SIMable, a technology breakthrough in mobile phone unlocking

London, UK 29th April 2008,
Today saw the launch of an innovative little device called SIMable, which effectively puts an end to the complicated business of mobile phone unlocking.

Clickatell powers messaging for world assembly of 140 parliaments

Cape Town, South Africa, Redwood City, CA: 30 April 2008 - Clickatell,
global provider of messaging solutions, has provided the South African
Parliament with an SMS alert service to support communication at the
118th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in South Africa
recently.

160 Characters Nominates Clickatell-Powered Metropolitan Cover2Go to Deliver Insurance Policies to Cell Phones

Redwood City, US: May 6, 2008 ­ Clickatell, leading provider of global
mobile messaging, today announced it was chosen as one of three finalists
for “Best Messaging Business Application” by 160 Characters as part of their
2008 Mobile Messaging Awards. As one of three finalists in the Business
Application category, Clickatell was chosen because of its work with
Metropolitan’s Cover2Go, [...]

Berg Insight says 186 million machines will be connected to mobile networks in 2012

Gothenburg, Sweden - May 06 2008: According to new a research report from
the analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of cellular network connections
used for machine-to-machine communication will grow from 37.5 million
connections in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37.9 percent
to 186 million connections in 2012. GSM and legacy technologies currently
dominate the market [...]

KLM selects End2End Connectivity for global SMS delivery

8th May 2008: The leading mobile messaging provider End2End Connectivity
has today announced that it has been selected by KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines to provide the SMS delivery of flight status notifications
(FSN). End2End Connectivity takes care of the carrier grade high-quality
delivery of the flight status notifications via SMS which will inform
all KLM passengers that registered for this [...]

New Micro-payment mechanism available to online vendors

The UK mobile payment initiative payforIT is expanding onto the World Wide Web with the help of leading mobile interactive specialist Dialogue Communications. The payforIT payment mechanism will offer shoppers an online payment alternative and enable internet merchants to reach new customers.

Lagos to host African Mobile Marketing and Advertising Summit

The first annual African Mobile Marketing and Advertising Summit takes place next month in Lagos, Nigeria. Mobile service providers, media owners and advertising agencies will meet next month to discuss strategies to harness the power of mobile advertising in Africa.

Virgin Mobile South Africa may increase tariffs

South Africa’s fourth mobile operator Virgin Mobile may increase its tariffs if other mobile phone operators in the country decide to do so, its chief executive (CEO) said on Tuesday.

kiwanja.net launches its next-generation text messaging platform for the grassroots non-profit (NGO) community

Cambridge, UK – Wednesday 25th June, 2008: NGO-focused mobile technology organisation kiwanja.net today releases the latest version of its popular text messaging platform– FrontlineSMS – which opens up the potential of two-way group text messaging to the global grassroots non-profit community.

Berg Insight says WLAN is the next big thing in handset connectivity

According to new a research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, WLAN will become the next prevalent connectivity technology in mass-market mobile handsets. The number of handsets with integrated WLAN is forecasted to grow from 27 million in 2007 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71.5 percent to 400 million in 2012, [...]

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