SK Telecom launches music service in Indonesia
SK Telecom, through its joint venture with PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, has launched an online music service called MelOn Indonesia. The service offers online and mobile users unlimited downloads and streaming of music on a subscription basis instead of per song.
DoCoMo, partners put up hybrid bookstore
Dai Nippon Printing, NTT DoCoMo and CHI Group entered into an agreement to establish a joint-venture firm named 2Dfacto. The new firm will begin selling electronic books online from early January 2011.
ZTE, SoftBank launch Android smartphone
ZTE and SoftBank are making available in Japan this month their jointly developed Android smartphone called Libero. Also known as SoftBank 003Z or ZTE Blace, the Libero is the first Chinese smartphone to launch in Japan.
Out There Media sets record for opt-ins
Out There Media said it has set a record of 2.5 million consumer opt-ins in Asia within a few weeks of the recent roll-out of its next-generation, permission-based programs with Maxis in Malaysia and Globe Telecom in the Philippines.
Navteq launches developer lab to support app deployment
NAVTEQ has launched its NAVTEQ Virtual Developer Lab, which is powered by DeviceAnywhere, the lab is designed to support the development and pre-commercial testing of location-aware apps that use NAVTEQ maps and content on any mobile operating platform.
Google, NXP integrate NFC in Android 2.3
NXP Semiconductors has entered into a strategic collaboration with Google to provide a complete open source software stack for near field communications (NFC). The NFC stack will be fully integrated and validated on Gingerbread, the latest version of the Android platform.
Korea Telecom unveils multi-platform developer program
Korea Telecom has partnered with Ideaworks Labs to provide KT developers with a localized and KT ‘olleh’ branded version of the Airplay SDK. This is meant to help development of applications for deployment across KT customer phone and tablet devices.
eBay acquires mobile app developer
eBay has acquired Critical Path Software to help deliver popular mobile apps such as the eBay for iPhone app, and StubHub, eBay Classifieds and Shopping.com iPhone applications. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
KDDI invests $22M for mobile payment platform
KDDI is investing $22 million in US-based Microfinance International to support its global expansion. The partnership will develop an open mobile payment platform worldwide.