Alex Kinch

Link: Rebtel Blog » Blog Archive » Rebtel research: Cheaper to fly than to call
Some interesting research courtesy of Rebtel – in fact UK Sunday tabloid News Of The World found it so interesting they wrote an article all about it.
SKY-HIGH international mobile phone charges can make it cheaper to FLY abroad for a chat with a pal than [...]

Link: Remember 63336: Free AQA 63336 gig
Bit short notice, but if you’re in London tonight and fancy some great music and wicked cocktails pop along to the AQA 63336 party in Camden.
It’s being held at UNDERSOLO, which is downstairs at Bar Solo, 20 Inverness Street, NW1. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start, and [...]

Link: BBC NEWS | England | Hampshire | £3m mobile phone raid near M-way
Masked men have stolen £3m worth of deluxe mobile phones which sell for £2,500 each after forcing a van off a link road to the M3 in Hampshire.
A van from mobile phone firm Vertu was targeted near junction 4a of the M3 [...]

Loss narrows at Vodafone Group – International Herald Tribune
Despite posting a second consecutive year of staggering losses, Vodafone Group on Tuesday forecast strong growth in emerging markets and was bullish about 2008, sending its shares to a five-year high.
The company, a European mobile phone giant, said it had a net loss of £5.43 billion, or [...]

Link: Ring Nokia: Google Phone = MVNO using O2’s network in the UK + Nokia + Google’s secret sauce
Gossip gossip.. apparently there’s an announcement due in the next couple of weeks!

Link: Live poetry with SMS projector tool SMS Chatwall
Poetry has gone all high-tech recently, with a recent SMS love poem contest and now a ‘poetry slam’ by text in Germany.
The locally well known livelyrix poetry slam took place in Dresden last Friday again. Ten poets presented their poems and texts in the sold out event [...]

Link: Government restricts SMS news services
The government has been restricting some SMS news services and blocking certain media websites, said journalists and opposition parties. ‘SMS news service via mobile networks are facing a legal challenge, and I call on the government to make laws to issue licenses to the companies who want to offer this [...]

It’s been one of those weeks this week.. With Ewan sunning himself on distant shores and me (Alex) in the midst of moving house, it’s been a busy time.
Apologies for the lack of posts for the past day or so – got plenty of good stuff to come shortly, so watch this space!

Link: webitpr | Latest Mobile Local Search Index Shows Tech Savvy Consumers Want Wireless Internet
m-spatial have just released their Winter/Spring Mobile Local Search Index, which features some interesting results.
The index, based on searches made from mobile phones in the first quarter of 2007, shows that cinemas, food and accodomation are amongst the most popular things people search [...]

Global messaging company (and site sponsor) Clickatell have today announced the launch of a mobile terminated (MT) premium rate SMS service in South Africa.
Currently offered by Vodacom and MTN in South Africa, mobile terminated services are used for subscription-based content. Because the networks offer these services in different ways, Clickatell provides an easy-to-use open interface [...]