November 22nd to November 29th 2007 Nov 29 Taiwan 3G operator Vibo offers NFC fare payment China-based Huawei and ZTE to enter global smartphone market in 2008, say sources Nov 28 Taiwan market: CHT to launch trial NFC service in January. Potential shift...

November 22nd to November 29th 2007 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: MTN to extend Backhaul technology in other countries AFRICA: Celtel extends reach of One Network service EASSy project gets initial funding Safaricom, MSTelcom to use Intelsat’s satellite capacities...

Hey! if your mobile is among the 85-percent (or so) out there lacking an integrated GPS module, listen up. Google today announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, its innovative and widely used mobile mapping and local search application....

Almost one in five European Union households has gone wireless, cutting off their landline cables to use a mobile telephone only, a study by the EU statistical office showed on Tuesday. Eurostat said that last year 18 percent of households had mobile...

The total number of handsets sold in 2007 could be over 1.1 billion thanks to quarter-on-quarter growth of at least 10 percent, according to Gartner. 289 million phones were sold worldwide in Q3 2007, an increase of 15 percent on the same period last...

Vodafone and Telefonica have taken undisclosed stakes in Amobee Media, a two-year old firm that offers advertising for mobile search, games and SMS. Both operators have begun trials of Amobee’s technology – Telefonica through its O2 subsidiary in the...

O2 has confirmed it is to launch the UK’s first large-scale trial of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology on mobile phones. The trial of the O2 Wallet will allow customers to use their mobile phone for services such as travel on the London Underground,...

PARIS (Reuters) - Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer, part of French luxury goods group LVMH, said on Monday it had licensed its name to French customized design manufacturer Modelabs for a series of luxury mobile phones. "The launch of the first TAG Heuer mobile...

November 15th to November 22nd 2007 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Mobile TeleSystems considering investment options in MEA region AFRICA: Etisalat looking at Africa as next investment destination PT to sell minority stake in Africa holding CAMEROON: MTN Cameroon...

One step beyond in social networking or how to become famous and get a free Samsung phone.... Europe united by Samsung They recently shot and launched Europe United, a new music video for Samsung Mobile. The concept is fascinating (A combination of social...