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The Future of Mobile Services

Mobile data solutions represent the future of the wireless platform, opening up vast new revenue opportunities for operators as well as reshaping how subscribers interact with the world around them.


Explore the technologies and trends pointing the way for mobile's next step forward, and learn about some of the newest mobile services coming to market.





Mobile News

Portable gaming: Is mobile the future?

The gaming market has gone through a rapid transformation in the past three years. With the smartphone penetration rate climbing, users are increasingly turning to mobile apps to get their gaming fix Read more >>

Does portable gaming have a future?

Later this month, Sony Computer Entertainment will release the follow-up to the PlayStation Portable, its first newly redesigned device since the PSP debuted in 2004. But the PlayStation Vita has a Read more >>

EA Mobile expanding 'The Sims FreePlay' to Android

Electronic Arts will extend its first freemium mobile game The Sims FreePlay to Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android mobile operating system later this month. The Sims FreePlay (pictured) will be Read more >>

Sony Ericsson teams with Billabong for extreme sports experiences

Sony Ericsson and casual clothing manufacturer Billabong are expanding their strategic alliance worldwide, promising to introduce extreme sports experiences across the Xperia smartphone line. Read more >>

Shazam enables second-screen interaction for half of Super Bowl advertisers

Mobile discovery solutions provider Shazam will integrate its second-screen interaction technologies across Feb. 5's Super Bowl XLVI telecast, enabling home viewers to engage with the game, the Read more >>

Google to Congress: We're changing privacy policies, not privacy controls

Facing pressure from lawmakers over efforts to consolidate its user privacy standards, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) sent a letter to Congress to assuage concerns, maintaining that it is revamping its privacy Read more >>

'Angry Birds' maker Rovio: 'Piracy may not be a bad thing'

Rovio Mobile, the startup behind the blockbuster mobile game Angry Birds, said it is tackling piracy by learning from the mistakes made by the music industry, adding that content providers can also Read more >>

Research: Home video calling is set to boom; better technology is making it happen

If you own a relatively new smartphone or tablet like Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPad, chances are you've at least noodled around with video calling through any number of apps including Facetime, Read more >>