Cloudmark announces launch of Advanced Mobile Messaging Security Solution
June 28
Cloudmark, Inc., the global leader in carrier-grade messaging security, announced the launch of the Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Solution, a fully comprehensive security offering which encompasses a global reporting and analysis component, as well as an automated, active messaging filtering solution.
In conjunction with the launch of the new solution, the company has also launched its 2011 Mobile Spam Guide (www.cloudmark.com/spamguide), a definitive toolkit designed to help the wider ecosystem address the growing problem of mobile spam.
The Cloudmark Mobile Messaging Security Solution is a high-performance, carrier-grade messaging security solution that will enable operators to combat ever-evolving messaging threats with advanced mobile anti-virus, subscriber behaviour analysis and subscriber preference capabilities. The new solution allows mobile operators to rapidly create customized scenarios which best suit the needs of their individual network and subscriber base, while also protecting against annoying and malicious spam activity, in the following ways:
- Mobile Malware/ Virus – Prevents viruses, malware and malicious code from reaching handsets, identifying infected handsets and helping operators to remediate
- Fraud – Protects subscribers from financial fraud with real-time intelligence on ‘bad’ senders and links
- Content Control – Prevents spam and other unwanted/abusive content from reaching subscribers and engaging them with a spam reporting channel
- Anti-Bullying – Enforces per-subscriber blacklists and whitelists
Messaging security threats are already a big problem for Asian mobile operators. Recent research conducted by Cloudmark indicated that the top attacks in Asia consisted of 60% loan spam, 33% gambling spam and 7% pharmacy spam. Additionally mobile spam has already had significant impact on operators financially—not just in terms of customer churn costs but also due to the impact that high volumes of spam traffic can have on an already over burdened network.
Alan Ranger, Vice President of Mobile Marketing at Cloudmark, explains: “Mobile spam, fraud and malware have become a real problem for operators and subscribers alike over the last twelve months. The high returns available in the mobile channel have attracted attacks from traditional email spammers, who bring with them 10 years’ experience in avoiding detection in the fixed-line world. Regulation has had some affect on curtailing messaging abuse; however the global mobile community needs to collaborate to prevent these mobile messaging attacks from becoming as prominent as similar attacks in email.”
The latest release of the Cloudmark Mobile Platform not only allows operators to protect against rapidly mutating attacks but also provides them visibility into, and control over, their networks. Building on over ten years’ experience protecting 1.6 billion subscribers globally, the Cloudmark Mobile Platform is the only solution with the ability to report and flag anomalies on the network in real-time, as well as proactively protect mobile operators and their subscribers from new and emerging threats.
The GSMA and Cloudmark have also collaborated to create the GSMA Spam Reporting Service (SRS)*, a global initiative designed to allow subscribers to report instances of SMS spam to their network. Participating mobile operators automatically forward the reported message to the GSMA service, where it is analysed using Cloudmark’s advanced message fingerprinting technology. The data is then corroborated and an analysis of attacks within the reporting mobile operator’s network is produced.
HTC unveils the HTC Flyer in India, the First Tablet with HTC Sense
June 27
HTC, a global leader in mobile innovation and design, announced its first tablet in India, the HTC FlyerTM. HTC Flyer blends HTC’s trademark design language with an all-new HTC Sense user experience that has been reimagined for the tablets. Using an intuitive and innovative approach to tablets, HTC Flyer combines natural touch and pen interaction. HTC also announced HTC Watch, a new connected video service that will debut on HTC Flyer tablet, and will collaborate with OnLive, Inc. to launch the first cloud-based mobile gaming service on a tablet.
Encased in a sleek aluminum unibody, the HTC Flyer tablet exudes the iconic style and build quality HTC is known for. It is also ultra-light, weighing as little as a paperback book, and compact enough to fit in a jacket pocket only. With a seven-inch display, lightning fast 1.5Ghz processor and high-speed HSPA+ wireless capabilities, the HTC Flyer tablet is perfect for those who have been waiting for a tablet that is both compact and powerful.
HTC Sense revolutionized smartphones by placing the person at the center of the experience. HTC Flyer’s tablet-focused HTC Sense experience focuses on surprising and delighting people with its gorgeous 3D home screen. A unique carousel of widgets puts a user’s most important content and information at the visual center of the experience. The HTC Flyer tablet also offers uncompromised Web browsing with Flash 10 and HTML 5.
Other Features include, HTC Scribe Technology, Streaming Mobile Movies with HTC Watch and Mobile Cloud Gaming with OnLive amongst others.
The HTC Flyer will be available at a market operating price of Rs. 39,890 at all authorized HTC resellers across the country.
PowerOasis Transforms the Economics of Power for Tower Operating Companies
June 23
PowerOasis launched its multi-tenant wireless network power management solution for tower operating companies at CommunicAsia 2011 in Singapore on June 23, 2011. The turnkey solution reduces power costs, increases site uptime and delivers power related business intelligence and reporting, allowing tower lease contracts to be fulfilled more profitably and with lower risk.
A number of market forces are converging to force mobile network operators to consider divesting their network infrastructure to focus on delivering subscriber value through innovative, differentiated and competitive service offerings. Such forces include increased competition, demand for data services, rural network expansion, regulatory compliance, reducing average revenue per user, global economic slowdown and rising energy costs. The consequence is that profit margins are being squeezed and there’s an increased dependency on unpredictable energy prices. Selling towers to a tower operating company under a leaseback agreement releases cash from the mobile network operator’s balance sheet and places responsibility for operations and maintenance on the tower company, freeing up the mobile network operator to focus on core business activities.
The PowerOasis solution supports power optimisation, power management and power generation. The power management platform is accessed from the tower operations centre to provide power-related business and operational support. Its inherent flexibility allows any site configuration to be catered for, including single or multi-tenancy, on/off/unreliable grid connection, retrofit or new build, any vendor’s power equipment and any network equipment provider’s BTS and transmission equipment. The solution therefore presents a single, unified, network-wide power management experience regardless of the underlying equipment.
Orckit-Corrigent enhances presence in India
Orckit-Corrigent Ltd., one of the leading Packet Transport Network (PTN) vendors, recently announced that it has established a new research and development branch in India. The new facility includes multiple research labs and has been established to strengthen research and development efforts of Orckit-Corrigent's PTN solutions for Indian customers, as well as to extend the Company’s global R&D efforts.
The new R&D team includes experienced software networking professionals with expertise in MPLS/MPLS-TP, TDM over Packet and Ethernet technologies, allowing Orckit-Corrigent to enhance the capabilities of its competitive Packet Transport Network solutions for legacy networking infrastructure migration and next-generation mobile backhauling.
Orckit-Corrigent’s customers include Tier-1 service provider Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL), which selected the Company’s solutions for a nationwide broadband network.
Avaya presents ‘The Power of We’ Branding
June 22
To further showcase Avaya’s focus on next-generation business collaboration and communications, the company announced its latest corporate branding initiative titled ‘Avaya. The Power of We.’ Initially previewed at the International Avaya User Group in late May, the new company campaign will highlight the importance of bringing the right people together with the right information in the right context as well as the role of Avaya’s technology and services in making it possible.
“A lot of companies are talking about collaboration, but they're short on specifics,” said Kevin Kennedy, CEO, Avaya. “Avaya's vision is very clear: We help our customers bring the right people together with the information and context they need to help deliver business results in real time. Our objective is to give them the best collaboration experience, regardless of the devices, locations, or media they choose.”
The new brand builds on Avaya’s long-standing heritage of delivering mission-critical unified communications, contact center and voice and data communications solutions and will be supported by an integrated marketing campaign featuring print, broadcast, online and social media. As the company continues to enable businesses to improve their efficiency and allow employees to work together more effectively as a team or with their customers and suppliers, ‘Avaya. The Power of We.’ is a logical evolution for the company’s messaging, which not only more accurately describes Avaya’s strategic focus, but also addresses changing market conditions and communications trends.
“‘Avaya. The ‘Power of We.’ illustrates Avaya’s shift from the Age of Information to today’s Age of Collaboration where workers are more mobile and globally distributed and are expected to produce more with less resources at a faster pace,” said Dan Murphy, vice president, Global Marketing, Avaya. “Avaya technology integrates people with the information they need to foster a deeper level of collaboration, creativity, idea generation and faster decisions. Simply put, Avaya enables customer to leverage the power of ‘we’ for their own business.”
Al Jazeera announces new Head of Distribution, Asia
June 27
Al Jazeera announced the appointment of Jonathan Wong as its new Head of Distribution for Asia. A veteran of the multimedia industry with over 20 years of experience throughout Asia, Europe and North America, Jonathan will spearhead the network’s efforts to continue expanding Al Jazeera’s award winning content throughout Asia.
Prior to joining Al Jazeera, Jonathan has held several senior positions such as Director of Channel Distribution for Celestial Pictures Ltd. where he successfully launched the first global 24-hour Chinese movie channel in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore and Indonesia within eight months on five DTH and cable platforms.
He also served as Associate VP for Business Operations at Star Group Ltd., where he worked closely with business development and technical teams on regional projects which included a JV with the Koo’s Group in Taiwan on cable network digitization and the launching of Xing Kong Channel in China. Most recently, he had worked with NDS Group Ltd., the market leader for digital pay-TV solutions, in various sales and marketing positions in Asia Pacific.
Jonathan commented with, “I am very excited about taking on this new position. Al Jazeera is a fantastic organization and I look forward to expanding its distribution efforts throughout Asia.”
Roch Pellerin, Director of Global Distribution for the Al Jazeera Network stated, “I am delighted to announce the arrival of Jonathan Wong as Head of Distribution in Asia. Jonathan brings with him a wealth of television and media experience from across Asia and years of accomplishment as a cross functional-cross industry international business professional. Being based in our regional hub in Kuala Lumpur, Jonathan will work with us to continue the expansion of Al Jazeera’s branded services and award winning content throughout Asia.”
Nokia introduces Mobile Money Client on all Nokia devices
June 27
Continuing its efforts towards driving financial inclusion through mobility, Nokia announced that it has started to embed the Mobile Money client in all Nokia devices in India going forward. The Mobile Money service provides the unbanked and under-banked masses, access to financial services through their mobile phones, thus empowering people and their businesses. As part of Nokia’s vision of enabling a broad community with financial services, the Money client is available not only on high end Symbian smartphone devices, but also on Nokia´s Series 40 feature phones, as well as the Series 30 entry level devices and support both keyboard, touch and combined devices.
Nokia is building an open ecosystem for mobile payments in India and the Nokia Money mobile financial services initiative is already being implemented in India through partnerships with Union Bank of India (UBI), Yes Bank, Obopay and a wide range of merchants, retailers and business correspondents. The services, called Union Bank Money and Mobile Money Services by Yes Bank, are already available in several regions and are being rolled out across India in the forthcoming quarters.
Keeping with Nokia’s open approach and ecosystem for mobile financial services, the client is just branded “Money”. Consumers will have the option of choosing and subscribing to either Union Bank Money or YES Bank Mobile Money Services from their Nokia devices. The app can be activated at Nokia retail and other outlets, who are also authorized banking correspondents of Yes Bank and/or Union Bank of India.
Simple, safe and convenient, the service eliminates the need for intermediaries, delivering true convenience. The Money App is deeply integrated in its functionality with the phone and other phone services. For example, the selection of recipient in a send money transaction is directly integrated with the phone book; sending money thus becomes as simple as sending an SMS or making a phone call. To make the service simpler, the user-interface is de-coupled and separated from data transport. Therefore, the user does not need to know which transport (SMS, GPRS or Wifi) is in use during the transaction. Mobile Money Service allows users to avail multiple financial services functions such as:
- Account management with detailed balance information, tracking of each transaction, details of each transaction done.
- Bill payment
- Money transfer
- Cash withdrawal from Business Correspondents cash-out outlets (registered Nokia stores) and ATMs
- Prepaid SIM top-up
- Tell a friend
Consumers who already own a Nokia phone without the Mobile Money client can simply visit a Nokia Money agent and get the application loaded onto their existing phone. They can also use the service via text messages, which do not require the client.
Two Chinese Industry Groups honor CommScope for top wireless products and technologies
June 14
Two innovative wireless solutions offered by CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communication networks, have won awards from industry groups in China recently.
The China Center for Information Industry Development—along with Chinese wireless operators China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom—named CommScope’s DualPol® base station antenna as a top 10 commercially promising technology during the 2011 Fifth Annual China Communications Technology Meeting held in Beijing.
DualPol base station antennas from CommScope were successfully demonstrated at the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou in November 2010 where they helped enable reliable wireless coverage for the multitude of visiting fans and athletes. DualPol antennas are dual polarized to support two frequency bands in one antenna, decreasing the number of antennas needed to support multiple technologies. DualPol antennas are also remote electrical tilt compatible, meaning they can be tilted vertically to optimize cell configurations.
RADIAX cables from CommScope have been installed in numerous high speed railways, subways, stadiums, airports and office buildings throughout China. RADIAX cables help bring wireless coverage inside such structures by allowing RF signal to radiate out of the cable, enabling service in areas that macro network signals cannot reach. As mobile subscribers increasingly expect service wherever they are located, RADIAX cable and other Andrew® branded coverage and capacity solutions can help wireless operators meet customer demand.
CommScope has facilities in Suzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen, China to support the domestic wireless marketplace with product design and large-scale production capacities.
InMobi launches first global Mobile Payments Solution combined with an Ad
Network
InMobi, the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, announced the launch of InMobi SmartPay™, a performance based global mobile payments solution. InMobi SmartPay™ will enable app developers, game companies, and content providers in the US $200bn mobile content and virtual goods space to expand their business and monetize their users quickly and easily into new markets by providing a one-time, no-cost, single point of integration across multiple countries.
The solution offers consumers a seamless, pure mobile checkout experience using secure, direct to carrier billing to start, but expanding to all forms of mobile payment methods including credit cards, PayPal, and local mobile wallets by the end of the year.
The new solution already offers reach to over one billion consumers in seven countries, including the US, UK, Germany, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Malaysia, with huge growth plans to expand to over three billion consumers in 30 countries by the end of the year.
According to Mr. Naveen Tewari, CEO, InMobi, “Our mission is to connect businesses and developers to consumers around the world with innovative, best of breed mobile technology and services. InMobi SmartPay™ will help us with that journey and our evolution as a company to be a key technology enabler within the global mobile ecosystem, especially for the developer community.”
Major competitive advantages of the service include:
- Ability to monetize three billion mobile consumers in 30 countries easily through mobile web and Android in-app billing by the end of the year
- Analytics tools that offer transaction performance insights that help clients maximize conversion in every country
- One time, one place integration for easy monetization
- Integration with the InMobi ad network providing post click performance optimization from ad impression to purchase
- Secure and efficient technology that handles regulatory fraud, tax, currency, and settlements across all countries.
Mr. Piyush Shah, Vice President, InMobi SmartPay says, “Expanding to new markets is an extremely complex process, especially for small developer teams sitting in a single geography. InMobi SmartPay™ exists to simplify the process through a single point of integration and management of all tax, legal, and customer support issues leveraging our in-market expertise. Even more importantly, we are an intelligent solution providing consumers with a low friction, secure purchase flow, and data-driven insights to help maximize conversion.”
InMobi SmartPay™ is already active with numerous clients globally and is moving into private beta over the next 60 to 90 days before opening up the service to the entire market in Q3, 2011. The launch of InMobi SmartPay™ is the first global offering of its kind in the mobile advertising market. It combines InMobi’s massive global ad network of nearly 32 billion ads monthly in 200 countries with a mobile payments solution, enhancing its core competitive advantage for clients by integrating actual purchasing behavior into its real-time ad-serving feedback loop. Tracking from ad to conversion is a major leap forward for developers and digital goods providers globally.
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