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Cutting edge video services are clogging up networks and hampering content uptakeConsumers'
increasing appetite for video, interactive gaming and high-speed
Internet services is placing huge demands on fixed and mobile networks
and runs the risk of crashes, packet loss and incomplete transactions,
which could have a detrimental effect on the roll out of everything
from community mobile services to games and music downloads — all
fledgling markets.According to figures published by telecoms network solution provider Tellabs, downloading one minute of video takes four times the network capacity than downloading one minute of music. Uploading a video clip from a mobile phone takes five times the network capacity of one minute of talk. HDTV uses five times more bandwidth than standard TV. Similar issues have plagued the fixed line internet, with many content providers turning to the likes of PacketExchange to build what is being dubbed Internet 2.0, dedicated, non-VPN internet networks to allow for the delivery of content online and increasingly via the mobile internet. Industry watchers fear that failures now in delivering the right kind of user experience could have a huge impact on developing mobile content services, especially the ‘next generation’ of video and TV content based ones. Read More: http://www.tellabs.com/investors/annual/2006 | |||||||||||
LaNetro purchase of MonsterMob signals much needed consolidation in mobile content space
The battle to buy D2C content
company MonsterMob has been won by Spain’s LaNetro Zed with a bid for
£34million. The purchase turns LaNetro Zed in to what is thought to be
the largest mobile value added services (MVAS) company in Europe, with
1200 staff and operations in 31 countries worldwide. Read More: http://www.zed.biz/LaNetroZed/Comunicacion/Notas_de_prensa/ | |||||||||||
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Combined Skype and landline phone launched — could it be a new channel for content?Downloading content to VoIP phones over services such as Skype have taken a step closer with the launch of the MAX-DECT dual phone for Skype and landlines, which not only allows users to make phone calls either over a landline or via their PC using Skype, but it also features a colour screen.So what? You may well ask, but since late last year companies have identified the growth in IP based telephony as a potential new market to boost the ringtone, logo and basic mobile content market. This new phone could, it is believed, allow for the delivery of premium content such as ringtones and ringback tones when connected to Skype. The telephone come with Caller ID, an integrated directory and 10 polyphonic ring tones to choose from, and allows calls from specified numbers to be blocked, says manufacturers Maxfield. Back in February last year, Ministry of Sound teamed up with content provider Qpass — now part of Amdocs — to offer MoS branded content to Skype users as part of the IP carrier’s Personalise Skype service. At the time this was tipped as being a massive new market for mobile content services outside the traditional mobile channel. The arrival of this handset helps that on its way. Read More: www.tru-pr.co.uk/press/client.php?c=maxfieldindex | |||||||||||
O2 gives unsigned musicians a boostBolstering the links between mobile and music, aspiring musicians are about to get a boost from network operator O2, which is using Mobile Interactive Group to offer SMS voting for O2’s undiscovered bands competition taking place in March.Launched at the end of January, the competition to find the UK’s hottest unsigned band will see the hopefuls whittled down to 30, all of which will be downloadable. MIG will then offer voting services for the great British public to select the finalists who will perform in front of an expert panel of judges comprising Andy Taylor from Duran Duran, DJ Spoony and Music Week’s Talent Editor Stuart Clarke. An SMS vote will take place for the public to select their winner. The winner of the O2 Undiscovered chart will get a wildcard to take part in the final in April in London, where the eleven finalists will perform in front of the prestigious O2 Undiscovered panel. The spectacular finale will see the winner performing at the O2 Wireless Festival, which takes in June 07. Nuala Donnelly, O2 Sponsorship says that: “O2 Undiscovered is highly thought of within the industry and is a great opportunity for undiscovered talent to come to the fore. This is the second year O2 will be running this event and we’re committed to delivering a monitoring programme with a focus on developing the musically gifted and I’m sure 2007 will prove to be another tremendously successful year.” Read More: http://www.migcan.com/news.html# | |||||||||||
New mobile technology set to spur on content servicesA technology combining the convenience of text messaging with the content of the internet launches this week; making a new generation of mobile phone services possible, claims developer iOTA Sphere. Its patent-pending technology provides both content providers and mobile network operators with a new easy-to-use, enduring, attractive consumer application to maximise data revenues.“To capitalise on mobile data services you need to retain the interest of the mobile user first”, says iOTA Sphere’s Managing Director, Bruce Eley. “We have witnessed many attempts to replace the mobile browser, yet the declining number of users clearly shows that the formula is not yet right. Whilst growth in data services is still largely attributed to SMS”. iOTA Sphere’s on-device services brings the SMS experience to data services with a distinct focus on usability. On-Device Services retain the user’s interest by providing a fast, simple experience that enables service reuse with responses viewable offline. “This technology has the potential to attract and retain large subscriber bases even with people who have never used the mobile internet, because of its focus on usability and keeping the user interface familiar,” Eley suggests. Read More: http://www.iotasphere.com/technology/ods.jsp
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mBlox posts record off-portal SMS transactions in 2006Mobile transaction network operator mBlox handled a record number of off-portal transactions for 2006, the company reports. With more than 1.4 billion application-to-person transactions processed worldwide, mBlox is claiming the title of the global leader in off-portal SMS and premium SMS (PSMS) message delivery.2006 was the fifth consecutive year of high growth for mBlox, with business up 40 per cent over 2005. In the US, the number of premium SMS transactions mBlox processed increased 100 per cent over 2005, and globally mBlox cleared and settled payments for mobile content transactions worth more than $500 million in street revenue. “These numbers demonstrate the huge vitality of the direct-to-consumer market worldwide,” says mBlox executive chairman Andrew Bud. “They also position us as the worldwide leader in the transmission, clearing and settlement of off-portal content. The scale of our network enables us to serve the vast global community of brands and service providers who are discovering the real potential of the mobile medium. We are excited about growth in 2007, when more enterprises will start to fully embrace the mobile messaging medium. We also look forward to the proliferation of 3G, together with carrier innovations like WAP billing and wholesale data which will open up great new market opportunities.” Read More: http://www.mblox.com/mblox/news/view.asp?id=60 | |||||||||||
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