Leading Operators Throughout Latin America Bringing Free-To-Air TV to Consumers With Telegent-Enabled TV Handsets

September 8th, 2009 OSLO - Rubberduck Media Lab AS, a leading provider of mobile TV and video services for network operators and broadcasters worldwide, has now launched a mobile TV and video service for Telefonica O2 Ireland. Under the terms of the agreement, Rubberduck Media Lab is providing a completely outsourced mobile TV service to Telefonica O2 Ireland including content acquisition and provision as well as technical support and management.

August 25th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Free-to-air mobile TV technology spurs rapid adoption worldwide Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, today provided further commentary on the recently published In-Stat report that estimates a worldwide user base of 54 million 'free-to-air' analog mobile TV consumers in 2009, signaling the long-awaited arrival of mobile TV in the global mass market. Telegent believes the free-to-air mobile TV model, which has proven to be extremely popular with consumers in analog markets, can be successfully applied in both analog and digital TV markets particularly as handset models that address regional free-to-air digital terrestrial TV standards become available.

August 18th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and independent market research and consultancy firm In-Stat today announced the availability of a free In-Stat white paper on free-to-air analog mobile TV in which In-Stat predicts a worldwide user base of 54 million consumers in 2009, signaling the arrival of mobile TV in the global mass market. The white paper, "Analog Mobile TV: The World's Most Widely Available Option for Mobile TV," predicts 6x growth to 300 million users by 2013 and highlights common global mobile TV usage trends revealed by primary research conducted by Telegent in Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia and Turkey.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - The nascent Russian navigation and telematics market is witnessing a reversal of trends, with global positioning system (GPS)-enabled smartphone technology gaining ground over traditional portable navigation devices (PND). In 2009, the smartphone-based navigation market already exceeded 350,000 units sold in Russia, while the PND market failed to register even half that amount.

July 1st, 2009 SAO PAULO - - Acision Increases its Investment in the LatAm Region to Meet the Needs of Carriers and Introduce Solutions to Help Them Increase Revenues Acision, the world's leading messaging company, today announces the appointment of Rafael Steinhauser as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Latin America, based in Acision's Sao Paulo office. In this newly created role, Rafael Steinhauser will drive the company's growth across the region and have responsibility for sales, marketing, business development and operations.

July 1st, 2009 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Given the growing interest by operators in smartphones, intensified competition among vendors, and the greater potential for growth in Latin America compared with other regions, the region's smartphone segment will represent an opportunity of 150 million handset units over the next five years -- 48 million handsets units in 2014 alone, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). Smartphones in Latin America: Big Opportunities for Operators and Suppliers examines the potential for growth in Latin America's smartphone market, as well as the factors driving this trend, by analyzing operators' and vendors' strategies.

June 16th, 2009 BEIJING - Moint CDMA handset brings Telegent free-to-air mobile TV to China Telecom CDMA subscribers Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Guizhou Zhenhua Moint Communication Co., Ltd., a leading provider of CDMA mobile phone solutions, today announced the availability of the industry's first CDMA handset with an analog TV feature - the Moint MT-V810. The handset is the first to bring Telegent's free-to-air mobile TV feature to CDMA operator networks and is now launched in China Telecom stores in a number of provinces throughout China.

June 16th, 2009 LONDON - 85% of Consumers Aware of LBS Would Either be Prepared to Pay More for an LBS-equipped Handset (34%) or Would Choose an LBS-enabled Handset Over One Without (50%) - Top Three Location Based Services Consumers Would Adopt are Locating Nearest Services (56%), Alerting the Emergency Services to Their Location (45%) and Finding Their Friends (17%) - 68% of LBS Users Perceive Current Performance in Terms of Accuracy, Speed and Urban Effectiveness to be Average at Best Sarantel (LSE: SLG), manufacturer of filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices, today announces the results of a global survey that polled consumers on their views, usage and future expectations in relation to location based services on mobile handsets. Independent marketing agency Ice Blue Sky (www.icebluesky.com) carried out the survey in April and analysed the results on behalf of Sarantel.

June 14th, 2009 CHICAGO - Report provides web usage data across global phones and browsers from the world's largest deployments Novarra, the Internet Mobility(TM) Company, announces its Mobile Internet Experience Update, the first in an ongoing series. This benchmark report is a broad overview of how consumers access and use the internet via mobile phones with Novarra's Vision(TM) browser and mobile internet platform.

June 2nd, 2009 TAIPEI, Taiwan - Embedded designs deliver high quality consumer experience; hybrid TV expands OEM market reach Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile, and Topstar Digital Technologies Co., Ltd., the leading ODM/OEM supplier in China for notebooks, today announced that Topstar Digital will be demonstrating the industry's first netbook and all-in-one PC with embedded hybrid digital and analog free-to-air TV at Computex in Taiwan this week (Upper level, booth N305, N307). The netbook and PC designs, which leverage Telegent's breakthrough PC TV technology, will be available in mass production later this year and are targeted at overseas markets.

July 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has sought clarification from three private sector telecom operators for not reporting income from selling handsets along with their connections, a union minister said Monday. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sought clarification from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Esar and Idea Cellular for not showing income from bundling handsets along with connections, for the purpose of calculating revenue share payable to the exchequer, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat told the Lok Sabha.

January 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Department of Telecom's (Dot) decision to ban mobile phones that do not have the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit identity code for handsets - has been deferred for 'some time', an official said. 'The order is still pending with the (telecom) ministry.

April 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cheap Chinese handsets that do not have an International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit identity code - will be phased out from the Indian market by April 13, industry operators said. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has directed telephone operators to disconnect services to handsets that do not have the IMEI code as such phones pose security threat, a telecom official said Saturday.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Import of Chinese mobile phones without unique identity code numbers has been banned, India's commerce ministry announced. "Import of mobile handsets without International Mobile Equipment Identify (IMEI) number or with all-zero IMEI is prohibited with immediate effect, the Director General of Foreign Trade said in a notification.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Mobile TV has been very slow in being picked up so far, and the promise for it to be used worldwide has failed, with analysts saying the number of users will increase to 54 million in 2009. Analysts also predict that by 2013 there will be about 300 million people watching analogue TV on the so-called third screen, their smart phone, and industry watchers have said the biggest potential will be in emerging markets.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has banned the import of Chinese handsets that do not have the international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) - a unique 15-digit security code - with immediate effect, a union minister said Thursday. "The government has prohibited the import of mobile handsets without IMEI number or with all zeroes in its place with immediate effect, Minister of State for Telecommunications Gurudas Kamat told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

June 29th, 2009 EU, phone makers agree on new single chargerBRUSSELS — EU officials say they have reached a deal with mobile phone makers to introduce a new single, more energy efficient charger that can be used for data-enabled handsets. EU Industry Commissioner Guenter Verheugen says selling a single, standard charger will cut costs to manufacturers and reduce the number of chargers thrown away when consumers buy new phones.

February 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Communications and IT Jyotiraditya Scindia Tuesday said the government has accepted the calling card proposal, which would offer flexibility to consumers to choose their carrier for making long-distance calls. 'The calling cards for both STD and ISD calls have been accepted, making it flexible for consumers to switch their carriers for long distance calls,' Scindia said at a conference here.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni said on Monday that her ministry could intervene to see that the burden of five per cent countervailing duty on Set Top Boxes (STBs) was not passed onto consumers. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Soni said her ministry would wait for a response from manufacturers, Direct to Home (DTH) operators and Multi System Operators (MSOs) who provide the boxes to consumers, before intervening in the matter.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The telecom watchdog Tuesday introduced regulations that seek to improve the quality of service provided by cable TV operators in areas where set-top boxes are not mandatory. The regulations will come into effect April 1.