Motorola Home and Networks Mobility has just announced some significant milestones during Q108, including the shipment of 4m digital entertainment devices! In case you are wondering what digital entertainment devices inlcudes; digital cable set-top boxes, HDTV set-top boxes, DVR devices and IPTV devices. Why is this important for Mobile? Well, apart from the fact it's [...]

Electronista reports that Nokia is teaming up with ARC Transistance (European automobile club network) to give users RTTI (Real Time Traffic Information). Apparently the service will be offered as an option in Nokia Maps 2.0, and will incur a service fee. Obviously RTTI can benefit drivers by letting them know in a timely maner about [...]

What are LG up to? For what are probably one of the leaders in tech convergence for Mobile, and as such are continually finding new and interesting combinations of features - check this out: LG is launching the T80 in the Nordics (Denmark, for now) - the T80 is an mp3 player, but it also [...]

Why is this a Mobile story you ask? Well, one of the convergence encoding channels is Mobile - Envivio's 4Caster C4 Now Supports video compression for all Three Screens of consumer video – (HD) TVs, PCs and mobile devices – on a single platform. This means that your multi-play operators (of which there are a fair [...]

There's a nice piece by BBC News columnist Bill Thompson which talks about how the web is changing the way that journalism works - you can find it here - and which I thought I would pick up on. The central thread of the piece is that the web has had a massive effect on the [...]

Orange (France) is to roll out a new Mobile service later in 2008 that apparently is going to have 6 TV channels and VoD (Video On Demand) for TV, PC, and most importantly, Mobile! Orange made the "convergence" announcement at the MIPTV 2008 event held in Cannes - logical really, since IPTV in many ways will [...]

Skype sent me a nice email today to tell me that "Skype is now mobile". Apparently, "More and more people are using Skype on the move – on mobile phones and in WiFi hotspots on the latest portable devices"…. conveniently they listed out a number of ways for me to make use of their mobility [...]

Accuris Networks are re-announcing the launch of their FMC (Fixed-Mobile Convergence) solution between GSM and WiFi, called AccuROAM. The solution is apparently based on proven roaming principles, preserving the user cellular experience including voice, data, SMS and all supplementary services while using a WiFi hotspot when roaming. This apparently differentiates the Accuris Networks solution from other [...]

The Hindu is reporting that Indian engineers in Bangalore have contributed "core technology" behind Monsoon Multimedia's latest place/time-shifting product, called 'Hava'. 'Hava Titanium HD', to give the product it's full name, apparently erases the difference between a PC and TV set, and allows the user(s) to view HD content on TV, laptop, and even Mobile Phone [...]

 Motorola has announced it's investment in INVIDI Technologies Corporation - a leader in advanced addressable advertising for the television industry. According to the press release: INVIDI’s proprietary technology delivers addressable commercial messages tailored to the television viewer. The technology has the ability to accurately identify viewers’ age, gender, location and other characteristics for greater personalization while always [...]