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Qualcomm sets up subsidiary to focus on mobile innovation

Qualcomm, best known for its chip production, has created a subsidiary business that'll focus on mobile technology. Qualcomm Services Labs will "explore new ideas, technologies and service models that can have an immediate impact in the marketplace" by looking at five main areas: communication, information/entertainment, discovery, life automation and 'digital to physical'.

QSL has already launched four services:

Neer: a geo-fence based location sharing service designed to automate and simplify your everyday life by sharing your location with your 'inner circle'. It's available for Android devices, with Brew and iOS versions expected soon.

Qilroy: a social-messaging service that enables location-based conversations to take place anywhere in the world. This is currently available as an Apple app and is coming soon to Brew and Android handsets.

Tapioca: an intelligent URL shortening service that allows content providers to share multimedia across various device types.

Vive: a free, friends-based social recommendation service that allows users to share recommendations, ratings, purchases and other activities with friends and other Vive users. It's available via Facebook and is coming soon to Brew and Apple devices.

Isaac Babbs, general manager of QSL, said "Powerful new mobile devices and high-speed networks today make it possible to introduce entirely new categories of mobile services, and to give consumers new capabilities that enrich their lives. As an incubator, QSL is structured to help fast-track these new capabilities. We are focused on developing innovative new mobile applications and service models and getting them to market quickly."

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A new Nokia typeface: rearranging the deckchairs... or finding a horseshoe nail?

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Last week Nokia announced a new typeface called Nokia Pure.

The new branding will soon start appearing in Nokia's advertising and on Nokia devices as well.

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This week at The Fonecast: 26th March 2011

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There was big news from the United States this week as Deutsche Telekom decided to sell T-Mobile USA to AT&T. Was it a shotgun wedding or is this a carefully calculated deal designed to benefit consumers?  Time will tell – assuming, of course, the merger gets approved by the US regulator.

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BT increases fixed-line charges as Mobile Termination Rates fall

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The Terminate The Rate campaign has pretty much run its course. Its aim was to get Mobile Termination Rates reduced. These are the wholesale charges paid when a mobile or fixed-line network connects a call from one of its customers to a rival. Lower MTRs would mean better deals on call charges, the campaign argued.

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London Olympics mobile phone ban is nothing to be exercised about

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"It's political correctness gone mad, innit?"  The terms and conditions for booking tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games include a warning that certain items are banned. Food, flasks of drink, umbrellas, musical instruments and mobile phones are all on the prohibited list.

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This week at The Fonecast: 20th March 2011

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The last seven days have seen the UK mobile industry coming to terms with Ofcom's plans to cut mobile termination rates from next month. Some think the reductions should have been larger and faster-acting, others say they'll mean higher call charges for prepay customers. The reality will become more obvious from 1st April.

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