Hop-on, Inc. is extremely excited AT&T announced it is allowing/opening its phone and mobile device manufacturers to connect to the AT&T network. This signals huge business opportunities for Hop-on, a leading developer and marketer of wireless phones and patented accessories and the foremost creator of mobile gambling technology. Hop-on has essential IPR’s to deploy GSM technology worldwide. Hop-on is seeking Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) in Asia. As one of the remaining American cellular manufacturers with Intellectual Property Rights (IPR’s), Hop-on has essential patents for GSM technologies. Hop-on could experience tremendous gains from AT&T’s open network policy, said Hop-on president, Peter Michaels.

Nokia announced a collaboration with Telecom Italia to accelerate the adoption of new Internet services on mobile. Ovi, the gateway to Nokia's Internet services, will be enabled on Nokia handsets offered by TIM. The agreement will make it easy for people to find and enjoy best-in-class Internet services, from TIM, Nokia or from other Internet service providers. As part of the collaboration, Nokia will customize the new Nokia handsets to provide easy access to TIM services. Similarly, TIM customers can access all Nokia services through the customized Multimedia Menu embedded into their Nokia device. The collaboration also includes areas such as technology and billing co-operation.

Thumbplay, the largest and fastest growing mobile entertainment content destination in the US (Nielsen Mobile, Q3 2007), announced it will provide ringtones, wallpaper, games and video clips to Mobile MSN, the mobile portal of the MSN online network, which is visited by more than 120 million unique monthly visitors in the US (comScore Media Metrix, October 2007). Thumbplay’s premium mobile content will be integrated within the Mobile MSN web and WAP portals. Through Thumbplay’s contextual integration on these sites, visitors can easily purchase and download relevant ringtones, wallpapers, games and video clips over-the-air to over 2,000 supported handsets, including 16 unique Windows Mobile-based devices.

Nokia applauded Verizon Wireless' announced plans to develop and deploy a fourth generation 4G mobile broadband network. The Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology Verizon Wireless chose is an open and global specification for next generation networks that will bring scale and efficiencies for manufacturers, choice in network equipment and device for operators, and ultimately better value and richer experiences for consumers.

The Nielsen Company released the findings of an in-depth study on the mobile media and cross media behavior of US "tweens" (ages 8-12). While text-messaging and ringtones remain the most pervasive non-voice functions on the phone, other content such as downloaded wallpapers, music, games and Internet access also rank highly among tweens. The report, "Kids on the Go: Mobile Usage by US Teens and Tweens," was conducted by Nielsen Mobile and BASES, two services of Nielsen. It also provides insights on teen and tween use of specific content brands, genre preferences, overall use of leisure time and demographic profiles. The full report will be released on December 14.

Compelling content, multiple application types, social networking, mobile advertising and mobile broadcasting services are some of the developments that influence the mobile video services market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, US Mobile Video Services Markets, finds that premium revenues from mobile video content services estimates to reach $1.62 billion in 2011. If you are interested in a virtual brochure, then send an e-mail to Mireya Castilla, Corporate Communications, with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, city, state, country and e-mail address. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you by e-mail.

Third-generation (3G) handsets will continue strong growth over the next five years as second-generation technology wanes, reports In-Stat. Through 2012, fourth-generation network handsets are not expected to enter the market in sizable numbers. Helping to boost overall sales, subscribers owning and using several handsets will be more prevalent over the next several years. This development is already widespread in many areas, especially where employers provide a mobile device.

Google announced the release of version 2.0 of Google Maps for mobile, its innovative and widely used mobile mapping and local search application. New in v2.0 is a beta version of Google’s "My Location" technology, which uses cell tower ID information to provide users with their approximate location, helping them determine where they are, what’s around them, and how to get there. Google is committed to providing users with quick and easy access to the information they need, no matter when or where they need it.

Klausner Technologies announced that it has filed a patent lawsuit under its visual voicemail patents against Apple on the iPhone, with damages and future royalties estimated at $360 million. The lawsuit asserts that Apple’s iPhone Visual Voicemail infringes Klausner Technologies’ U.S. Patents 5,572,576 and 5,283,818. These patents have already been licensed to various other companies that provide visual voicemail, including Time Warner’s AOL for its AOL Voicemail services, Vonage Holdings for its Vonage Voicemail Plus services as well as others, under the Klausner Patents.

A mobile phone is for 18 months, not just for Christmas. Up to a million unwary Christmas shoppers risk committing themselves to hundreds of pounds of payments for new mobile phones which will be obsolete within months. Although figures show that most people in the United Kingdom that want a mobile phone already own one, they remain one of the most popular Christmas presents - and anywhere up to a million will be bought in the UK in the run-up to Christmas. In particular this year, operators have promoted the idea of the 'mobile Internet', which means people can use their mobile to surf the web, download music, use Facebook, watch television programmes and make cheap mobile calls via the Internet.