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Up until now, TeliaSonera, the largest mobile network operator in Finland and Sweden, was using MotionBridge (acquired my Microsoft in 2006) for their on-portal search service. I’ve heard from an inside source that in the 2 weeks, TeliaSonera will relaunch a brand new search service on their WAP portal in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. TeliaSonera […]

Yahoo and AT&T Sign Mobile Advertising Deal

Posted by Nadir on January 30th, 2008

Yahoo! announced today that it is partnering with AT&T to provide mobile ads to AT&T’s 70 million mobile customers. According to Reuters:

Google Mobile Search Update : Mobile Web Index Rescucitated

Posted by Nadir on January 26th, 2008

In march 2007, Google launched a new version of its mobile search engine, which quite looked like Yahoo OneSearch. The new version consisted of a page with just one search box, after entering a query, Google would automatically categorize search results in Web results, Local results, Images and News.

Google Partners with NTT DoCoMo on Mobile Search

Posted by Nadir on January 24th, 2008

NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s biggest mobile carrier has announced that it has partnered with Google to provide their services on their Internet portal.

Yahoo! Signs Mobile Search Partnership With America Movil

Posted by Nadir on December 20th, 2007

Yahoo! announced today that it is partnering with America Movil, the largest mobile network operator in Latin America, to offer mobile web and mobile search services on its portals.

When Will Mobile Advertising Really Take Off?

Posted by Nadir on December 13th, 2007

A study made by Gartner predicted that revenues made from mobile advertising will be worth $11 billion by 2011. But not everyone is that optimistic, even people from mobile advertising companies. Business Week reports what people from Nokia or Screentonic have said about such figures:

Advertising With Mobile AdWords Just Got Easier

Posted by Nadir on December 3rd, 2007

Many companies do not invest money in mobile marketing because they think it’s too complicated, or don’t have the resources to create a mobile site. AdWords for mobile just launched a new feature that should solve these problems.

Free WiFi In Luxembourg With Location-Based Services

Posted by Nadir on November 26th, 2007

The City of Luxembourg, capital of Luxembourg, a small country bordered by France, Germany, and Belgium, has created a free Wifi infrastructure called Hotcity. The Wifi service has been live since July 2007 in a small area of the city, and from December 2007, more access points will be added to cover the train station […]