Aug

2012

BlackBerry PlayBook, Vodafone's start-up plans, Google Wallet and more quarterly results

Podcast - 8th August 2012

We start this week's edition of The Fonecast with a new product from RIM: the mobile-enabled BlackBerry PlayBook. Next comes Vodafone's move to Tech City and Google moving its mobile wallet into the cloud.

You'll also find the latest batch of quarterly results, some mobile data research and a story about sheep sending SMS text messages.

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Categories: Handsets and manufacturers, Networks and operators, Operating systems, Applications, Podcasts

Tags: rim, blackberry, tablet, smartphone, htc, 4g, vodafone, uk, london, iridium, sony, google, payments

Aug

2012

M2M growth helps satellite phone company Iridium

Author: The Fonecast

Mobile satellite communications company Iridium Communications has reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2012.

Thanks in part to the estimated lifespan of the company’s satellite constellation being longer than previously expected, net income was up 51% year-on-year to $17.7 million (£11.4 million). Total revenue for Q2 was $97.3 million, up 1% year-on-year.

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Categories: Networks and operators, News

Tags: iridium, satellite

Mar

2012

Satellite phone business Iridium announces annual results

Author: The Fonecast

Global satellite communications business Iridium has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2011.

It ended the year with 523,000 total billable subscribers, up 22% from December 2010 when it had 427,000 customers.

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Categories: Networks and operators, News

Tags: iridium, satellite

Feb

2012

Twitter now available via SMS on satellite phones

Author: The Fonecast

Twitter has announced partnerships with the Iridium and Thuraya satellite phone services to give their customers access to Twitter via SMS.

It means the service is now available without any need for land-based communication.

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Categories: Networks and operators, News

Tags: twitter, sms, satellite, iridium, thuraya

Sep

2011

Iridium has more than half a million users

Author: The Fonecast

Iridium Communications says it’s reached 500,000 subscribers for its satellite voice and data services worldwide. Around 10% of these are US Government workers.

It says recent growth has been helped by the machine-to-machine data market, with M2M data subscribers representing 32% of commercial subscribers and 21% of government subscribers.

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Categories: Networks and operators, News

Tags: iridium, satellite