Trends
UK multi-play rivals BT and Sky spend record...
The triple-play rivals will also soon be going head to head in the mobile arena. As BT and Sky get ready to add mobile services to their existing triple-play mix of fixed voice, Internet and TV...
Trends
Google posts profit hike but forex rates hit...
Internet giant reports fourth quarter numbers; cost-per-click drops. Google generated a net profit of $4.76 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, an increase of 40% on the previous year, but foreign exchange rate changes...
Equipment
Boot up: smarter assistants, the new Apple, untangling...
Plus Samsung's challenge, the US's late, late majority, more Android permissions woes, the wearables puzzle, and more
Five things to know about Siri and Google Now's growing intelligence
Lawrence Flynn is CEO of Artificial Solutions, which makes natural language processing...
Trends
Syniverse to Expand Global Messaging Connectivity for India’s...
Indian operator BSNL and Syniverse have signed a multiyear agreement which will implement Syniverse’s SMS Interoperability Solution to provide BSNL’s subscribers with greater mobile messaging reach. Syniverse’s SMS Interoperability Solution enables mobile operators to rapidly establish interworking...
Managed Services
Zain Jordan implements message filtering from Jinny
Zain Jordan has deployed Jinny Software’s SmartGuard Messaging Control Suite for message filtering and content subscription control.
SmartGuard provides protection to their subscribers from unsolicited text messages and unsubscribed content, as well as securing the network from spam and fraudulent...
APPS World
Telecel introduces WhatsApp Bundles to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean operator Telecel is introducing WhatsApp Bundles to allow subscribers to chat and share videos, voice notes and files with anyone on any network without having to worry about running out of data.
To purchase the bundles, subscribers dial *480# or...
Trends
Twitter losses grow to $132m
Social media darling Twitter reported a net loss of $132m for the first quarter of 2014, up considerably from the $27m loss for the same period last year. Revenues for the same period jumped over 119 per cent however, to...
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