Subscription mobile TV services suffer blow
Pay-for mobile TV services in Europe and Asia have taken a hit this week. First up, German mobile TV operator Mobile 3.0 is reported to be closing down, according to Broadband TV News, which cites a Handelsblatt report.
Report: New Zealand’s third operator delayed again
New Zealand’s third mobile operator, NZ Communications, has seen its commercial launch delayed yet again and is now not likely to launch until late next year, according to a report in The Independent, a local newspaper.
Motorola wins US431M China Mobile deals
Motorola today announced it won US$431 million of GSM contracts with China Mobile – the world’s largest operator by subscribers – in the first half of 2008. In a statement, Motorola said approximately 50 percent of the revenue from these contracts was recognised in its H1 reporting this year.
Report: China Mobile begins second-round TD-SCDMA construction
China Mobile has started the second round of TD-SCDMA network construction in select provincial capitals with Changsha, Hunan, having already entered the basestation testing stage, reports China Communications.
Siano secures US17.5M in Series C funding
Mobile TV chip maker Siano Mobile Silicon has secured US$17.5 million in a Series C round of funding, reports TelecomPaper, taking its total investment to date to US$52 million.
China Mobile continues Apple talks
Dow Jones reports that China Mobile reiterated today it is still talking with Apple about introducing the iPhone in China, but adds that no agreement has yet been reached.
China Mobile receives TD-SCDMA approval
Interfax-China reports that China Mobile has received approval to expand its TD-SCDMA coverage to more cities across the country, a deployment analysts believe could increase subscribers from 50,000 at the end of June to 2.31 million by the end of 2008.
China Mobile records 7M clicks for Olympic TV content
China Mobile recorded 1 million viewers clicking 7 million times to watch more than 300,000 hours of its licensed Olympic mobile TV coverage by August 19, reports JLM Pacific Epoch, citing Chinese news agency Xinhua.
China Mobile ups profit, expands on 3G plans
China Mobile – the world’s largest mobile operator by subscribers – today unveiled a 44.7 percent increase in first-half net profit and appeared to confirm industry belief that it will deploy TD-SCDMA technology for its commercial nationwide 3G networks followed by a later move to LTE.
China Mobile falls to 15 month low on MNP fears
Reuters reports that China Mobile – the world’s largest operator by subscribers – saw its stock fall to a 15 month low today amid reports that Beijing will soon impose unfavourable mobile number portability regulations on the company.
