Posts Tagged ‘waze’

O2 buys Jajah

Written by admin on December 25, 2009 – 6:45 am

  • Isaeli start-up Jajah, which allows users to make international phone calls via the Internet, will be sold to Telefonica’s (TEF.MC) mobile phone unit O2 this week, TheMarker financial news website said on Sunday.
  • Comverse Technology is finalizing a settlement with investors who filed a class-action lawsuit against the software maker to recoup losses related to backdated stock options. The telecommunications software maker is expected to pay out between $150 million and $300 million.
  • Online global traffic mapping start-up Waze Inc. has fired 15 of its 32 temporary employees. The laid-off employees were students who were mapping US roads for the company’s free navigation software.
  • TuneWiki, an app that brings music streaming, a lyrics database and music videos from YouTube to one social, customizable media player (iTunes link) has been pretty popular on the iPhone. And now it’s just gone live on the Nokia Ovi store.

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Red bend goes to china

Written by admin on December 1, 2009 – 3:09 am

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  • red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM), announced that China Mobile Communications Corp.’s research and development branch, China Mobile Research Institute, has chosen Red Bend to provide software for firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and device management (DM) for mobile phones that use the Android-based OPhone OS (Open Mobile Phone Operating System).
  • Comverse has the largest global market share for providing Multimedia Messaging Centers (MMSC) to global telecom carriers, says ABI Research, a leading market intelligence company specializing in global connectivity and emerging technology.
  • The popular P2P VoIP service Fring has just announced that they have begun to add support for Skype video calls to their messaging client.
  • Mobile satnav specialist, Telmap, has introduced a version of
    Telmap Navigator for Android. The reason being that it is responding to a prediction from Current Analysis that Android is “the fastest growing smartphone operating system in 2009.”
  • Mobile driving application Waze is adding a little extra inventive for users to help build out its crowdsourced maps. It already offers users points for “munching” up the road — i.e., driving around with Waze and validating the app’s directions. The latest version adds “road goodies,” special spots on the map that you get extra points for driving over.
  • If you think you’re up to the challenge of creating the world’s next blockbuster mobile game or app, it’s time to sign up for the Mo’Minis GameCast #2 contest sponsored by orange™ Israel. In this amazing contest, all you need to grab the big prize is a wild imagination – Mo’Minis Studio does the rest.
  • Cellcom Israel (CEL.N) (CEL.TA), the country’s largest mobile phone operator, on Monday posted a 19 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, boosted by higher revenue and a one-time tax gain.

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jajah to be sold for $200-300 million?

Written by admin on November 14, 2009 – 4:55 am

  • Israeli start-up Jajah, which allows users to make phone-to-phone calls via the Internet, has received a buyout offer of $200-300 million, TheMarker financial news website said on Wednesday.
  • Belgium-based MVNO, Cherry owned by Mondial Telecom is using Comverse’s solution to offer voice services to its subscribers over GSM as well as Wi-Fi.
  • Waze, Inc., the first free provider of driver-generated maps and real-time road information, today announced the availability of its platform for community crowdsourcing of maps, worldwide
  • RADCOM Ltd. (NASDAQ: RDCM) today announced that a major cellular operator in Central Asia has selected RADCOM’s Omni-Q system to monitor its GSM, GPRS and UMTS networks. The total expected deal value is over $1,000,000.
  • Following the success of its first contest earlier this year, Mo’Minis today announced that the second mobile game creation contest in its GameCast series which is now open for registration.
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  • Two days after Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE: DOX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) published its financial reports for fourth fiscal quarter and full-year of 2009, CEO Dov Barahav hosted a small gathering for two AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) executives. AT&T is Amdocs’ biggest customers. The cocktail party was held. The fiscal year was a tough one for Amdocs, but it ended with signs of recovery.

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Play deployes Mobixell’s advertising solution

Written by admin on September 27, 2009 – 10:56 am

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  • Polish mobile network operator, Play is to deploy a mobile advertising platform provided by Mobixell. Play and Mobixell have already trialled the new advertising service on Play’s WAP portal.
  • Leading full service mobile gaming solutions provider Spin3*, powered by Microgaming, the world’s largest online gaming software provider, has announced the launch of its new bingo-themed instant-win game, Bingo Bonanza, exclusively developed for web-enabled Smartphones.
  • waze, Inc. launched the first free service for the majority of smartphone users to offer voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, real time traffic updates and driver-generated reports.
  • Motorola Israel has reportedly demanded that those companies bidding for the 100% stake in iDEN operator MIRS Communications must pay a penalty fee of ILS50 million (USD13.4 million) should the Israeli Ministry of Communications (MoC) and the Antitrust Authority fail to approve the deal.
  • Jajah is rolling out a brand spankin’ new service – Jajah@call, a Twitter user-to-user phone call solution.

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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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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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