O2 Germany alone has 6 to 8 Android phones planned this year
Basic Thinking, the recently sold “German TechCrunch” quotes an O2 product manager saying that “we want to get out 6 to 8 Android devices this year.” (the post is in German). The quote was made yesterday at an official press conference at the O2 Innovation Days 2009 in Munich, Germany.
O2 Germany is a subsidiary of Open Handset Alliance (OHA) member Telefonica — the world’s third largest carrier with over 220 million subscribers. The remark is… Continue Reading
GestureTek receives investment from Telefonica
Telefonica, a telecom company based in Spain, has made a strategic investment in GestureTek, a gesture-recognition company based in Sunnyvale, Calif.
GestureTek’s “mouse alternative” technology essentially allows users to wave their hands in meaningful ways in order to relay commands to a computer with a video camera.
Telefonica’s investment makes a bit more sense in light of a specific GestureTek technology called “Eyemobile Engine,” which allows users to perform actions on their mobile phones by tilting them… Continue Reading
Vodafone, Telefonica select Amobee for mobile ads — fend off Google
Amobee Media Systems, a San Francisco company building advertising technology for large wireless carriers, has won investments from two large carrier groups, Vodafone and Spain’s Telefonica.
The move reflects how Vodafone and Telefonica are taking steps to defend themselves from players like Google and Yahoo, which also see the huge potential in the emerging mobile advertising market. Increasingly, ads are being used to deliver everything for free over the mobile phone, from games, movies, SMS services… Continue Reading