Google has released a Google Talk client for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers that allows instant messaging as long as the browser is open. Since it runs off the browser, Safari in this case, it means the user does not have to download or install anything, but it also means that navigating away to […]
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The 3G mobile TV service is only available to those with 3G handsets and plans, so unlike a mobile TV broadcast service, 3G mobile TV services cannot be offered to the entire subscriber base.
So, uptake in 3G mobile TV is dependent on an increase in the number of 3G subscribers. Today 3G penetration is far […]
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Recognized as the second biggest mobile growth market after China with over 261 million subscribers, research firm Direct2 Mobile forecasts that India’s mobile entertainment market will be worth US$ 403.13 million in 2008 and US$2.24 billion by 2013.
According to a MEF report, piracy is having a devastating impact on the ringtone market and is expected […]
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To position itself effectively in the rural market, Nokia plans to offer internet based services in micro-finance, distribution, agricultural services and after sales and support services for the non-urban markets. Nokia considers micro finance as a major initiative to increase mobile penetration in India from the current 26%.
“The company is planning to come up with […]
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Industry experts say that the mobile advertising market currently valued at Rs 40 crore can grow more than nearly 12 times in the next five years to Rs. 500 crores, if telecom companies provide open Internet access at low rates along with standardization of regulations according to this article.
The bottleneck, however, is the prohibitive cost […]
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India has shipped close to 85 million mobile handsets between April 2007 and March 2008, compared to under 66 million units shipped in the previous fiscal, registering an year-on-year growth of around 29%.
In the last quarter of the financial year FY 2008, India’s shipment touched 22.3 million which translates into approximately 10,000 phones every hour, […]
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In a move to penetrate the rural markets in India through product vernacularisation, Spice Telecom has introduced its ‘people’s phone’ with a lifetime prepaid connectivity at Rs 599. As this post mentions, a large part of the telecom growth story is driven by the sub-urban areas and lifetime validity schemes.
The S-300 phone, launched recently comes […]
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What do you need for the perfect night out – a bunch of friends, and the best deals on drinks.
Here comes MeetNowLive, an innovative service, built for the mobile screen, that provides you the answers, that is, if you live in the New York City area - it allows you and your friends to broadcast […]
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Riding on estimates of the number of mobile Internet users worldwide approaching 1 billion by 2011, the mobile Internet services market is estimated to reach $80 billion by 2011, with increasing usage expected to fuel growth in both the provision of services and mobile Internet advertising.
A study entitles Go mobile, grow, produced by IBM’s Institute […]
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It is estimated that by 2010, two-thirds of the human race will be using a mobile phone.
India alone, currently has nearly 260 million mobile subscribers.
Given this scenario, apart from the mobile web, the other sunrise sector is the mobile games business, pegged at $2.2 billion worlwide, with the Indian mobile gaming market forecasted to exceed […]
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