Posts Tagged ‘israel celluler’

Modu is in trouble

Written by admin on November 11, 2009 – 12:31 pm

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  • Though it seems that the economic crisis is nearly behind us, not everyone is enjoying a recovery. Dov Moran’s start-up Modu is planning another round of cuts in its operations.
  • US converged solutions supplier Comverse expects its BSS platform to serve as the cornerstone for its sales to operators in Latin America, Vicente Ramírez, VP of sales for Comverse Latin America, told BNamericas.
  • Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (TASE: CEL) , announced the dismissal of a purported class action filed against the Company in May 2009, in the District Court of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa,
  • WiMAX equipement manufacturer, Alvarion has reported a 21% drop in its revenues for the 3rd-quarter to $58.4 million, compared to $74.3 million in 2008. This was also a 0.6% drop on the revenues recorded in the second quarter of 2009.
  • Shares of Amdocs Ltd. rose Thursday after the telecommunications equipment maker posted higher fourth-quarter earnings and gave a solid forecast for its fiscal first quarter, a sign that demand for its products may be stabilizing.
  • Israel’s Partner Communications - which trades as Orange - has reported a 20% drop in its 3rd-quarter profits to NIS 263 million (US$70 million). Revenues were down by 3.3% to NIS 1,575 million (US$419 million), while EBITDA was down 10.9% to NIS 570 million (US$152 million).
  • Internet service provider (ISP) and international calls carrier NetVision Ltd. (TASE: NTSN) opposes the Ministry of Communications’ policy of opening the cellular market to competition through the introduction of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs).

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    Genoa color saves battery life

    Written by admin on September 1, 2009 – 1:39 am

    • Genoa Color Technologies announced Pixcale technology to address the twin challenge of delivering longer battery life and vivid TV-quality color on high-resolution mobile phone displays.
    • FlyScreen, an application created by an an Israeli startup called Cellogic, replaces the lock screen on your Android device with a few widgets that you can play with while your mobile phone is locked.
    • NDS , the leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, has teamed up with Pontis , to integrate its Marketing Delivery Platform™ (MDP) with the NDS Unified Headend.
    • Israelis may be able to get iPhones, but they can’t have any iTunes. For now, the online music and video store won’t be opening its virtual doors to Israeli consumers despite the local iPhone launch, TheMarker has learned.
    • fring is now on the sony ericcson app store.
    • my6sense iphone app is live in the app store.
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    DroidSecurity - protecting mobile devices

    Written by admin on August 23, 2009 – 9:06 am

    • DroidSecurity™, an innovative new start-up dedicated to protecting mobile devices, smartphones and netbooks,  launched DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite, the first full-featured consumer anti-malware and physical security app for Google’s Android operating system.
    • The new york times covers waze - the traffic app from israel.
    • jumptap, the leading provider of mobile advertising and targeting solutions,  announced that it was awarded Patent No. 7,577,665 by the United States Patent Office on August 18, 2009.
    • Leading full service mobile gaming solutions provider Spin3*, powered by Microgaming, the world’s largest online gaming software provider, announced the launch of its latest mobile instant win card game, Dragon’s Fortune, exclusively as a web-application for users of web-enabled smartphones.
    • Amdocs, the leading provider of customer experience systems,  announced that Rogers Communications Inc., a diversified Canadian communications and media company, has upgraded its Amdocs customer management system to Amdocs CES 7.5. This deployment is the first step in a multi-year transformation project to support Rogers’ quadruple-play offering with integrated Amdocs CES 7.5 products.
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    Cellcom profits up in second quarter

    Written by admin on August 19, 2009 – 10:11 am

    • Telephone operator Cellcom Israel Ltd said it posted a forecast-beating rise in second-quarter net profit as an increase in content and value-added services offset a decline in roaming revenue from tourism.
    • Jumptap, the leading provider of mobile advertising and targeting solutions,  announced that it was awarded Patent No. 7,577,665 by the United States Patent Office on August 18, 2009.
    • DroidSecurity™, an innovative new start-up dedicated to protecting mobile devices, smartphones and netbooks, launched DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite, the first full-featured consumer anti-malware and physical security app for Google’s Android operating system.
    • Comverse is considering undertaking another round of layoffs following the High Holidays. The company currently employs some 4,000 employees throughout the world, 2,000 of which work in their Israel offices. The company is currently considering cutting back by 5% to 10% in their workforce.
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    O2 will preload telemap navigataion app

    Written by admin on August 11, 2009 – 1:14 pm

    • O2 UK has announced that it is to embed Telmap’s navigation and mapping software into the majority of its GPS-enabled phones. The operator will also be providing first level customer support and billing support for the service.
    • Two of Israel’s mobile network operators have submitted non-binding offers to buy rival network, MIRS, which is currently owned by Motorola.
    • Partner Communications, Israel’s second largest mobile operator, on Monday posted a 2.1 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by lower operating expenses and a larger customer base.
    • Israel’s Ministry of Communications has ruled that customers who buy their mobile phone from a 3rd party supplier should be entailed to the same operator benefits as customers who buy their handsets from approved suppliers.
    • Chip developer Zoran Corporation is laying off several dozen employees from its mobile division. This follows the firing of 40 employees 18 months ago.
    • First Israel Mezzanine Investors CEO Ishay Davidi has been disqualified from the race to buy Partner Communications, ostensibly because of noncompliance with the terms laid down by the Israeli mobile service provider’s parent company.
    • Allot Communications Ltd , a leader in IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), announced a framework agreement with a global tier-1 mobile operator group.
    • New York-based Didiom, the “award-winning” mobile media service provider, has this week announced that its Didiom application for on-the-go streaming of computer media to mobile phones is finally making the leap to Research In Motion’s (RIM’s) BlackBerry smartphone.
    • Israeli cellular operators have apparently opted for collaboration to deal with Apple Inc’s content model for iPhone. On Friday, Partner Communications Ltd. announced that it would collaborate with leading Israeli websites to create special web applications for iPhone.
    • Cellcom Israel Ltd. launched the first Googlephone in Israel. Cellcom will launch the Samsung Electronics  i7500 Galaxy Googlephone, which in addition to Google Inc.  Android operating system.

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    Waze is now on the Appstore

    Written by admin on August 9, 2009 – 2:53 am

    • Real-time crowd-sourcing navigation app Waze has cleared Apple’s App Store approval team and appeared for download, promising not only free turn-by-turn directions but peer-based traffic and road-condition updates
    • Telefonica, Spain’s leading mobile operator, has selected Olista’s mobile user-experience platform to improve its customers’ experience when using Telefonica’s data services.
    • Scailex Corp said on Thursday it had submitted a binding bid for Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd’s majority stake in Partner, Israel’s second-largest mobile phone operator.
    • Israel’s Pelephone is planning a bid to buy fellow mobile phone operator MIRS, parent company Bezeq Israel Telecom said on Thursday.
    • Pelephon has reportedly announced its financial reports for Q2′09. The mobile operator posted a 13.3% growth in its profits to NIS 1.35 billion in Q2, as compared to NIS 1.19 billion in Q2′08. Operating profit increased to NIS 321 million while net profit rose to NIS 233 million, up 29.4% in comparison to Q2′08.
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    wefi raises more money

    Written by admin on August 5, 2009 – 4:25 am

    • Lightspeed Venture Partners and Pitango Venture Capital are pouring more capital into WeFi, operator of a global, community-based network of WiFi hotspots, in an undisclosed Series B round of funding and following an earlier round by both investors secured back in May 2007.
    • Bezeq Israel Telecom, the country’s dominant phone company, reported a 19 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday and raised its outlook for the rest of 2009.
    • Fring announced today that the Fring 3.40 is now available for Samsung (Symbian) handsets.
    • The iGO My Way 2009 turn-by-turn navigation app is now available in the App Store, offering editions for North America, Europe, and Western Europe.
    • IDB Holding Corp. Ltd. mobile telecommunications unit Cellcom Israel Ltd. said that it is considering a bid to buy 100 percent of Mirs, the smallest cellular company in Israel.
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    Modu - Cellcom sold the first supply of handsets

    Written by admin on July 27, 2009 – 12:34 am

    • Israeli newspaper calcalist reports that Cellcom has sold a few hundred handsest from modu - in the first 4 days of the launch - and is now waiting fr more handstet from the company. the price tag ia 120$.
    • There’s a new contestant in the race to buy the controlling interest in Israeli mobile services company Partner Communications: the pan-European investment fund Permira.
    • Scailex Corp said it was in talks with a third party to issue securities to fund a possible purchase of a controlling stake in mobile phone operator Partner Communications.
    • Sources inform ”Globes” that Hutchison Telecommunications chairman Canning Fok was in Israel to push forward the sale of the company’s stake in partner.
    • AudioCodes has teamed up with MailVision to offer a mobile soft client (Pico) and a versatile mobile clients’ Distribution Platform to Israel’s leading mobile service provider, Cellcom.
    • Australian telecoms operator Telstra Corporation Limited has launched Comverse HUB Converged Messaging, locally branded MyConnect, the supplier of software said.
    • Amdocs Ltd (Amdocs) reported weak 3Q 09 results with a y-o-y decline in revenues in line with Management guidance on account of the weak demand environment.
    • Nokia Siemens Networks expanded its OEM agreement with dominant WiMAX vendor Alvarion, effectively ushering in the vendor’s exit from the WiMAX infrastructure business.
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    A study from israel shows a sharp rise in salivary gland cancer that may be linked to mobile phones

    Written by admin on July 17, 2009 – 2:24 am

    • A recent study documents a sharp rise in the incidence of salivary gland cancer in Israel that researchers believe may be linked to the use of mobile phones. The study was commissioned by the Israel Dental Association and directed by Avi Zini of the community dentistry department at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine. The study included examination of the incidence of oral cavity cancers in Israel from 1970 to 2006.
    • Amdocs , the leading provider of customer experience systems,  announced that Telenor Sweden, one of the largest mobile operators in Sweden and a subsidiary of the Telenor Group, has selected Amdocs’ Operational Support System (OSS) suite of products to manage and automate its network inventory across its wireline operations.
    • Ceragon Networks Ltd, a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions,  announced that it has signed a multi-year global supply agreement with the Hutchison 3 Group, a leading global player in the 3G telecommunications.
    • emoze Now renowned for its messaging solutions will offer services to the Nokia Series 40 devices. The Series 40 mobile phones are now being offered with an Emoze push messaging software link in the OVI download fold.
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    Modu will be launched next week

    Written by admin on July 14, 2009 – 4:40 am

    • Modu first handset will be soft launched in cellcom israel next week. no details yet on price. the company raised about 80 mullion$ hoping to become a major hanstet maker. the launched was delayed by almost a year due to technological and financial problems.
    • Mobile advertising start-up Pudding Media recently completed a $3 million second round of financing.
    • Comverse today announced completion of a project with Cellcom Israel that upgrades the mobile operator’s own legacy ringback tone service to the Comverse Ringback Tone solution, which will boost sound quality and also add new features.
    • Israel-based WiMAX equipment and broadband solutions developer Alvarion Ltd today announced a WiMAX pilot with French operator Bollore Telecom in Marina Port Vauban in the south of France.
    • Mo’minis announced it’s first contest in the GimmiCast contests series. Mo’Minis is giving you the opportunity to create content which has never been seen before on the mobile platform! This contest is all about gimmicks.
    • Despite a lack of an apparent overlap between their technologies, Intel Corporation  and Amdocs Ltd have decided to cooperate, and have set up a joint performance lab, financed by the two companies, to test new technologies.
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