Archive for December, 2006

Rediff offers to access e-mail service on mobile phones with GPRS

Friday, December 29th, 2006


Rediff. India has opened its short messaging service to send and receive e-mails through mobile phones.

Mobile phone users would be able to send and receive e-mails over the mobile phones by messaging to 7333. All telecom service providers are ready to help Rediff effort. This initiative step with increase the market growth in small and medium business (SMBs)
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‘mywaves’:A new way to access mobile video on cell

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006


A nascent start up ‘mywaves’ has unveiled a 10,000 channel mobile video service. Compatible to almost all 3G and video–capable phones this service can be accessed globally.

The site which hitches the ride on different operator’s wavelengths lets the customers customize their own channels and their on-the-move entertainment content. The SMS service from mywaves provides you all the latest updates on your channel.

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Starting next year Verizon to display mobile Ads

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006


Sprint started this and now Verizon is following the footsteps what’s wrong in it is this that the nonsense and utter disgusting ads which are seldom useful will appear on your cellphone screen while surfing net.

These ads will start appearing early next year and will be coaxing customers to visit weather, sports and other internet sites.

The Ovum Research
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Apple announces AirPort update: Targeting Compatibility issues

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006


In a quiet move Apple has released an online statement that they have released one more update for the AirPort wireless networking system.(Apple’s own Wi-Fi networking system)

This new upgrade Apple claims will improve the compatibility of the systems but what these compatibility issues were has not been stated.

It is important to mention a slice of
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Nortel signs $2bn contract with Verizon Wireless to upgrade high speed network

Thursday, December 21st, 2006


Nortel Networks Corp. (NT) announced that the company has entered into a five year contract with Verizon Wireless, worth $2 billion to improve its high-speed network.

The largest manufacturing company of telephone equipment in North America, NT has signed $2bn contract with Verizon wireless. According to company sources, this contract will enable Verizon Wireless
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ATandT provides new residential voice packages

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006


Like other service providers, AT&T is too introducing its special offers what it claims bundled services for US customers ahead of the holiday season.

It is a complete voice pack providing customers the choice of three simplified packages having features like Three-Way Calling, Call Forwarding, Call Return, Call Blocker, Call Waiting and more, the company stated.
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MySpace hitches a ride on Cingular

Monday, December 18th, 2006


MySpace has found a new home on Cingular bandwidth. With charges of $2.99 per month the user will be able to upload photos, edit profiles and respond to mails.

MySpace is a mammoth site with about 130 million user profiles on it. It is already available for Helios customers but with Cingular it will get even wider reach.

All that users need to do is to download
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Ilium’s eWallet 5.0 available n the market

Friday, December 15th, 2006


The Ilium Software today released the latest version of their software called eWallet 5.0 for smartphones, PDA’s and handhelds.

The eWallet 5.0 gives a 256-bit encryption security and their latest release sees totally refurnished software with new icons.

The software provides the device to synchronize with networks, USB devices, and even remote locations
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Telephone’s days are numbered; After Microsoft’s Office Communication Server

Thursday, December 14th, 2006


These days Microsoft is putting its hand in many things now there are reports that suggest that Microsoft will now crash in to telephony circuit also.

The Office Communication Server 2007 will now also carry voice functionality. This server is being tested by 2500 IT professionals who were supplied with the beta version.

The new voice server will allow the
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Apple’s Leopard OS available for developers

Thursday, December 14th, 2006


The Apples Leopard OS is out but only for the developers. This new system is called Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system build 9A321. His new system is the enhancement of the last month released 9A303.

With this release also comes a warning from Apple which says that developers should guard against the unresolved Finder crashes when loading AFP volumes and Active directory quirks.
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