Under the brand “Diet-SMS”, Tata-DOCOMO will start billing “by-the-character”, rather than on a per message basis.
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Facebook and Vivox To Reprise GAB Lines
Massachusetts-based VoIP service provider Vivox is promoting a Facebook application that will be the basis for “Voice Chat” through the popular social media site.
Seismic Shifts Afoot in Voicemail-to-Text Market: Ditech to Market Simulscribe Services
Ditech Networks has forged an agreement that will make it the exclusive marketing and sales channel for Simulscribe’s “wholesale” voice-to-text applications and resources to communications service providers and enterprises.
Motoblur: Motorola’s First Android Offering
GigaOm’s Mobilize 2009 Conference was the site of a major product announcement as Dr. Sanjay Jha, the chief executive officer of Motorola’s Mobile Devices business unit, took the opportunity to show off Motoblur, on a smartphone running the Android operating system
Open Mobile Summit 2009
Internet2Go, a unit of Opus Research specializing in the mobile Internet, is proud to sponsor and speak at the upcoming Open Mobile Summit, being held November 4-5 in San Francisco. I2G program director Greg Sterling will be leading an executive… Read More ›
RightNow to buy LiveHive: Anyone for Social CRM
RightNow Technologies has agreed to buy HiveLive for a reported $6 million in cash.
Nuance Makes Inroads Into Vonage and Verizon
Nuance announced two agreements that will broaden the reach of speech processing to customers of Vonage and Verizon Wireless (on the Samsung Rogue)
Annals of Corporate Recombinant Telephony: Both Siemens and Avaya Have Plans for Nortel
The deadline for bids for Nortel’s enterprise assets has passed. Word is that Gores Group/Siemens has countered Avaya’s offer. Stay tuned.
Genesys and Teleperformance Team Up to Offer Genesys OnDemand
The “on demand” offer from global contact center outsourcer Teleperformace, in conjunction with the Genesys subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent is something that large cash-strapped, risk-averse enterprises should evaluate.
Vlingo Boosts European Presence Via Nokia
Mobile speech specialist, Vlingo, is making some aggressive moves into Western Europe. Versions of its flagship product are now available in UK English, German, Spanish and Italian – all downloadable from Nokia’s OVI Store.