January 5th, 2008
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Dentsu unveiled their research that Japan mobile advertising was projected to reach US$ 3.4 billion in 2007. It grows 42% compared to previous year. Dentsu tracks online advertising in three areas, search ads, mobile ads and fixed Internet ads such as banner, email, rich media and text advertisements. By 2011, Dentsu estimates that Japan’s online [...]
January 4th, 2008
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Reveal in the survey conducted by Goo Research that one of three elementary school kids in Japan have their own cellphone. Will sample size reaches 1100 children, 34.4% said that they have mobile phone for their own use.
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January 4th, 2008
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RFID has grown in fast pace lately, thanks to the usefulness of this device as payment media. In Korea, local operator KTF teams up with Yahoo to provide cell phone users directions to restaurants and shops.
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January 4th, 2008
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Mobile TV chip maker, Siano, created receiver chip called SMS1100 to cover extra area, including Japan and Brazil market. SMS1100, single receiver chip, supports ISDB-T TV signals that has been standard in Japan and Brazil. It added Siano’s current portfolios that has been implemented already in DVB-H, DVB-T, DAB, DAB-IP and T-DMB.
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January 4th, 2008
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A local newspaper reported that US telecom giant, AT&T, is interested in acquiring a stake in Telekom Malaysia unit, TM International. Late last year, Malaysia’s largest telecommunications group said it may bring in a foreign strategic partner for TM International.
Source: CNN Money
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January 3rd, 2008
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What’s the info or rumor of new Sony Ericsson line up in 2008? Apparently there are several phones to be prepared as their ammunitions. Some have been rumored last year, while others might be never heard before.
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January 3rd, 2008
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Bharti Airtel, Indian telecom company, asked Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) to deploy single Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform across all 23 circles. The multimillion euro deal covers designing, planning, system integration, and optimization services to enhance overall customer experience.
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January 3rd, 2008
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Revealed in Nokia Nseries US portal, Nokia is going to launch 8 GB version of N82. The steps is quite similar to N95, refreshing the line up with upgraded memory variant. Besides memory, N95 8GB also results larger screen and more durable battery. Will the same thing applies to N82?
Source: gsmhelpdesk via newlaunches
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January 3rd, 2008
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Motorola launched new sliding music phone for Korea market. Named Z6M, it let you enjoy the music with 3.5mm ear jack. The phone is equipped with 2 megapixels camera and memory card slot. The software available includes file viewer and e-book viewer.
Source: Aving via LifeAtMost
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January 3rd, 2008
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Nokia Siemens Network, agreed to acquire Apertio, a British company. Specialized in database, Apertio consolidates mobile and wireline subscriber data on common servers. The price tag is US$ 205 million for five years old company. The transaction demonstrates the growing demand for flexible subscriber databases.
Source: NYTimes
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