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It was recently announced that iPhone is being launched in India around September 2006 by Vodafone, almost a year after it was first introduced in US.
India is a unique iPhone market because of the fact that we already have thousands of iPhone users who have been using unlocked iPhones in India. Apart from the obivious [...]

Essar Communications Holdings, the telecom subsidiary of the Ruias-controlled Essar group, has acquired a strategic stake in US-based mobile payment solutions provider Obopay. However, neither the financial terms nor the percentage of stake acquired were disclosed.
“We are excited with our investment in Obopay. The company has introduced significant mobile payment innovations in US [...]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment has officially partnered with Nokia to offer a new way for people to enjoy music with their mobile device. People who buy a Nokia Comes With Music device will have a year of access to the Sony BMG rich catalogue of music. Consumers will be able to download tracks [...]

The ongoing tussle between India’s security agencies, home ministry and the department of telecom (DoT) on one side and BlackBerry’s maker RIM may finally be resolved, at least for a year.
DoT has proposed an interim solution where all data between BlackBerry users are stored on the servers of the telcos like Bharti, Vodafone and others [...]

IBM has decided that it doesn’t want to be left out of the mobile realm. It has fired up a number of programs (instant translator, social networking, and mobile health care) that will make mobile phones even more useful for everyday tasks than they already are.
IBM has seen some of the writing on the wall. [...]

How’s that sound if a unique security apparatus could be installed in homes that can not only detect any unwanted presence happening inside the residence but also can alert the owner of the residence through a pop-up message which will be displayed on the computer screen or a SMS flashed on a cell phone anytime [...]

Early last year, Nokia Corp. hastily threw together a three-man team to follow up on an initiative by then-Chief Technology Officer Tero Ojanpera: A grass-roots mobile Web site offering user-generated content.
The result was ‘Mosh‘ - short for mobilize and share - a site that allows users to send their own images, programs and games to [...]

Procall, wireless communication solution providers, on Thursday announced the launch of its next generation digital wireless (radio) solution featuring Motorola’s Integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology in Bangalore, making it the first digital PTT service in India.
PTT communication (also called dispatch) on radio frequency allows unlimited number of users in a closed user group communicate with [...]

Employees will no longer need a computer to apply for a job. They can now use their mobile phones to do so.
JobStreet India, a sister portal of JobStreet 18 — one of Asia’s leading online recruitment companies — has revamped its job site with a ‘Smart Apply’ feature. However, one has to be registered with [...]

Motorola today launched the Motorokr U9 in the country; doing the honors was international rocker and brand ambassador Wyclef Jean who presented the first U9 to ‘Miss India World 2008′ Parvathy Omanakuttan. The Rokr U9 (images) is claimed to deliver cutting-edge mobile music capabilities.
Curvaceous, small and light, the U9 has a metallic gloss finish with [...]