CTIA 2008: Sonus Networks Enables Wireless Operators to Make Flat Rate Pricing a Profitable Reality

Sonus Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:SONS) , the market leader in IP communications infrastructure, is helping mobile operators to embrace flat rate pricing plans without the major increases to operating costs usually associated with increased traffic or subscribers. The core infrastructure components offered by Sonus can be integrated to enable operators to retain competitive pricing models through IP-to-IP peering, advanced media services and transcoder-free operation. Sonus Networks is exhibiting these and other wireless solutions at CTIA 2008, Las Vegas, at Booth #3439. Read more

CTIA 2008: Monsoon Multimedia Announces HAVA TV Place-Shifting for the Nokia Internet Tablet

Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative digital video solutions provider, today announced HAVA support for the Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets (updated with the latest operating system), and the upcoming Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, allowing customers to view and control their home TV from anywhere in the world over WiMAX or WiFi. The HAVA Player for the Nokia Internet Tablet features an easy-to-use touch interface, as well as support for hardware keys, allowing users to effortlessly control their home TV on the tablet using their thumbs or stylus. Read more

CTIA 2008: Parrot Links with Cell Phone Users Via the Launch of mobile.parrot.com

Parrot, a leader in wireless mobile telephony devices, has announced the launch of a website for mobile users, mobile.parrot.com . With this mobile version, the main content of the Parrot website is now just a click away, wherever visitors happen to be.
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CTIA 2008: Microsoft Announces Enterprise-Class Mobile Solution

Helping to propel large-scale mobile phone deployments by businesses, Microsoft Corp. today announced at CTIA Wireless 2008 the immediate availability of System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 and plans for a Microsoft Mobile Services Plan (MMSP) to be available from mobile operators worldwide. Together with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1, the software and services provide the best solution for midsize and large businesses to manage and help protect Windows Mobile phones. Read more

CTIA 2008: Professional Bull Riders, Inc. Chooses iLoop Mobile to Reach Their Mobile Audience

iLoop Mobile, the leading technology and services company for mobile marketing, mobile advertising, and mobile content distribution, today announced that it has been chosen by Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR), the world’s preeminent professional bull riding organization, to help PBR leverage the mobile channel by bringing compelling interactivity and content to their substantial and fast expanding fan base. Now all of the excitement of the “toughest sport on dirt” will be available at their fans’ fingertips. Read more

CTIA 2008: Emoze Enhances User Experience

Users of mobile push-email can now enjoy a clearer, more sophisticated user experience with the latest enhancement offered by free push email service emoze. Read more

CTIA 2008: OpenMarket Releases New Features to Improve Reliability of Financial Processing for the Mobile Industry

OpenMarket Inc., a premier provider of mobile messaging and financial payment processing systems for direct-to-consumer (D2C) mobile commerce, today unveiled enhancements to its mobile commerce service designed to improve transaction success rates and revenue assurance for mobile content providers. OpenMarket also announced that it has expanded its direct connections with several mobile service providers, enabling businesses to reach an estimated 98 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers. The announcements were made at CTIA Wireless 2008 (OpenMarket Booth #7003).
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MOBILE VIDEO CONSUMERS PRIZE QUALITY AND SPEED, NEW BAMBOO SURVEY SAYS

Mobile video is here, but consumers have little patience for sluggish downloads and even less tolerance for poor image quality, according to a nationwide consumer survey to be released on March 31 by Bamboo MediaCasting (www.bamboomc.com). This week, the company introduces U.S. audiences to a new way for carriers and service providers to automatically deliver crystal-clear, subscription-based rich media programming to mobile phones — without the wait created by streaming or downloading. Read more

Bamboo Mobile Video Factoids

Mobile Video: Market Opportunity
o The number of mobile video enabled devices will grow from some 240 million TV enabled handsets and more than $2.9 billion of infrastructure equipment will be sold from 2007-2011. (Multimedia Research Group, Mobile TV: Global Standards Review & Forecast for Infrastructure and Handsets 2007-2011, 2007) Read more

Bamboo Executive Profiles

Guy Morag - President and CEO
For more than 15 years Guy Morag has been at the forefront of the digital imaging and entertainment industries. Before founding Bamboo MediaCasting, Morag established Pix.com, serving as president and CEO. After a successful merger with Zing Network Inc., he served as Zing’s vice president of International Business Development. Previously, Morag served as general manager for EFI Israel, a fully owned subsidiary of EFI Inc., and was director of the Technology Group of EFI Inc. He has a master’s degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology. Read more

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