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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son Warns Operators Not To Become “Dumb Pipes” - 2 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 14 Feb 2008 05:37 AM PST

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son warned operators they risked becoming “dumb pipes,” if they did not move swiftly to control mobile content, reports TotalTelecom. Speaking on Wednesday at the MWC, Son…

DotMobi Launches Specs Database To Ease Development Pain - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 13 Feb 2008 04:13 PM PST

DotMobi said this week at Mobile World Congress that it has started to compile a database of cellphone specifications to help software developers better design Web sites for mobile phones.…

@ MWC: Black-Eyed Peas’ Will.i.am On Ringtones, Obama Video, More - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 10:06 AM PST

Will.i.am, the brains behind Black-Eyed Peas and a switched-on digital media brand surfer with a couple of online music businesses under his auspices, shared his words of wisdom from an…

@ MWC Video: Redford On YouTube Quality, Writers’ Strike - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 10:02 AM PST

In his role as Sundance Institute president at Mobile World Congress, Robert Redford said that, often, technology gets ahead of itself. The GSM Association is sponsoring initiatives again this year…

@ MWC: Universal Music Group In Unlimited Access For Long Term; Plans ‘Temporal Pricing’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 04:49 AM PST

If you thought Universal Music Group’s all-you-can-eat music access endeavors were just experiments, check digital SVP Rob Wells’ comments on a music panel at Mobile World Congress: “The start and…

@ MWC: US Lags In Mobile TV Adoption - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 13 Feb 2008 02:52 AM PST

Not that many countries outside Asia are using it in a big way, but proportionally fewer Americans are watching mobile TV than anywhere else surveyed, Nielsen Mobile VP Jeff Herrmann…

@ MWC: EMI To Sell DRM-Free Mobile Music Through Jamba - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 02:59 PM PST

EMI has licensed Jamba to provide what the News Corp (NYSE: NWS). and Verisign-owned mobile entertainment outfit says is the label’s first DRM-free repertoire in Europe to cross both mobile…

@ MWC: Front-Row Video: Yahoo oneConnect Launch And Product Demo - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 10:49 AM PST

Here is front-row video from the launch announcement of Yahoo’s (NSDQ: YHOO) oneConnect social mobile app in Barcelona (earlier post). The first, longer video is the full product demonstration; the…

@ MWC Interview: Mauro Montanaro, CEO, Jamba: Moving In To Developing Markets - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 09:27 AM PST

Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) former southeast Asia sales VP Mauro Montanaro is just eight days in to his role as Jamba’s CEO, having switched from hardware maker to content player. But…

@ MWC: Yahoo Launches Mobile Social Service Aggregator oneConnect - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 07:08 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has unveiled an all-in-one social phonebook, lifestream aggregator and location-aware mobile communicator app that will let users let users share and read status updates and do multi-protocol…

@ MWC: T-Mobile Picks Yahoo Over Google Around Europe - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 05:38 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is to become T-Mobile’s exclusive web search provider across much of Europe from March, the pair announced in Barcelona. T-Mobile had already started using Yahoo’s oneSearch in…

@ MWC: Industry To Regulators: ‘Hands Off!’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 04:26 AM PST

Yesterday, EU telco commissioner Vivianne Reding and GSM Association CEO Rob Conway were on the same page when they teamed for a joint press conference. Today, the gulf between mobile…

@ MWC: Orange, Nokia Sign Services Agreement; Doesn’t Include Ovi - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 03:57 AM PST

Maybe it’s the Spanish sun but peace (of a kind) has broken out between Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Orange. The pair have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on…

@ MWC: Nokia And Google In Search Tie-Up - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 12 Feb 2008 03:21 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced Tuesday that they had struck a deal to integrate the search engine with the handset giant’s search application Nokia Search. Initially, Google…

@ MWC: Nokia Floats All-Recycled Concept Phone - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 03:03 AM PST

Two of the biggest mobile players fell over themselves to pitch their environmental credentials on the Mobile World Congress keynote stage this morning. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said:…

@ MWC: Operators Unite To Block Mobile Web Child Porn - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 02:00 AM PST

GSM Association Rob Conway opened the Mobile World Congress proper in Barcelona this morning by putting the frights up internet users. The internet is littered with popups, spam and illicit…

@ MWC: Vodafone’s Sarin: Too Many Platforms, Must Raise Game To iPhone - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 12 Feb 2008 02:00 AM PST

Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin, in his keynote to open Mobile World Congress, called for consolidation of handset operating systems. “There is no way that a group of developers…

@ MWC: Omnifone Does Unlimited Music Access With LG, Universal Gives Tunes - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 04:01 PM PST

More detail on yesterday’s preview. Universal Music Group has licensed its tunes to Omnifone’s new out-of-the-box all-you-can-eat download service, meaning Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has company in the pre-licensed music market.…

@ MWC Wire: Motorola; LG And Samsung Use Linux; FIFA-Ericsson; RealNetworks - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 11 Feb 2008 03:48 PM PST

-- *Motorola* launches mobile TV, GPS device: Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today introduced Mobile TV DH01n, a portable media player including navigation capabilities 2D or 3D GPS and Tele Atlas map…

@ MWC: Is It A Phone? Is It A DVD Player? Meet The ‘Movie Phone’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:52 PM PST

India’s diversified digital media group Spice is using Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to unveil three pieces of hardware, including this “Movie Phone” - a film-centric handset that plays titles…

@ MWC Wire: Mobile Web Search Growing, Zyb Social Phone Book, mBlox Figs - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:33 PM PST

- Downloads: More research, this time from mobile search and ad vendor Medio, says mobile web searches now have more momentum than searches for downloadable content. Though downloads remained the…

@ MWC: Content Users Go Off-Portal But Find Barriers To Adoption - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:25 PM PST

Mobile media users are creatures of habit but are willing to find content in far-flung places. A report published in Barcelona by mobile value-added company Olista says over 60 percent…

AOL Joins Club And Announces Open Mobile Platform - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:10 PM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) is the latest company to woo mobile developers by offering them tools to make it easier to get their applications on handsets. The company announced plans today…

MWC: Vodafone Outsources NZ Games, Streamezzo SDK, Parental Controls - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:24 AM PST

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona begins before most have even glimpsed La Ramblas. Some announcements hoping to steal some early attention in Catalonia… - Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) games:…

@ MWC: Live Sports Audio Service Coming From Broadcaster - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 12:00 AM PST

Mobile media delivery vendor weComm of London is partnering with video encoder Vidiator of Milan to offer a live sports audio service from a major sports broadcaster. Subscribers will get…