Archive for April, 2009

Mobile websites grow sevenfold in 1 year

The amount of mobile internet websites has increased times 7 in just one year time, according to the mobile web domain registry dotMobi.  Scanning the largest Top Level Domains (.mobi, .com, .net, .uk and .de), it found about 1,1 million mobile sites, compared to only 150.000 a year ago. Unfortunately, there’s still no standard to [ READ MORE ]

Skype available on mobile phones

“Fantastic!”, my colleague Olivier exclaimed after having installed Skype on his iPhone.  As he is using the company’s WIFI network, he can call other Skypers for free.  And after a few tests, the quality turned out to be pretty good. This evolution is worrysome for telecom operators.  When Skype was introduced years ago, they were [ READ MORE ]

Voicemail: the end is near

“Didn’t you hear my voicemail message?!” I’m sure you have asked this question before, after noticing that your communication partner didn’t reply to the message you left on his voicemail.  These days, people don’t take the time to listen to their voicemail anymore.  They’ll reply much faster when you send them a sms message or [ READ MORE ]

Visa launches mobile payment system

Two weeks ago, we reported that Belgacom’s new service Ping.Ping will be using the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to allow contact-less payments. Today, Visa has launched a mobile payment service, using NFC-technology as well.  This NFC project, that first will be tested in Malaysia, “will be a turning point for the payment industry”, according [ READ MORE ]

NMBS prefers Mobile Internet over Wifi

Interesting quote from NMBS representative Jochem Goovaerts when giving an explanation why the NMBS isn’t currently considering Wifi connection on their trains: “We focus on our management contract and want to bet mostly on Mobile Internet.  This technology is more future oriented.  It is therefore important to have a good coverage level and to obtain [ READ MORE ]

RIM introduces BlackBerry App World

In an attempt to counter the successful Apple App Store, RIM has now launched BlackBerry App World, the online store where you can download a broad range of applications for your BlackBerry smartphone.  At the moment, about 1.000 applications are available for consumers in the US, UK and Canada.  Other international territories will soon follow.  [ READ MORE ]

Dutch SMS service to stimulate Mobile Internet

Three years after the launch of the Belgian PlazZza platform, The Netherlands are also coming with a SMS service to stimulate Dutch Mobile Internet sites. The initiative comes from the Open Mobiel Internet, who started testing the flatfee SMS9009 service.  For a fix tariff of 500 euro per 3 months, advertisers can reserve a keyword [ READ MORE ]

City of Waterloo introduces new SMS service

The city of Waterloo isn’t new to SMS services.  In the past, it was already possible to receive cultural tips by SMS, but the supplier of that service went bankrupt. Now Waterloo has collaborated with Systemat – an applications developer, active on the MobileWeb.be platform – for a new SMS service.  The city will have [ READ MORE ]

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