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Acision launches today

Former LogicaCMG telecoms unit formally launched

Acision, the messaging business of LogicaCMG taken private in April, has formally launched today.

Telenor first to market with Omnifone's MusicStation

Music subscription company Omnifone has announced the first operator deployment of its Music Station product, and gone public with a range of licensing deals with music publishers.

Aepona acquisition reflects service delivery changes

Aepona’s acquisition of application server player Appium will make it easier for operators to create and deliver large numbers of applications and services quickly, Michael Crossey, vp of marketing at Aepona, has told Mobile Europe.

LogicaCMG shows way to SMS2.0

The recently-sold telecoms division of LogicaCMG, which will be officially re-launched as Acision on 20 June, has not let its impending brand change stop it from launching a product which it says will help operators bridge the gap

Market sees results of Vodafone's internet services policy

Vodafone has gone live in the UK with the internet services partnerships it announced in February at Barcelona’s3GSM World Congress.

75% users unhappy with mobile entertainment experience

Just 26% of U.K. and U.S. mobile entertainment users are currently satisfied with their services, according to research results from the Mobile Entertainment Forum and LCC.

Windows Mobile devices drive 40 per cent growth in worldwide PDA market in Q1 of 2007, claims Gartner research

Shipments of Windows Mobile PDAs have grown 64 per cent in the first quarter of 2007, helping to drive worldwide PDA shipments to 5.1 million units - a 39.7 per cent increase from Q1 of 2006, according to

Mobile market 'at risk' as new applications fail to meet consumer needs, claims market assessment

Consumers 'suspicious of overly complex and expensive mobile content applications'

Alpheus Solutions has released a mobile content market assessment paper which, it says, highlights the risks the mobile industry faces from failing to align new services and applications