Motorola contest encourages visions of seamless mobility
Motorola is undertaking some interesting initiatives to deliver on its corporate slogan of ‘seamless mobility’. Today it announced the winners of its MOTOFWRD competition, which encouraged university students from throughout the UK to submit thei…
Sony BMG, iTouch suit highlights mobile music definitions dilemna
Stephen Whitford — Judgment in the appeal of the Sony BMG vs iTouch case sitting before the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASASA) is due shortly after the ASASA heard arguments by Sony BMG and iTouch at the beginning of February…
USD 1.25 magic
Usable Products Company (UPC), the New York-based consultancy which has established a reputation for its excellent research into the usability of mobile media downloads, has published the latest findinds of its ‘Key drivers’ study. According to S…
PMN & NOC announce partnership to raise awareness of user experience
PMN, the mobile market intelligence firm, and the NOC (Network for Online Commerce), the leading trade association for fixed and mobile network service providers, have agreed a partnership to raise awareness of user experience issues within the mo…
Sponsor profile: Action Engine
We’ll be introducing you to all our event partners as we build-up to the next MEX conference on 31st May and 1st June 2006. We work closely with all the participants at MEX – sponsors, speakers and delegates – to ensure they get the most from the…
Customer architecture
There’s a battle going on out there for your data. Everyone wants them – Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, not to mention countless individual start-ups. Did you really think Google was giving you 2.5 Gb of free email storage out of the goodness of its …
When a brand isn’t enough
There has been no shortage of MVNO announcements in recent weeks: MGA Entertainment launched a service based around its Bratz toy brand, Kajeet raised USD 27m to launch an MVNO aimed at ‘tweens’, Wal-mart announced its entry into the German market…
Symbian seeks to improve economic case
Symbian is to re-structure its licensing charges in an attempt to improve the economic case for using the operating system in mid-range handsets. The company is unusually transparent about its licensing regime in an industry where such fees are o…