Julia, Author at Mobile Industry Review

Virgin Mobile gets Â£366m writedown

Ouch. It looks like Virgin Mediaâ€™s mobile arm has let the side down if the latest set of quarterly results is anything to go...

Alcatel-Lucent, Speedcast unwrap DVB-H for Asia

Alcatel-Lucent and Speedcast have teamed up to jointly create a DVB-H platform for mobile TV operators in Asia. The two have said they'll use...

Microsoft goes after cloud with MobiComp buy

Microsoft has added another firm to its mobile arsenal, announcing this week that it's buying MobiComp, a Portuguese mobile content sharing and back up...

3 begs customers to beg for the Apple iPhone

In Australia, it looks like three of the four main mobile operators are getting the iPhone: Optus and Vodafone have got the official nod,...

Termination rates in for 70 percent cut

Mobile termination fees are on their way down, with a source telling Reuters that EC Commissioner Viviane Reding is planning to publish draft guidelines...

Mobile web users to reach 1.7 billion

Over the next three years, the number of mobile web users will triple, according to Juniper Research, rising from its current level - 577...

T-Mobile launches $10 @Home

After a number of trials, T-Mobile has finally properly unveiled its home phone service. From next week, all of those T-Mobile users who really...

Apple on the way to 23 million iPhone sales?

Guess what analysts reckon will happen to iPhone sales now there's been a cut in the prices? Yep, you've guessed it, they're going to...

Helio and Virgin to merge

It looks like the axe is about to fall on US MVNO Helio. According to the Financial Times's sources, Virgin Mobile USA is to...

Nokia buys location social networker Plazes

Nokia has once again found its way to its wallet for the latest in a recent run of acquisitions: this time, it's snapped up...

Carriers still running scared of FMC

Aside from BT's ongoing Fusion efforts, carriers are still sceptical about fixed-mobile convergence, according to analyst In-Stat, and still fear the technology could cannibalise...

Saucy texts to land Scots in prison?

It looks like saucy text messages could land the Scottish in a whole lot of trouble. According to Out-law.com, the country's new Sexual Offences...

Mobile phones could save airlines $600m

The airline industry could save over $600 million within the next few years if it learns how to exploit the new features in high...

T-Mobile data roaming cut by 80%

It looks like the EC's threats of mandatory cuts to the cost of roaming data and SMS are starting to put the frighteners on...

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