Loop Mobile has announced a couple of content deals for its launch on the Australian Stock Exchange today. Australian Idol will launch a mobile community similar on Telstra to the…

Read more »

Australia’s new entrant mobiK, which took the wraps off its free service in October allowing users to send free Internet to mobile texts (and visa-versa) , has expanded its offer…

Read more »

The first speech at Mobile Content World was by Roberto Vannini, executive managing director of mobile at Telstra, who spoke about repositioning the role of the operator in a totally…

Read more »

I’m at Mobile Content World Australasia 2007 in Sydney, where I chaired the first day. It has been one of the best conferences I’ve been to in a while (which…

Read more »

Mobile social networking company Loop Mobile has said that its initial public offering was oversubcribed at the maximum level of AU$5 million. Loop expects to begin trading on the ASX…

Read more »

Rumors are abound in New Zealand that Telecom New Zealand is about to announce a deal with Alcatel-Lucent to build a GSM network costing NZ$300-400 million (US$221-294 million) according to…

Read more »

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has told a Senate estimates hearing that it was waiting for a government announcement before releasing the sales documents for the upcoming auction…

Read more »

New Zealand mobile content marketplace Voeveo has signed a deal with online independant music vendor CD Baby which will mean “users virtually anywhere in the world can download music from…

Read more »

MTV Australia has launched a new pay television station that allows viewers to upload their own content via mobile phone or internet which will be aired on the network. It’s…

Read more »

A new bill introduced to the Australian parliament (Communications Legislation Amendment (Content Services) Bill 2007) aims to increase regulation of mobile and online content, both illegal content and content inappropriate…

Read more »

Virgin Mobile Australia has launched a games portal for its customers. As well as the games it offers a personalized display, a point-based reward system dubbed VIP Member which offers…

Read more »

SingTel has released its first quarter results for the three months ending March 31...operating revenue increased 2 percent to S$3.328 billion (US$2.19 billion), however net profit fell 41.2 percent to…

Read more »

Australian company TigerSpike has signed a deal with British publishing giant DMGT to manage the mobile efforts of its free paper Metro—this wwill allow readers to submit photos and video…

Read more »

Hutchison Australia (ASX:HTA) will raise $2.85 billion (US$2.35 billion) in a share issue after shareholders voted for it at an annual meeting. Hutchison will “offer existing shareholders 20 convertible preference…

Read more »

Last month Telstra sued its business partners for showing too much footage of the Australian National Rugby League when it had the online rights… it has apparently also stopped paying…

Read more »

Australia’s second largest mobile carrier Optus (6.68 million users) has signed a deal with publisher Fairfax for business and finance content. This extends their current deal where Fairfax Digital provides…

Read more »

New Zealand SMS-marketing company Plus SMS (NZX: PLS) has apparently turned around its fortunes after finishing legal proceedings against founder Garry Donoghue which forced him to return 85 million shares…

Read more »

I spoke with Loop Mobile CEO Martin Hoffman about the companies plans for an IPO, announced yesterday. I questioned Hoffman on the relatively low amount being sought in the IPO…

Read more »

Perth, Australia-based Loop Mobile has announced plans for an IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange. The IPO will offer up to 25 million shares at 20c per share to raise…

Read more »

Australian airline Qantas has announced plans to trial mobile phone use in a single plane, and is likely to extend it to all aircraft if it proves successful. The trial…

Read more »

The big Australian publishing concerns are girding their loins to move into mobile—News Corp is in talks with carriers to launch MySpace on mobiles and PBL Media will make the…

Read more »

Pay media platform provider Irdeto Access (part of Naspers group) will run a mobile TV trial in Sydney using one of two spare TV channels to be sold later this…

Read more »

Telstra, which signed a sponsorship deal with the National Rugby League (NRL) for AU$90 million (US$72 million) back in March, is suing Fox Sports for showing too much video footage…

Read more »

Australia-based social networking site FunkySexyCool (FSC) has announced plans to change its business model from a subscription on-deck service to a free off-deck service, all as a result of a…

Read more »

Hutchison Whampoa posted a net profit of HK$20.03 billion (US$2.56 billion) for 2006, up from HK$14.34 billion (US$1.8 billion) in 2005, reports Telecom Asia, an increase of 40 percent. This…

Read more »