News analysis

Palm says Treo 750 to get Windows Mobile upgrade "this year"

Palm has said that an update to the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system will be available for Treo 750
smartphone customers around the world "later this year."

Sonus Networks confirms Zynetix purchase

Sonus Networks has said it has acquired GSm softswitch vendor Zynetix. Sonus will pay around $13 million for Zynetix. The acquisition is expected to close by the second week of April 2007.

dotMobi says websites should go to .mobi

Mobile domain provider dotMobi has “evaluated” the top 100 sites on the internet to see how “mobile ready” they are.

TeliaSonera says Yoigo nearing 100,000 subs

Lucky winner will get to go to Eurovision

TeliaSonera’s Spanish mobile operator, Yoigo, is closing in on its first 100,000 subscribers, the operator has said.

Microsoft service creation for Telco 2.0

Vodafone’s service announcements with Ebay, MySpace, Google and Yahoo are evidence that the ability to effectively harness web services is becoming critical to telcos – according to web services giant Microsoft.

Technology alone will not decide the future of Mobile TV, says European Broadcasting Union

Following the revelation that the EU is to ignore recommendations on mobile TV standards, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in response to the report of the European Mobile Broadcasting Council (see News Analysis and Opinion), has emphasised the

WorldDMB President slams EU Commissioner over mobile TV standards

WorldDMB President, Quentin Walker, has slammed EU Commissioner, Viviane Reding, after it was revealed that Ms Reding has rejected telecoms and broadcast recommendations over mobile TV broadcasting standards.

No need for SMS interconnect regulation

Says SMS interconnect company

Lobbying regulators to get mobile operators to open up their SS7 networks for direct SMS interconnect is unnecessary, according to Maneula Marqes. Marketing manager at TynTec.