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Mobile Monday Peer Award finalists announced

MobileMonday Barcelona and the Mobile Monday Community are organizing Mobile Peer Awards during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The February 16th event is expected to draw several hundred participants to see which of the international candidates are most successful in the eyes of the peers. The competitors have been selected by local MobileMonday chapters [...]

Mobile Advertising Pioneer GIGAFONE Announces Sponsorship of MOFILM at The Barcelona Mobile World Congress

Russian mobile advertising pioneer Gigafone unveiled as sponsor of the world’s biggest global mobile short film festival. 21st January 2009, Moscow Russia: Gigafone, the leading Russian mobile advertising provider, has today announced its sponsorship of the MOFILM Short Film Festival , to be hosted by Kevin Spacey, in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress (16-19th [...]

Kevin Spacey to keynote and host at Barcelona Mobile World Congress

Two-time Academy Award-winning actor and director Kevin Spacey will headline at the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress (16-20 February 2009) in Barcelona, as host of the MOFILM Mobile Short Film Festival and mobile entertainment keynote speaker. The MOFILM Mobile Short Film Festival is the first of its kind, and highlights the increasing influence of the mobile [...]

3G roaming vs WiFi roaming – there is a clear winner

Posted from Barcelona Airport – on the way back from Mobile World Congress. Logged onto the Kubi WiFi access point in the airport.  Before connecing via my BT OpenZone roaming account, I thought I’d check the roaming charges – on Kubi access is 12.7p per minute!  That’s  £7.62 per hour! In contrast, my Vodafone data card [...]

Acision launches location-based charging with Seeker Wireless; Mobile operators worldwide can now offer highly accurate zone-based charging to rival the fixed network

Barcelona, February 13th 2008. Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, today announced that it is working with zone detection technology provider Seeker Wireless for the provision of location-based charging. With its expertise in rating and charging, Acision will initially launch “HomeZone” to enable operators [...]