month. Earlier in June, it announced a similar outsourcing deal for Sony Ericsson's upcoming app store. The 4-year old San-Mateo, California-headquartered company, which counts Accel Partners as one of its backers, also supplies Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) Ireland and 3UK with apps. Getjar's recent outsourcing deals show just how dramatically the mobile app landscape has ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Vodafone   Apple   Getjar

  14. IRS Defends Proposals To Tax Personal Use Of Company Cellphones

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 15 2009)

    The IRS is so misunderstood. Last week, news surfaced that the tax agency was planning stricter enforcement of a law that taxes the personal use of company-paid cellphones, a move that the wireless industry feared would prompt employers, overwhelmed by paperwork, to cancel their employee's calling plans. The WSJ.com reports that an IRS official has defended its stance, saying that its proposals on how to handle personal calls were aimed at helping businesses comply with the law, not tax individuals. The tax official told the WSJ that the agency was more "concerned" about employers deducting the right amount for their ... (Read Full Article)

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  15. Singapore's SingTel Launches Mobile Music Service

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 15 2009) APAC

    Southeast Asia's biggest telecoms firm SingTel launched a mobile download service Sunday for music and videos in its home market of Singapore, which it plans to take to other parts of Asia. The service, called AMPed, was developed with Universal Music and will help position the carrier's offering beyond "just bits and bytes," according to the carrier's CEO Allen Lew. AMPed is only available to contract customers, a move that it hopes will lure new customers and tempt existing ones to upgrade their monthly plans. Lew pointed out that in Singapore more than 50 percent of mobile users listen to ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Nokia   Singtel

  16. LG Lauching App Store In South Korea; Releasing Android Phone Later This Year

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 11 2009)

    LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) is planning to launch an app store in its home market of South Korea in July, reports Reuters. It's unclear at this point whether the store will be available to LG phone owners around the world. According to an LG spokesperson, the mobile phone maker launched a software developer site last year where it provided access to some of its SDK's for developers. But it has yet to launch an app store outside of Korea, and is "currently investigating" its options. Reportedly, both LG and its South Korean compatriot Samsung have been reluctant to open their ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Samsung   Nokia   LG Electronics

  17. Now For The Fine Print: AT&T Disappoints On iPhone Upgrades; No MMS Or Tethering Just Yet

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 9 2009)

    The 16 GB version of the iPhone 3G S, the model released Monday, goes on sale through AT&T (NYSE: T) for $199, the same price as the iPhone 3G, which now drops to $99. Attractive prices, definitely. But, those prices are only for new customers to the carrier, those who want to upgrade will have to pay much more. The message: once AT&T has you, the heavily subsidized ride is over. Those who are not coming to the close of their original contract will have to pay an additional $200 for the 16GM model, or $399 in total, and another ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   AT&T   T-Mobile

  18. iPhone Helps Japan's Softbank Record Biggest Amount Of Net Adds In May

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 8 2009)

    It looks like even the Japanese with their much more feature-packed phones can't resist the iPhone. According to TeleGeography Research, the iPhone helped Japan's third largest carrier Softbank gain the most net additions of all the Japanese networks in the month of May. Japanese industry group Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA) put out new data on Friday that showed Softbank had acquired 105,000 net new mobile gains in May. The carrier said that the popularity of the iPhone 3G helped increase sales, though it was also boosted by the network's three-month long iPhone sales campaign that began in February. During its ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Softbank   iPhone

  19. Report: Disney's Shamrock Holdings In Talks With Motorola To Buy Israeli Mobile Operator MIRS

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 8 2009)

    Walt Disney's investment arm Shamrock Holdings is in early talks with Motorola (NYSE: MOT) to buy the handset maker's Israeli mobile operator MIRS, reports Reuters, citing Israel's business newspaper Globes. Neither Shamrock or Motorla would comment on the matter. Globes said that the troubled handset maker was hoping to secure a deal that would value the mobile operator, Israel's fourth largest, at $300 million. The newspaper also reported that Motorola has hired Merrill Lynch to value the network for a sale. (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Merrill Lynch   Motorola

  20. Nokia's UK Pairing Of Comes With Music And Touchscreen 5800 Off To Rocky Start

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 4 2009) EMEA

    Nokia (NYSE: NOK) reported that its 5800 touch screen phone had been a hit the first quarter, especially when it was combined with their unlimited music offering "Comes With Music." But in the UK, the paired offering, which went on sale last weekend, got off to a poor start. According to Mobiletoday.co.uk, though Nokia was hoping to reinvigorate Comes With Music in the UK by placing it on its hit touch screen device, Orange and Phone 4U, its exclusive providers, "failed to register a single sale" at the majority of their stores. Comes With Music originally launched on the Nokia ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Orange   Nokia

  21. Report: The Android Paradox: As Adoption Grows So Does Fragmentation

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 3 2009)

    Last week at its annual developers conference, Google's senior director of mobile platforms, told the audience that at least 18 Android-based phones and as many as 20 would be available for sale by the end of the year. It was a sign that Android was getting some serious traction. But while this was a welcome milestone for the OS, IMS Research analyst Chris Schreck said that the fragmentation that could arise from the widespread adoption could end up being its biggest threat. Specifically, Shreck said that one of Android's features that appeals to handset makers and mobile network operators is ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Handset Alliance   Google   IMS Research

  22. Chinese Mobile Content Giant KongZhong Predicts Mobile Games To Drive Revenues

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 3 2009)

    Chinese mobile content giant KongZhong plans to focus its attention on mobile games, which the company believes could generate as much as 25 percent to 30 percent of its gross revenues in 2009, the company's vice president said, according to Sinocast.com. Currently, mobile games account for 10 percent of the company's revenues, while 90 percent come from its service provider business, in which it provides clients including the country's largest network China Mobile, with mobile content services. KongZhong also said it would branch out into the wider gaming field and into console games and web games. It plans to release ... (Read Full Article)

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  23. Mobile Handset Makers, Carriers Pushing Social Nets Beyond Smartphones

    Explore Article mocoNews (Jun 1 2009)

    Social networks are some of the most popular sites on the mobile web, and while its easy to access them with a smartphone, it gets a whole lot harder using a standard feature phone. According to comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) M:Metrics, 15 percent of the 25 million US smartphone users access social-networking Web sites "almost every day," compared to a much smaller 3.6 percent of feature phone users. But given their popularity, both handset makers and carriers are trying to make it easier for consumers who can't afford or don't want a smartphone to access social nets, reports the WSJ.com. On ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Opera Software   Samsung   AT&T

  24. Unilever To Trial Mobile Coupons

    Explore Article mocoNews (May 29 2009)

    The notion of offering coupons via mobile phones has been bandied about since the earliest days of the wireless web, but now it looks like mainstream brands are increasingly convinced that consumers are willing to give them a try. On Sunday, FMCG giant Unilever will kick off a trial powered by mobile marketing startup Samplesaint.com that will let consumers redeem coupons by having a supermarket cashier scan their phones. The four-week long test will be conducted at a ShopRite supermarket in Hillsborough, N.J., and if successful, will be rolled out to more stores. Why now? Unilever director of integrated marketing ... (Read Full Article)

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  25. Mobile Ad Space Headed For "Reality Check"

    Explore Article mocoNews (May 28 2009) MMS

    The crowded mobile ad space will get a whole lot less so, as start-ups face a "reality check" and VC's clean out their portfolios, according to The 451 Group analyst Thomas Rasmussen via Seeking Alpha. The latest victim is mobile ad startup Ad Infuse, which had been unable to raise additional funding and was forced to put itself up for sale. Last week, the company, which had raised $18 million before it needed additional funding, was scooped up by UK mobile ad firm Velti, for what Rasmussen estimates to be $1 million pounds, or "scraps," as he calls it. Rasmussen ... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Yahoo   Google   Technology

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