WDSGlobal and HP Team to Provide Over-the-air Provisioning Technologies for Mobile Handsets, Enhancing the Customer Experience With Mobile Device Management

September 15th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The mobile handsets market in sub-Saharan Africa will continue to achieve high growth long after the number of mobile subscriptions has started to decline. This will be true particularly for the low-end devices segment, although rising migration to middle and high-tier devices by both existing and new subscribers due to price declines will also support market expansion.

September 13th, 2009 PARIS - Sagem Wireless has strengthened its commitment to the development of GSM technology by joining the GSM Association, the organisation which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry, and will now contribute to the development of future products and technologies. Sagem Wireless is a unique player in the telecom market, designing and supplying cutting-edge handsets, customised for a range of brands (sport, luxury, fashion, operators), so that everyone can find a handset to suit their style.

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 17th, 2009 POOLE, England - - WDSGlobal Launches ServiceMine Email to Increase Uptake of Mobile Email Among Consumers. WDSGlobal has launched ServiceMine(TM) Email, a powerful email discovery service that allows consumers to quickly and conveniently mobilize an existing email account on their mobile phone.

July 7th, 2009 SUNNYVALE, California - - Claro Argentina launches the first TV phone that allows consumers to follow soccer matches and other favorite programs without additional cost Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance, single-chip mobile TV solutions, today announced accelerating adoption by leading operators throughout Latin America of mobile phones with a free-to-air TV feature enabled by Telegent. Since December of last year, subsidiaries of America Movil and Telefonica that are the leading operators in their country - including Telcel in Mexico, Claro Argentina, COMCEL Colombia, and Movistar in Mexico and Peru - have deployed multiple models of Telegent-enabled TV handsets that allow consumers to receive live, free-to-air broadcast TV programs - without additional cost.

June 21st, 2009 TEL AVIV, Israel - New Name Highlights Company's Mission to Improve the Quality of Mobile Applications and Services Nexperience, a leading provider of remote access and automated testing solutions for mobile devices, announced today that is has changed its name to Perfecto Mobile. The new name highlights Perfecto Mobile's mission and on-going commitment to its customers and partners to improve efficiency and maximize quality in the development, testing and deployment processes of mobile applications and services.

May 6th, 2009 ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - BoosterMedia has released GamesPlaza.mobi, a casual gaming platform targeting mobile gamers and game developers internationally. GamesPlaza.mobi offers a growing selection of free-to-play mobile games based on Flash technology.

May 5th, 2009 SYDNEY - Problems Getting Email on Your Mobile, Sending Pictures or Browsing the Web? - it's Over! Configuremyphone.com launches today, offering a solution to the millions of Australians who struggle to manually set-up their mobile phones for services such as email, internet browsing and picture messaging. One in five Australian mobile users has experienced the disappointment of an error message when trying to send a picture, download a mobile game or use their phone to surf the internet.

April 27th, 2009 POOLE, England - Cost of Supporting Mobile Broadband is Eroding Subscriber Profitability Warns WDSGlobal. - Mobile Broadband Products 200% More Expensive to Support Than Mobile Handsets.

April 26th, 2009 TAIPEI, Taiwan - MDDI, Bridge and MIPI(R) High Speed Serial Display Controllers to be Highlighted California Micro Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) will be showcasing its display controller solutions based on the Mobile Digital Display Interface (MDDI) and Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI(R)) high speed serial interface display standards for mobile handset and MID (Mobile Internet Device) applications at the International Display Manufacturing Conference/3D Systems and Applications/Asia Display 2009 (IDMC/3DSA/Asia Display '09) from April 28 through 30. Allen Tung, CMD's display controller applications manager, will deliver two presentations on April 29 and 30.

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.

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.

April 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A Japanese firm is launching a solar-powered waterproof mobile phone that can be entirely operated by exposure to sunlight. The new phone is a sunlight-powered device, which will be sold by mobile phone company KDDI from June, reports The Telegraph.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Britons keep almost 90 million unused phone handsets at home after they upgrade to new models, according to a countrywide survey. The research revealed that 52 per cent keep unused phones at home in case a current handset is stolen, lost or broken.

September 14th, 2009 NEC, Casio, Hitachi to merge handset businessesTOKYO — Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in a bid to boost their competitiveness at home and abroad.

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.

March 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citibank today announced the launch of Citi Mobile, its mobile banking solution that combines the consumer need for convenient, on-the-go banking with advanced mobile technology that is compatible with popular mobile devices across most GSM operators. Through Citi Mobile, customers can check account balances, send money, issue drafts, pay bills, make credit card payments, register for services like e-Statements, request for a cheque book, stop payments and much more.

June 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taiwanese handset major HTC Corp, in collaboration with Bharti Airtel, Tuesday launched HTC Magic, India's first smartphone that will run on Google's Android operating system. The device is priced at Rs.29,900 and will be available in Airtel relationship centres and authorised HTC resellers in 17 cities.

January 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - Reliance Communications (R-Com), the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company that recently launched a GSM mobile service to complement its existing CDMA network, Thursday announced it will provide free video content to subscribers in collaboration with a British company. In a statement, R-Com said the Britain-based value added services (VAS) provider Swanbaymtech will broadcast free content on Reliance handsets in an advertisement-supported model.

April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In an endeavour to ease property search and to make the site device agnostic, 99acres.com, has introduced property search on mobile. Launched in partnership with Mobisoc Technology, 99acres.com offers a WAP application for property search that allows users to search properties via mobile.