http://www.thetelecom.co.uk UK telecoms news, covering broadband, phone networks, ISPs & telecoms providers, VoIP, and wireless networks. Mon, 12 May 2008 20:40:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Clickatell, a provider of global mobile messaging solutions, has been chosen by the fine art auctioneer Christie, to provide text-message based alerts to its customers around the world. Using Clickatell’s managed service, Christie will be able to inform customers via SMS about soon-to-be-released auction items likely to be of interest, and ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080512/christie-keeps-in-touch-with-customers-via-clickatell%e2%80%99s-sms/ Bango is the creator of the world's first global exchange for the mobile web. It delivers the technology that makes the mobile web simple for everyone. The company has pinpointed the best performing mobile advertising campaigns and can help advertisers avoid paying too much on sites that do not convert into ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080512/roi-measurement-offered-by-bango/ One of the UK's leading messaging technology companies, PageOne, has announced the imminent release of its new messaging product, Contact, at Internet World. The new software package is intended for companies, as well as SMEs. Contact is a program which allows for mobile messaging with CRM systems and also supports ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080512/pageone-announces-release-of-contact-and-internet-world/ The outcome of the recently held second European 2.6GHz spectrum auction in Sweden has provided useful speculation about the price that operators will pay for the spectrum throughout Europe. The Swedish auction concluded at a price of €0.13/MHz/pop, with unpaired spectrum going for just below €0.04/MHz/pop and paired spectrum for €0.16/MHz/pop. A ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080512/swedish-26ghz-auction-reflects-realistic-european-spectrum-value/ Internationally renowned high-speed cable communications provider, DS2, has been selected to supply remotely-managed multi-channel IPTV for Portugal. The company is to team up with Portugal Telecom, which is Portugal's primary supplier in the telecommunications industry. Portugal Telecom will be using UPA-Compliant 200Mbps powerline cables, supplied by DS2, which have been ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080509/ds2-teams-up-with-portugal-telecom/ Mobile messaging provider End2End Connectivity has been selected by Royal Dutch Airlines, more commonly known as KLM, for the provision of SMS delivery of flight status notifications, known as FSN. End2End will implement carrier grade delivery of the FSNs via SMS which will be capable of informing KLM’s passengers about ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080509/end2end-wins-klm-sms-contract/ Nielsen Mobile, a provider of consumer research to the telecom and mobile media markets, has found that 30% of mobile phone subscribers, who also belong to social networks, use their phone to log onto social network while on the move. This activity is particularly popular in Spain, where half of ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080508/social-networks-go-mobile-in-uk-and-us/ Sir Julian Horn-Smith, the founder of Vodafone, has been appointed to the board of Martin Dawes Systems, an international provider of solutions for the convergent communications market. As a senior figure in global telecommunications, Sir Julian will play an influential role in assisting Martin Dawes Systems to advance its international development ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080508/sir-julian-horn-smith-joins-board-of-martin-dawes-systems/ Over the next few months, H20 intends to announce the names of several towns it will link up with high speed internet capabilities of up to 100Mbps. The first recipient of these super fast cable links will be Bournemouth, with work set to begin before the end of the year. H20 ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080508/bournemouth%e2%80%99s-high-speed-internet-sewers/ Local search and advertising publisher Truvo, which currently operates in six countries, has just launched a search service with downloadable Java for Belgian mobile users. It is based on mobilePeople’s liquid platform. Truvo, formerly branded as World Directories, is the first publisher of international directories to include multiple content sources ... http://www.thetelecom.co.uk/20080508/truvo-mobile-now-available-to-belgians-through-mobilepeople/