Out There Media (OTM), a global leader in mobile advertising and data monetization, has partnered with Vodafone Group for its Rich Communication Services (RCS) offering. The deal follows two highly successful campaigns with The Walt Disney Company Africa and McDonald’s, with OTM being the first company in the world to trial this technology with both these major brands. […]
New Zealand telco Spark has released a new activation that aims to showcase Maori oral traditions by celebrating Matariki, a star cluster that occurs in late May or early June and marks the beginning of the new year. People who dial 0800 MATARIKI will hear nine stories for every star voiced by four Kiwi. They […]
LG Uplus, the South Korean mobile network operator and Elisa Corporation, the Finnish mobile network operator, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona. The MoU defines the partnership for cooperation in innovation, startup collaborations, service and network automation development. Both LG Uplus and Elisa have high priorities […]
F5 Networks announced several new solutions and enhancements designed to allow service providers to launch 5G services. The announcements include a new network functions virtualisation (NFV) package that will enable the optimisation and scale of existing 4G and new 5G networks, along with other improvements to help providers speed up delivery of new 5G services […]
O2 announced it will begin the rollout of its 5G network this year in the four corners of the UK. Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London will be the first to benefit from O2’s 5G network. Other areas of the UK will enjoy rollout from 2020 to coincide with the wider availability of 5G handsets. Following […]
Indonesia-based telco Telkomsel has created a four-episodes romantic comedy series to improve its digital lifestyle experience for its customers. The series, titled ‘Unscripted Man’, is available on the telco’s streaming video application, MAXstream, and was created in partnership with video platform Viddsee. The story revolves around Bas, an office employee who finds a sacred script […]
Mobile telecommunications company OVO Mobile has acquired Incoming Media, a tech start-up spun out of NICTA (now Data61) for more than $13 million in order to use its technology to expand itself into an AI-driven mobile broadcasting platform. The acquisition, which has been completed in a scrip deal, will see the creation of OVOPlay as […]
India’s advertisers can now access India’s largest inventory of targeted mobile audio ads through the continuously globally expanding AdVoice telco ad network. AdVoice enables advertisers to play audio ads to mobile callers. It replaces the call-waiting tone of Bharti Airtel subscribers who have opted in for the Reward Tunes service. AdVoice provides the technology, the […]
If the future of advertising is mobile-led, then O2-owner Telefonica’s measured attempt to control the delivery of ads across its network spotlights the power it could wield in a market dominated by Facebook and Google. There aren’t many mobile operators that don’t harbor a similar ambition, though like the Spain-based provider – the bulk of […]