1O1O, one2free dish out World Cup offers
CSL 1O1O and one2free users headed to the World Soccer Championships in South Africa can enjoy 50% off on all roaming voice and data usage from until July 31. The offer does not include SMS or MMS service, and is not applicable to DataRoam Day Pass service subscribers.
AURA signs up as Netbiscuits seller
AURA Interactive has signed an agreement with Netbiscuits to be one of the company’s Gold Partners in Asia Pacific. The pact allows AURA to distribute the Netbiscuits mobile web software.
The Orchard reaches 1.2b clients in Asia
The Orchardsaid it is now reaching more than 1.2 billion mobile customers across Asia. This was possible through distribution partnerships with operators and licensors in China, Japan, Korea, India, and the Middle East.
FTC OKs Google's AdMob purchase
The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved Google's $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising network AdMob. The FTC found that the deal does not pose a threat to competition in the fast-growing mobile ad market.
MobileActive, MIG ink exclusive pact
MobileActive has entered into an exclusive technology licence and commercial partnership with UK’s Mobile Interactive Group (MIG) for Australia and New Zealand. The partnership will sit in MobileActive’s Business-to-Business division called Mobile Embrace, alongside its in-house mobile content production, licensing and distribution units.
Independent NFC API chipset for Android debuts
Stollmann has unveiled the first chip set independent near-field communication application programming interface for Android. The “NFaCe+A” API supports NFC chips from vendors like STMicroelectronics, NXP, Innovison and Polaric.