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Mobile-phone payments to hit £151bn by 2013
News According to the report, Mobile Payment Markets: Digital & Physical Goods 2008-2013, the ticketing segment will represent more than 40 percent of the global transaction value by 2013, and will be driven by consumer usage on rail, air and bus...
[July 2, 2008, 9:10]
Ericsson moves towards mobile phone streaming video
News However, as the move towards the so-called 3G networks opens up, observers agree there will be increased pressure on dwindling supplies of flash memory. Mobile phones with MP3 audio and streaming video capability may seem a tad far off, but Swedish...
[February 4, 2000, 14:16]
Exploiting MMS Vulnerabilities to Stealthily Exhaust Mobile Phone's Battery
White Papers As cellular data services and applications are being widely deployed, they become attractive targets for attackers, who could exploit unique vulnerabilities in cellular networks, mobile devices, and the interaction between cellular data networks...
[August 25, 2007, 1:00]
UK mobile phone fee cuts will hurt operators
News On 1 June, 2004, Ofcom, the telecom regulator in the United Kingdom, ordered reductions in the fees mobile operators (Vodafone, O2, Orange and T-Mobile) charge for terminating calls on their second-generation (2G) networks.
[June 8, 2004, 12:10]
Mobile phone forensics 'hole' reported
Talkback Meaning peer to peer like networks (or botnets) that on purpose place all sorts of randomized incriminating data on zillions of computers, phones, whatever just to make the message clear to decision makers without a clue that Animal Farm and 1980...
[June 26, 2006, 23:41]
UK mobile phone companies will cope with Christmas frenzy
News It is expected that four million mobile phones will be sold in the UK over the festive season, putting pressure on all mobile networks. In October, director general of Oftel David Edmonds demanded to see the plans operators had to cope with the...
[December 1, 1999, 16:23]
Mobile phone firms hit by dawn raids
News The raids took place on Wednesday morning, and are concerned with roaming charges between mobile networks in the two countries. The price-fixing issue is taking on another level of importance with the dawn of 3G networks.
[July 11, 2001, 16:21]
Mobile operators merge their networks
News Two of the UK's mobile operators are to merge a large part of their 3G phone networks. Vodafone and Orange will combine their radio access networks (RANs), which mainly comprise mobile base stations and transmission networks.
[February 8, 2007, 16:25]
Mobile phone firms referred to Competition Commission
News Oftel announced on Monday that it has formally asked the UK's Competition Commission to investigate whether Vodafone, mmO2, One2One and Orange are charging too much for mobile phone calls between their networks.
[January 7, 2002, 14:34]
Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose
News It is, however extremely unlikely that a piece of code could interact sufficiently with existing mobile phones and mobile networks to behave like a computer virus. A new email hoax has appeared, preying on fears over mobile phone security, anti...
[June 23, 2000, 12:34]
Mobile Games: Cell Phone Threat or Friend?
Blog With advances being made everyday by the collective iPhone hacker networks, it is no wonder that new iPhone game developments are on the rise. Mobile Games: Cell Phone Threat or Friend? As cell phone handsets continue to advance with Internet...
[August 13, 2007, 20:34]
Mobile Networks Threatened - DEFCON Hackers Could Help
Blog Mobile Networks Threatened - DEFCON Hackers Could Help In wireless infrastructure these security implications touch every handset as all mobile data relies on the commercially deployed mobile networks.
[August 19, 2008, 18:57]
Mobile phone alliance marches ahead
News About 15 percent to 20 percent of the world's mobile telephone networks use CDMA. GSM equipment is used in about 70 percent to 75 percent of the world's mobile telephone networks, including those of AT&T Wireless, which has joined the Open Mobile...
[November 21, 2002, 10:24]
Mobile phone market needs 3G, says Carphone Warehouse
News While some operators are expected to hold back the launch of their 3G networks until 2003, Hutchison 3G is fully committed to launching its high-speed mobile network in the second half of 2002. Vodafone, mmO2 and Orange have all launched consumer...
[January 23, 2002, 15:58]
Mobile phone trio plan wireless gaming platform
News Developers may have to wait until the launch of 3G, or third-generation, wireless networks to realise the true potential of these common APIs. A trio of big name mobile phone manufacturers aims to level the playing field for developers of games for...
[March 26, 2001, 8:04]
Mobile phone car ban is debated
News This whole driver distraction issue is overblown," said Bogosian, whose Mountain View-based company makes software that lets personal computers transmit calendar, address book and email entries from corporate networks to wireless devices.
[July 3, 2001, 13:39]
News Burst: Oftel launches review of mobile phone charges
News Telecoms watchdog Oftel today launched a consultation into the current controls on mobile phone charges on BT Cellnet and Vodaphone networks. It will focus on "termination charges" -- the price paid when a mobile user calls a mobile on a different...
[February 20, 2001, 10:18]
Analyst: 3.5G laptops may choke mobile networks
News The analyst said growth will be driven by consumer demand for ubiquitous internet access, and mobile broadband laptops will, therefore, not replace fixed networks but remain a complementary access technology for use outside the home.
[June 23, 2008, 9:43]
Microsoft to open up mobile phone location data
News Teydo supplies mobile phone positioning data from networks across Europe, including Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile and Orange in the UK. Microsoft is planning to deliver mobile phone location-based data to developers through a partnership between its...
[June 29, 2004, 18:50]
EU raids mobile phone companies
News The case has gained added resonance recently with operators collaborating to build 3G networks. EU regulators raided mobile phone operators in Germany and the UK on Wednesday to collect evidence for an investigation into price fixing on mobile...
[July 11, 2001, 15:54]
