Mobile Ticketing the next big thing in UAE and Middle East

M-ticketing will soon replace home-printed and pre-printed paper tickets in GCC and Middle East.It is becoming increasingly popular since it allows ticket buyers to avoid long lines and enables ticket sellers to eliminate printing and distribution costs - ultimately providing better service to customers. M-tickets can be sent to a mobile phone or PDA via SMS. This consists of a bar code that can be quickly read and validated directly from the mobile device’s display screen. Source: Gulf News...

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1 GBPS for Mobile Users,4G standard at 1Gbps to be launched in 2009

The technology of 4G (fourth generation) mobile communication systems are projected to solve some of the problems of 3G systems and to provide wide variety of new services, from high-quality voice to high-definition video over high-data-rate wireless channels.IEE is working on WiMAX 1Gbps which could become 4G mobile standard, taking over all cell and wireless communication. The new standard is known as 802.16m.They have announced that it will available around second trimester of 2009 and will be...

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RBI Issues Mobile Banking Guidelines

 The RBI has issued mobile banking guidelines, with a transaction limit of only $55 per transaction, and $110 per day. Banks have also been advised to set monthly transaction limits based on the customers risk profile. Some other significant elements in the guidelines, and their implications for mobile payment service providers detailed at MediaNama: M-Banking Guidelines For India Issued; Ridiculous Transaction Limit We've also uploaded the guidelines for you to download. Do share your views...

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Job Position: Startup Mobile VAS company looking for Voice application developers

Hi All, Came across a Job requirement, thought our guys will be interested. Please apply directly to the email address. Hexolabs, a mobile VAS company being incubated at IIT Kanpur innovation cell is looking for a voice developer with following qualities. Job Position: Startup Mobile VAS company looking for Voice application developers Job Description: Voice Portal Application Development in telecom domain – GSM, CDMA, FixedlineStrong programming skills in Voice XML, mySQL, PHP/JS1+ year of experience in Telco based applications would be...

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Short Code Services In India

Short codes are owned by mobile operators, and those listed below have merely licensed the code from each operator. Which means, an operator can choose not to allow a short code to function on its network by simply not renewing the annual license.51315   -   Wisync Technologies 52272   -   Mobile2Win India 52424   -   Living Media India / Aaj Tak / India Today 52455   -   Activemedia 52525   -   Sony Entertainment Television 52580  ...

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BlackBerry version of enquiries

In the BB main picture, simultaneously presses down ALT+CAP+HThe part acts BB as soon as the well-known operator's code number looks at 100 American T-Mobile 102 North America Cingular 107 Canadian Roger 114 Danish/Austria T-Mobile 116 Hong Kong 3 (and record telecommunication) 119 French Orange 120 British Vodafone 123 British T-Mobile 124 German Vodafone 125 British/Ireland's O2 128 Singapore StarHub 141 Hong Kong CSL 142 British Orange 144 Singapore Singtel 146 Australian optus 167 Singapore...

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Some swirly settings for the iPhone MMS App

The settings on this page have been reported by users to work. The list is not complete... If your settings work and are not listed here and if you would like to share, you are welcome to send them by mail to tommy or mats at swirlyspace dot com, and we will put them up in this list. Vodafone (UK) MMSC: mms.vodafone.co.uk/servlets/mms Proxy: 212.183.137.012:8799 APN: wap.vodafone.co.uk User name: user@vodafone.net Password: user Reference: Thx Wesley Hall! Vodafone DE (Germany) MMSC:...

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In depth and detailed N82 review

Mike Evans from Mobile Mentalism has produced a lengthy three part hands on review of the N82, handily broken down for easy reading. He defines the N82’s primary purpose as ‘fun’, and backs it up by saying everything about the device is designed around ‘pictures, video or music’. The media gallery is ‘neat’ – needing only one button push to get directly to your images. The camera is a ‘good’un’, and the ‘powerful xenon flash’ is handy for taking snaps in his dark back yard. The final part of the...

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Frenzo Mobile Community launched in Airtel,Idea and BPL Mobile

 ACL Wireless Ltd , India’s leading wireless company providing Mobility and Social Networking and  Mobile community based solutions, have launched a WAP based Mobile Community by the name of Frenzo in India. This community is currently available for Airtel,IDEA and BPL Mobile subscribers. This is a first of its kind Mobile specific community in India.Frenzo is a secure mobile community, where you can: - meet people who share your interests - for friendship,...

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Detecting mobile devices using PHP

The developers will be happy to find this info which I bumped into today. Hand Interactive has published an article on how to detect a mobile device using PHP. “Don’t you wish there were an easy way to detect whether your web site visitor is connecting with a desktop PC or a mobile device of some sort?The good news is that using PHP (or another server-based scripting language), it’s sort of easy to detect some devices by parsing the UserAgent string. Because the code is run on the server rather...

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Simple to find Lost Mobile

After reading this mail please preserve the IMEI number in a notepad and send to your gmail so that it will be permanetly with uAn IMEI number-The International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number is an international identity number used to uniquely identify a mobile phone. The 15-digit IMEI number is an electronic fingerprint transmitted every time a phone is used, which reveals the identity of the mobile handset.How can I find out my IMEI number? IMEI numbers are independent of the...

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MVAS to generate Rs 11,000 crore by 2010 in India

You will be able to download 15 minutes of your favourite film or a 15minute video of your birthday party on your mobile. This will happen by the end of the year with the expected entry of the third generation (3G) services in the telecom sector.The mobile value added services (MVAS) sector is expected to generate sales of Rs 11,000 crore by 2010. The MVAS industry will achieve compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44 per cent in the next few years. As of today, 60 per cent of MVAS revenues come from audio downloads. But with the entry of 3G services...

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