China Mobile: 607.1 billion sent by subscribers last year
China’s leading mobile service provider China Mobile has revealed that their subscribers sent 607.1 billion SMSs last year.
This number is up by over 100 billion from the previous year.
The company has around 463.92 million subscribers in the Chinese market which is the largest mobile [...]
4 billion mobile connections worldwide!
GSMA has revealed in a report that the global mobile market now serve more than 4 billion subscribers!
This is an amazing number considering the world’s population is less than 7 billion.
GSMA said that they are on track to touch 6 billion market by 2013.
4 billion connections does not necessarily means [...]
Four billion mobile subscribers in the world by year end
International Telecommunications Union has said in a statement that they believe that the world would have as many as four billion mobile connections by the end of the current year.
ITU stated: “Since the turn of the century, the growth of mobile cellular subscribers has been impressive.”
This [...]
China now has 600 million plus mobile users
China is the world’s largest mobile user market with more than 600 million users.
Mobile telephony continues to increase its popularity over landline services in this market.
The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry said in a report that the country had 601 million mobile users at the end of [...]
AT&T Mobile TV now available in 58 U.S. cities
US based telecom giant AT&T has said that they are now offering their Mobile TV services in as many as 58 cities.
AT&T Mobile TV is now available in destinations including Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington DC.
The user however needs to have a [...]
Craigslist most popular mobile internet destination in USA
Mobile research company M:Metrics has released its latest study which shows that the mobile internet users in the US market are frequent visitors of the classified-ad site Craigslist.
The surveyed mobile users spent more time on Craigslist than on any other website.
The report also claims that US based mobile [...]
Smart Communications offering ad supported mobile service in Philippine
Smart Communications subsidiary Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprise has announced that they are now offering ad-supported mobile services in the Philippine market.
Users can avail this service if they are ready to receive advertisements on their cell phones.
Subscribers to this service would get $2 prepaid value every month. This [...]
Apple iPhone in China still some time away
Market sources say that Apple is yet to begin any talks with mobile operators in China to launch the iPhone in this market.
China is one of the largest mobile markets in the world and Apple would like to have a presence here.
China is also the market where iPhone [...]
China to target mobile phone spammers
Chinese authorities have said that they are now investigating into the growing trend of mobile spamming.
Liu Yue, deputy head of the State Council’s Office for Rectifying Malpractice said in a statement: “We urge parties concerned to beef up self-scrutiny to correct their wrongdoing, which is profit-seeking in defiance of public [...]
