EU consults on how the E-Money Directive applies to mobile phone services

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EC opens ears on e-money directive

EC opens ears on e-money directive 05/10/2004 11:42 AM
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Ofcom consults on development of new
VOIP voice services

Ofcom consults on development of new
VOIP voice services 09/07/2004 03:37 AM
PublicTechnology.net Sep 7 2004 7:48AM GMT

Merging internet and phone numbers: UK
consults

Merging internet and phone numbers: UK
consults 08/23/2004 12:35 PM
Out-Law.com Aug 23 2004 5:03PM GMT

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth 05/27/2004 12:23 PM
Boston Globe May 27 2004 3:58PM GMT

Phone, Mobile, Internet Services
Disrupted in Patna

Phone, Mobile, Internet Services
Disrupted in Patna 12/28/2004 01:24 AM
PatnaDaily.Com Dec 28 2004 4:36AM GMT

Services that insert sounds into mobile
phone conversations

Services that insert sounds into mobile
phone conversations 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: A growing number of tech providers now offer "sound insertion" services for mobile phone users. Think: ringtones you plug into the "body" of a voice conversation. Sonic emoticons. Ronan Higgins of cafe.com says:

Lightwav for PalmOne Treo smartphones has a feature called "CoverUp Sound" where you can trigger sounds to play in the phone conversation.

I hear that this application is popular in Japan with cheating "salary men" husbands. They'll trigger sounds of a train station, a busy office or a bar, while explaining to their wives why they won't be home until later. Single men trigger the sound of a girl in the background saying "come back to bed" to make their male friends jealous.

I use it to insert a bad connection effect: "I can't hear you, you're breaking up on me, I'm losing signal, I'll have to call you back about that. Kshhhh."

In related news -- last week, San Francisco-based Phonebites nabbed a US$3MM venture round. They, too, offer a service that allows mobile phone users to insert a pre-recorded sound clip into a live conversation - like a radio soundboard, but for your cell phone. Here's a related Engadget post from last October: Link. (thanks, Marc Nathan, via the unwired list)

Update: BB reader Daniel says,

There's also such an application available for Seiries60 smartphones. The app is called CallCheater. And it works quite nicely.

Link

Google adds local mobile phone services

Google adds local mobile phone services 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
Big News Network Apr 13 2005 5:39AM GMT

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia-Pac by 2009: analyst

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia-Pac by 2009: analyst 04/04/2005 06:34 PM
Channel NewsAsia Apr 4 2005 8:30PM GMT

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth (Reuters)

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth (Reuters) 05/27/2004 07:50 AM
Reuters - The use of a mobile phone to pinpoint a caller's location and nearby businesses was a hot concept when the tech bubble peaked in 2000, but only now with better phones and software does it stand to succeed, companies say. Mobile operators are selling much-improved services that help users locate friends or get directions to the nearest train station, but they have to fight off consumers' bad memories from 2000 and 2001, when they offered illegible maps on tiny black-and-white screens.

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 04/04/2005 06:41 AM
DevHardware Apr 4 2005 10:36AM GMT

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 (AFP)

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 (AFP) 04/04/2005 04:16 AM
AFP - Third generation (3G) mobile phone subscribers in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan are projected to soar to 142.6 million in 2009 from just 10.5 million in 2004, an industry analyst said.

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services 07/25/2004 05:33 PM
Utusan Online Jul 25 2004 8:42PM GMT

DTI consults on plan to link your phone
numbers, locations, identities, email

DTI consults on plan to link your phone
numbers, locations, identities, email 08/20/2004 02:31 AM
PublicTechnology.net Aug 20 2004 7:22AM GMT

Airbus, SITA INC and Tenzing to Jointly
Offer In-flight Mobile Phone and
Broadband Internet Services

Airbus, SITA INC and Tenzing to Jointly
Offer In-flight Mobile Phone and
Broadband Internet Services 07/21/2004 11:11 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases Jul 21 2004 2:08PM GMT

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile 03/29/2005 04:35 PM
CARNIVAL OF THE CAPITALISTS .. week's edition

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The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Demand for Future Mobile Services Due to
the Slow Take-up of Early 3G Services

Demand for Future Mobile Services Due to
the Slow Take-up of Early 3G Services 08/06/2004 04:31 AM
3G Aug 6 2004 8:01AM GMT

How Much E-911 Money Actually Going
Towards 911 Services?

How Much E-911 Money Actually Going
Towards 911 Services? 05/10/2004 05:49 AM
This isn't a particularly new story. In fact, over a year ago, we first mentioned that much of the money in New York designated on phone bills to go towards E-911 service was actually going towards things like winter boots. Now, the NY Times has picked up on the story and notes that only $30 million of the $440 million people thought they were paying for a modern 911 service has actually gone to that purpose. While many areas still are not prepared for the new system, the state insists that E-911 systems will be up and running by the year's end. Of course, the problem isn't just that E-911 systems aren't ready, but that people were told they were paying this fee for 911 systems. If the money was supposed to be going for winter boots, why didn't they add a "winter boots" fee line to mobile phone bills?

Open Mobile Alliance Released Mobile Web
Services Specifications (TechWeb)

Open Mobile Alliance Released Mobile Web
Services Specifications (TechWeb) 06/19/2004 02:45 AM
TechWeb - The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) this week released OMA Web Services 1.0, which defines best practices by which mobile applications can be exposed, discovered, and consumed using Web services. The technology supports a business and technology model for Web services using open standards.

China Mobile Suspends Chinadotcom Mobile
Services (Reuters)

China Mobile Suspends Chinadotcom Mobile
Services (Reuters) 08/20/2004 08:23 AM
Reuters - Chinadotcom (CHINA.O) said on Friday that its Go2joy mobile messaging unit has been sanctioned by China Mobile (CHL.N), as part of a broad crackdown on aggressive marketing by it and 21 other companies.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!"

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!" 01/05/2005 04:34 AM
Killer Mobile (killermobile.com), a mobile phone software development company released what is quickly becoming a controversial program targeted at young, tech savvy men - a program aptly titled "Save Jimmy". Save Jimmy is a program that can run on any MIDP 2.0 compliant mobile phone that allows the user to input specific information on their significant other's menstrual cycle and in turn receive daily alerts as well as view a calendar with information regarding which days are "Safe" to not use a condom. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone 06/30/2004 07:55 AM
AME Info Jun 30 2004 11:19AM GMT

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress)

Mobile Phone Tracking Success Story for
Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A
Mobile.com (featureXpress) 04/12/2004 08:57 AM
featureXpress - Mobile Phone Tracking sites Locate Mobiles.com and Trace A Mobile.com report huge increase in subscriptions

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition.

Free mobile phone advertising for Irish
pubs now available on Ireland Pub Guide
- Mobile Edition. 06/23/2004 02:36 AM
A new free advertising service is now available for pubs throughout Ireland. Publicans can freely advertise their premises to one of the largest audience of people looking for things to do in Ireland, both on the web and now on their mobile phone at http://mobile.irelandpubguide.com. [PRWEB Jun 23, 2004]

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile

Motorola E398 Music Mobile Phone
Exclusive on T-Mobile 08/27/2004 01:23 PM
I4U Aug 26 2004 11:05AM GMT

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets

Tavros Mobile Begins European Soccer
Coverage for Mobile Phone Network
Distribution to End User Handsets 12/24/2004 12:26 PM
Tavros Mobile Announces the availability of European Soccer News, direct to your Mobile Phone Handset! The latest soccer scores, goal updates as they occur, and news, on an ongoing basis. All of this for one low monthly fee. This new service is in addition to the latest java games, ringtones, and other original mobile content for users to download to their mobile phones. [PRWEB Dec 23, 2004]

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network

AirG Liberates Mobile Phone Users in
Iraq: AirG Launches Interactive Mobile
Community ‘MonAmi’ on Iraq’s First GSM
Mobile Network 04/09/2005 03:48 AM
AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities announced today that its mobile friend finder service MonAmi is now available to customers in Iraq. [PRWEB Apr 9, 2005]

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone 09/17/2004 02:33 PM

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone

T-Mobile: UK will get Windows Mobile
smart phone 09/09/2004 09:12 AM
Smart Digital Assistant on its way

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone

Mobile-Ticketing - Delivery On Mobile
Phone 09/17/2004 08:17 PM
Slashdot Sep 17 2004 10:11PM GMT

Kameleon Mobile Technologies Launches
Innovative "Blue Spot" Technology
Connecting On-the-Go Mobile Phone Users
To Rich Multimedia Advertising Content
With Just-One-Click.

Kameleon Mobile Technologies Launches
Innovative "Blue Spot" Technology
Connecting On-the-Go Mobile Phone Users
To Rich Multimedia Advertising Content
With Just-One-Click. 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
Kameleon Mobile Technologies "Blue Spots" can be placed in theaters, retail stores, point of sale displays, and outdoor billboard locations. With just one click the mobile consumer can get enhanced product information when and where he's near the point of sale, offering advertisers and brands a unique, patented new way to reach customers, and add incentive to purchase. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]

Sending Money Via Mobile Phones

Sending Money Via Mobile Phones 08/16/2004 02:27 PM
While there's been a lot of talk lately about various mobile payment systems like DoCoMo's FeLiCa (which is similar to Moneta in Korea, Dexit in Canada, and Speedpass in the US among others) it looks like the Korea Financial Telecommunications & Clearings Institute is trying a slightly different approach, where users will be able to send money to anyone just by knowing their mobile phone number. This isn't just for mobile-to-mobile payments, but for any payment, so that someone doesn't have to reveal their bank account info. In many ways it's similar to PayPal, but instead of using an email address, you can pay to a mobile phone number. Of course, if I remember correctly, this was actually PayPal's original plan... to let people easily transfer cash between PDAs.

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

The mobile content and entertainment
services market reached about EUR3
billion in 2003 – less than 3% of total
mobile service revenue and less than 19%
of non-voice revenue

The mobile content and entertainment
services market reached about EUR3
billion in 2003 – less than 3% of total
mobile service revenue and less than 19%
of non-voice revenue 09/02/2004 02:11 AM
[PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

Installing Microsoft Money on a Windows
Mobile 2003 Device

Installing Microsoft Money on a Windows
Mobile 2003 Device 07/02/2004 01:43 AM

Shocker: People Realize That Mobile
Carriers Won't Make Money From Music

Shocker: People Realize That Mobile
Carriers Won't Make Money From Music 04/15/2005 04:49 AM
For quite some time, a bunch of folks have been pointing out that the mobile phone operators are being somewhat idiotic in their belief that they they can be music and media moguls. They got this idea in their head once ringtones started to take off, and rather than thinking they might just be a fad, both the music industry and the mobile operators start drooling over how much money they think they're going to make -- when neither of them seem to actually understand the other's business very much. While the theme of the last few months in the mobile world seemed to be unquestioned acceptance that "content is king" it appears the backlash is starting, as even the folks at Business Week are realizing the mobile operators will never make much money by selling music directly. The article points out what everyone always seems to forget. Even for Apple, the clear leader in selling music online, selli ng music is a loss leader. In other words, the carriers would do better to team up with someone (such as Apple) to handle selling music, and they should just be happy with the increased usage. Of course, instead of that, the operators are complaining that iTune s on phones will take revenue away from them. And, of course, this doesn't even touch on issues like network over-capacity and the fact that people don't want different music services on their phones and on their computers. Between the recording industry and the mobile operators, about the only thing you can bet on is that both industries' short term greed, and total lack of understanding of what users want, is likely to screw up any offerings for quite a few years.

Reach Out ABILITIES Services Harnesses
Internet to Raise Money to Continue
Offering a FREE Online Resource for

Reach Out ABILITIES Services Harnesses
Internet to Raise Money to Continue
Offering a FREE Online Resource for 03/28/2005 03:22 AM
24-7PressRelease.com Mar 28 2005 8:18AM GMT
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