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FirstNews Briefs for Feb. 24, 2009

By Staff Author | February 24, 2009

• Verizon Wireless and Scripps Networks announced that content from HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network and Fine Living Network is now available on the Verizon Hub. Verizon Wireless also announced the Hub now offers 14 Clear Channel Radio stations.

• Interop Technologies announced that Bluegrass Cellular, a community-focused wireless company serving central Kentucky, will deploy the Interop hosted Common Short Code (CSC) Gateway solution. The CSC Gateway makes the mobile experience interactive by enabling voting participation and creation of local promotional campaigns.

• ZTE says it achieved an EV-DO Revision B (Rev.B) VoIP call on its CDMA2000 system, marking the first time that a CDMA vendor achieved a 9.3 Mbps download rate and 5.4 Mbps upload rate. The results were announced in the 3GPP2 Standards Conference 2009 held in Shanghai, China, from Feb. 16-24, which was jointly organized by ZTE and China Telecom. ZTE plans to commercialize its EV-DO Rev.B system in the third quarter.

• Radware signed an asset purchase agreement with Nortel to purchase certain assets related to Nortel’s Layer 4-7 Application Delivery Business. Nortel added the application switch product line in October 2000 by way of its corporate acquisition of Alteon WebSystems.

• Trow Global, a Canadian firm of engineers, consultants and project managers, has joined forces with Velocitel through a strategic alliance to deliver consulting services to the wireless industry. The alliance is aimed at developing a significant joint presence in Canada for wireless communications projects.

• Social music service imeem launched the latest version of imeem Mobile for the Android platform. The updated version of imeem Mobile includes MyMusic, which enables music fans to access and stream their personal imeem music library through their Android-powered phones.

• Ease of use, brand and embedded content are the top three features U.S. consumers consider when choosing a new mobile phone, according to a poll by app store GetJar. Mobile handset features such as touch screen, overall phone design and memory rank lower on the list of purchase-deciding factors in the United States, the company says.

• AccuWeather.com announced a joint partnership with Verve Wireless, provider of mobile publishing technologies to local media companies. AccuWeather.com provides Verve with content such as current conditions and day and night forecasts, as well as weather alerts.

• GOSUB 60 announced the nationwide availability for the mobile version of the game Chocolatier by PlayFirst.

More FirstNews 02/24/09:
•  Visto Ups Arsenal Against RIM
•  Shift in Postpaid, Weak Sales Hit RadioShack Earnings
•  Nokia Seeks 1,000 Voluntary Layoffs
•  Wilson Joins NARM as Strategy Director
•  Kindle 2 Ships Early
•  Antenna Software Releases Cross-Platform IM Solution
•  FirstNews Briefs for Feb. 24, 2009

 


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