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Belgium lagging behind in GSM penetration

 According to the most recent report of the European Commission on the ICT market, the penetration rate in Belgium amounted to 94% in 2007. This was far behind the leading countries Italy (148%), Lithuania (144%) and Letvia (140%). In 21 countries the mobile penetration rate was higher than 100% in October 2007 according to this [ READ MORE ]

More Chinese mobile users than EU inhabitants

According to the Chinese Ministry of Information, the country counted in January 2008 more than 555 million mobile subscribers. That’s about 41,6% of the total population of China. Compared to the year before, this is an augmentation of nearly 19% or some 88 million people. As a comparison: the entire EU counts about 500 million [ READ MORE ]

No life without mobile phone

Americans can’t live without their mobile phone, research has shown. This is the first time they consider their cellphone a more vital device than their fixed phone, which was still top of the list two years ago. The switch can be explained by the fact that now people have grown more used to their mobile [ READ MORE ]

What is the business model of AllIsBlue?

The company AllIsBlue is again getting a lot of press with their legal actions against Belgacom and Rossel. It strikes me how much attention this company gets if you compare this with the little business results they have achieved sofar. The mission of any company is to develop a customer base with which products and [ READ MORE ]

AllIsBlue attacks Belgacom and Rossel

The Belgian company AllIsBlue is threatening to file complaint against the managing directors of Belgacom (Didier Bellens), Proximus (Michel Georgis) and Rossel (Bernard Marchant). AllIsBlue claims these companies are using mobile services on which AllIsBlue has a patent. These services include the possibility to receive by mail more information about a product by sending a [ READ MORE ]

Bruno in Barcelona

This week we’ve been bombarding you with articles about the Mobile World Congress (3GSM) in Barcelona. Bruno Leijnse, journalist at Trends, is reporting live from Barcelona on his blog, so for more interesting articles, check Bruno in Barcelona[ READ MORE ]

The future of IM is mobile

“Worldwide there are about 400 million chatters. 90% of them are youngsters. The future of IM (Instant Messaging) is the mobile phone.” That’s the opinion of Jeffrey Ganek, CEO of Neustar, the company whose network is used by all North-American mobile operators. Neustar aspires to be an essential element in the world of Mobile IM, [ READ MORE ]

Mobile Alliance against child abuse

The GSM Association, which groups all major mobile operators, has created the ‘Mobile Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Content’. This alliance wants to prevent child porn to be distributed over mobile platforms. To keep the Mobile Internet clean and child-friendly, the necessary technical barriers will be build in. The initiative, which already received the support [ READ MORE ]

Operators: less revenue, more subscribers

Belgian mobile operators Mobistar and Base this week announced their 2007 revenue, which was for both significantly lower than in 2006. Mobistar’s revenue decreased with 2,4%; Base had a loss of 1,4%. However, the number of mobile subscribers increased for both: Mobistar gained 11% subscribers with a total of 3,5 million clients; Base added 21% [ READ MORE ]

New Year’s Eve sms record broken

The SMS storm on New Year’s Eve has broken all records. In Belgium, a massive total of 59 million sms messages with Best Wishes were sent out. That is a lot more than the expectations, which had counted on 46 to 50 million. The operators were well prepared for the texting night. Proximus activated a [ READ MORE ]

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