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Two Dozen Carriers Worldwide Unite Against Apple’s App Store
Explore Article textually.org (Feb 15 2010) Mobile Applications , Smartphones , Americas , APAC
Two dozen of the world’s largest mobile-phone companies, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Deutsche Telekom, China Mobile and Vodafone, are teaming up to create an “open international applications platform,” which is obviously in direct response to Apple’s success with its own iPhone App Store. Press release via MocoNewsComment on Article Mentions: iPhone AT&T Vodafone
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Dell Confirms Android Smartphone
Explore Article InformationWeek (Nov 13 2009) Smartphones , APAC
The computer maker will release the touchscreen Mini 3 in emerging markets this year.Comment on Article Mentions: iPhone AT&T Android
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Chinese eBay rival to launch branded mobile phone
Explore Article textually.org (Nov 30 2009) Smartphones , APAC
China's biggest online auction and retail Web site, Taobao.com, plans to stamp its brand on a new mobile phone, reports MisASIA. The phone, which will be co-branded by Lenovo Mobile and come with a pre-installed Taobao application, the source said Wednesday. The handset is part of ongoing efforts by the company to "develop the wireless market," including by drawing more mobile users to Taobao.
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Australia. Text spammers fined $16m
Explore Article textually.org (Oct 23 2009) SMS , APAC
The Federal Court of Brisbane has fined two companies and three individuals almost $16 million for breaches of the Spam Act. ABC reports. It follows the first ever court action taken against those sending unwanted text messages. The case was brought by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. A further hearing is scheduled to commence in November against three others accused of similar conduct. -
iPhone to Be China’s Top-Selling Smartphone? Really?
Explore Article GigaOM (Nov 16 2009) Smartphones , APAC
China Unicom is continuing to trumpet the iPhone’s prospects in China — despite widespread conviction that it’s too expensive there. As Stacey recently noted, Daniel Amir, director and senior research analyst of semiconductors at Lazard Capital Markets, has cited China Unicom officials as saying they’d sold some 30,000 iPhones in the country since its launch [...]
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China Mobile Now Serving Half a Billion Customers
Explore Article GigaOM (Sep 21 2009) APAC
China Mobile has become the first wireless carrier in the world to cross the 500 million subscriber-mark. The company has added 45.7 million new subscribers so far in 2009, and now has 502.9 million subscribers. (Photo by Oskay via Flickr.) -
U.S. Will Lead in 3G, So What If You Can’t Use the 3G Networks
Explore Article GigaOM (Aug 4 2009) Smartphones , APAC
Thanks to Apple’s fast-selling iPhone, 3G-enabled BlackBerry devices and more recently, Google phones, the U.S. will overtake Japan as the largest number of 3G users in the world in 2011. Of course, that lead will be temporary because by then China (and by divine intervention, India) would have launched their 3G networks, according to Telegeography, [...]Tweet This
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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 ...Comment on Article Mentions: Nokia Singtel
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U.S. Leading the Global Mobile Data Boom
Explore Article GigaOM (Sep 22 2009) Smartphones , APAC
China and India may be well on their way to dominating the voice world with billions of users, but when it comes to mobile data, U.S. companies are leading the charge, showing strong growth both in terms of overall traffic and revenue, according to data collected by our friend Chetan Sharma, who is a member of the [...]
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As Android Rollouts Ramp Up, China’s Borqs Gets $17.4M
Explore Article GigaOM (Jul 10 2009) APAC
Borqs, a Beijing-based startup that develops mobile software for handset makers and mobile carriers using Google’s Android OS, says it’s received $17.4 million in Series B funding from Norwest Venture Partners as an increasing number of devices using the platform are being readied for launch. Some 18-20 new Android-based phones are expected to be [...]Tweet ThisComment on Article Mentions: T-Mobile Android Google
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Apple's iPhone May Face Trademark Problems In China
Explore Article mocoNews (Jul 1 2009) Smartphones , APAC
A Chinese company, which owns the trademark “i-phone,” may make it difficult for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to sell a similarly spelled product in the same market, reports IDG News Service. Apple has said it hopes to enter the very large market within the next year, and is rumored to be in talks with China Unicom to offer the iPhone. But the similarities of the two names would make it illegal to sell the phone under that name in China, said Wang Hao, general manager of BSFD, an intellectual property law agency in Beijing. Apparently, Apple applied for the iPhone trademark ...
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Apple Has Sold 30,000 iPhones So Far in China
Explore Article GigaOM (Nov 13 2009) Smartphones , APAC
Apple is expected to ship 11 million million iPhones this quarter, and is banking on China for continued growth, according to an analyst note issued today. Daniel Amir, director and senior research analyst of semiconductors at Lazard Capital Markets, cited China Unicom as sayings it’s sold some 30,000 iPhones in the country since the iconic [...]
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Times are tough for China Mobile - just hang in there
Explore Article gomonews.com (Aug 20 2009) Smartphones , APAC
China Mobile has reported that it's profits dropped by 1.6% during Q2, compared to last year. This is despite it's total subscribers rising to almost 500 million during that same quarter - that's right, around 7.35% of the entire world population are subscribed to China Mobile. Roughly every 13th person on the planet is a China Mobile subscriber. So why have its profits dropped?
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Over-priced, Wi-Fi crippled iPhone not selling all that well in China
Explore Article gomonews.com (Nov 2 2009) Smartphones , APAC
If proof were needed that having an iPhone contract does not equal automatic success for an operator, just look to China. The iPhone went on sale there last Friday exclusively from the second largest operator, China Unicom. But the highly expensive phone, which has no option for connecting through Wi-Fi, has seen disappointing sales.
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Misleading SMS ads get slapped down in Australia
Explore Article gomonews.com (Jun 15 2009) SMS , APAC
Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has targeted two companies it claims are misleading consumers using SMS. The ACCC won a court order against UK company AMV Holdings Limited for misleading adverts in magazines, and had an interim injunction leveled against Clarion Marketing Australia for hiding the costs of SMS subscription services. AMV Holdings Limited was [...]
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