Telecom/Mobile News

THERE IS a battle building up out there and it's got to do with that little mobile phone you carry around as an extension of your limbs. The mobile Internet market is beginning to boom with the arrival of wireless broadband, and phone makers, telecoms companies and Internet service providers have a fight on their hands to control it.

As a tiny cell phone Modu - that pops into interchangeable jackets to become a bigger, smarter phone or into other gadgets to connect them to the Internet - sets the industry abuzz, HT City takes a look at what does your mobile say about you.

London, Feb 4 (ANI): You may soon be getting alerts from stores offering you their latest discounts on your mobile phones as you walk past the shops, with internet giants like Google and Yahoo eyeing a collaboration with mobile phone companies for sending "location specific" ads to customers as they walk near specific businesses.

GLOBAL HANDSET manufacturers appear to be eyeing the next stage of evolution - of convergence where web and other value added services like gaming, navigation, music, social networking and so on all come together on the mobile phone.

Sydney, January 28 (ANI): Australian scientists are carrying out a study to determine whether children are more susceptible than adults to the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiations that emanate from mobile phones.

YOUR MOBILE has been converted into a multifunctional gadget that takes pictures, plays music, sends emails and looks great in your hand and you love touching it.

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, equipment makers of all stripes were on hand to show off their latest and greatest for making your car into something far more than a mode of transportation. The newest global positioning satellite systems, for instance, let you talk your way to a destination without ever taking your hands off the wheel.

Washington, January 23 (ANI): It may soon be possible to utilise cellular phones as radars to thwart nuclear terrorism.

Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) An Oriya news portal is offering free news briefs to all its readers through SMS.

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The communications ministry has begun the process of issuing licences to companies that want to enter the mobile phone services business in the country and had applied last year, officials said Thursday.

Raipur, Jan 9 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government plans to send SMS alerts about availability and supply of food to beneficiaries of the subsidised public distribution system (PDS), although officials are unclear how many of such families actually own mobile phones.

Shimla, Jan 5 (IANS) Residents of Himachal Pradesh will be able to file first information reports (FIRs) by using the short messaging service (SMS) from April, police officials said Saturday.

Motorola Inc on Thursday unveiled a mobile media player that shows live television, on-demand video clips and programming saved on digital video recorders.

Karachi, Jan 3 (IANS) Pakistan's 74.58 million mobile phone users sent out almost one billion SMSs from New Year's Eve to the next day but there are no reliable estimates as to how much the cellular providers earned during this period.

New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications (RCOM) Wednesday lambasted the department of telecommunications (DoT) for its decision to follow the regulator's method for allotting spectrum or airwaves to operators.

Bangalore, Dec 26 (IANS) Leading network infrastructure solutions provider ADC Krone will partner with telecom services provider Tata Indicom to enable fishermen receive updates on weather and information on catching fish in the sea on their mobile phones, the company said Wednesday.

When you set out to get yourself a, er, mobile communication device, a Benq-Siemens would be say, a number 11 in your list of preferences. But if you get hold of one, you might want to enquire more.

Paris, Dec 20 (Xinhua) Air France has launched the first mobile phone services on international flights in a move that will allow passengers to use their Internet enabled laptops to send and receive SMS, MMS and e-mail, the airline said Thursday.

Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): Engineers have paved the way for a new generation of faster, more powerful cell phones, computers and other electronics by developing a practical technique to replace silicon with carbon on large surfaces.

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Consumer electronic firm Samsung Electronics Friday announced the appointment of Sunil Dutt as its new country head for the company's mobile business unit.