Boost, Nextel to target US youth market
Boost, a virtual network operator with an established business in the Australian market, has announced a partnership with Nextel to target young consumers in the US.
The company will use Nextel’s iDEN network and sell a range of customised Moto…
Orange UK launches MMS
Orange has launched multimedia messaging service (MMS) in the UK and promised availability throughout Europe over the next few months.
Users of the SonyEricsson T68i and Nokia 7650 will be able to send and receive MMS to other handsets and e-ma…
Interview: Matthew Nicholson, J-Phone
J-Phone’s Sha-mail is widely regarded as the most successful picture messaging service in the world, with over 5m users at March 2002. Following Vodafone’s acquisition of a controlling interest in J-Phone, the company is playing an important role…
Multimedia Messaging
It would be understatement to say that there is a strong sense of expectation surrounding multimedia messaging (MMS). Companies from all parts of the wireless value chain are looking to MMS as the enabler for a new period of growth in the industry…
Mobile gaming
A role-playing game called Samurai Romanesque, produced by Tokyo-based game producer Dwango, lets mobile gamers take a virtual journey through 15th century Japan, battle other players in real time, practice the art of Zen, meet with virtual ladies…
J2ME: Mobile Java
The battle for wireless software standards will reach a decisive stage this year. Among the key players in the battle are Microsoft and the ubiquitous Java programming language from Sun Microsystems. Attempts by Microsoft to extend its dominance o…