Archive for September, 2008

Europe wants lower SMS prices

European Commisioner Viviane Reding continues her battle against high telecom tariffs.  She is currently working on a law proposal that should put a maximum of 11 eurocent for sending SMS messages within the EU.  Currently the average tariff is at 29 eurocent.  The Commission has researched in 27 European countries to find out that prices [ READ MORE ]

RIM (Blackberry) shows strong growth in smartphone market

  According to a recent study of Gartner, RIM (manufacturer of Blackberry) has doubled its market share in the second quarter of 2008, compared with the same period in 2007. In the second quarter of 2008 RIM has sold 5,6 million smartphones, reaching a market share of 37%. The move towards the residential users has [ READ MORE ]

Avoid traffic jams with De Standaard Mobile

Now that the holidays are over, traffic on the Belgian highways is getting busier again. To avaid traffic jams, you can consult De Standaard Mobile where you can find a detailled overview of the traffic situation in Flanders and specifically in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent. For the traffic info, De Standaard collaborated with Het Verkeerscentrum [ READ MORE ]

Adobe introduces Photoshop Mobile

Software giant Adobe Systems has introduced a new mobile service for subscribers of Photoshop.com. Photoshop.com Mobile allows to upload, view & share pictures on your Photoshop account. A member can access his Photoshop account on his mobile phone.  He can then upload the pictures taken with his cameraphone and store up to 2Gb of pictures.  [ READ MORE ]

25% of Belgians gives GSM number to advertisers

A quarter of Belgian consumers is willing to give their mobile phone number to advertisers. That remarkable result comes from a study by MediaEdge, who questioned 1.000 Belgian people. Extrapolating to the Belgian population, that’s about 1,64 million people. Among the 15 to 24 year olds, it’s over 35% that is interested. Dutch speaking are [ READ MORE ]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.