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Sure, Verizon may already have the established mobile TV business, but I'm still not sure just how many users go beyond their VCAST Video offering. Maybe I'm wrong, but AT&T which has recently launched its mobile TV offering has scored a big deal to push the service forward. It's the exclusive Beijing Olympics coverage that [...]

Orange has boosted it's Mobile TV packages in an effort to get more people using it. The MNO has added 3 Setanta Sports channels, and 'Channel 5' (the 5th terrestrial channel in the UK) to it's 'Max Pack' - along with dropping the price to £8.99/month. Orange Max Pack currently features around 25 channels including content [...]

> The Progress and Freedom Foundation released a primer on the U.S. Mobile TV market, which the foundation says will grow dramatically in the next five years because of U.S. policy and other factors. Release > Alltel Wireless launched MyShow, a user-generated slideshow application that lets customers create slideshows in a few clicks. Release > Cricket added the Motorola RAZR V 3, which has tri-band functionality for the new AWS spectrum markets, to its portfolio. Release And finally ... the iPhone 3G gets unlocked. Check out the Video

Digital camera functionality, Bluetooth connectivity and music/radio playback top the consumer checklist of essential mobile features according to a new survey conducted by market analysis firm ABI Research. The survey--spanning 1,402 wireless subscribers in seven countries--reports that 42 percent of consumers consider 2+ megapixel cameras a "must-have" mobile device feature, followed by Bluetooth at 34 percent and music/FM radio at 32 percent. Nevertheless, ABI says consumers across all mature markets still select their mobile operator based on basic selling points like price and network coverage, not multimedia bells and whistles. Other points of interest from the study: games (64 percent), web access (61 percent) and cameras (58 percent) are the three most common features found on subscribers' mobile phones. Games and web access are also high on the list of features that subscribers never use. WiFi, mobile TV and games are the handset features least likely to be regarded as "essential." Also, camera phones are more than twice as important for consumers in Taiwan versus those in the U.S., while Bluetooth is considered essential by mobile subscribers in Western Europe and Taiwan, but penetration remains minimal in Japan and South Korea. For more on the ABI study: - read this release

Although North America's mobile capital expenditures will likely remain flat this year, globally CAPEX investment will rise from more than $113 billion in 2007 to $163.5 billion in 2013, according to ABI Research. In the Asia-Pacific region, that growth will primarily be driven by markets that are expanding current 2G footprints and new 3G rollouts. In North America, look for carriers to be spending on 3G upgrades to HSDPA/HSPA and EVDO Rev. A, as well as activities around mobile WiMAX. ABI researchers say that currently most of the CAPEX is still going to voice services and 2G networks expansion. However that will change. "CAPEX for data services will surpass that for voice sometime in 2009 as 4G starts to arrive," says Hwai Lin Khor, analyst with ABI. By 2013, the firm expects 28 percent of CAPEX spending to be for voice, 67 percent for data and 5 percent for mobile TV. For more: - see this release Related story: Carrier capex hits $225 billion

Another Expansys exclusive it would seem, but the Slingbox Classic is now being sold for £59.95 on their UK site - a bit of a bargain for a piece of kit that has some very nice video streaming features. I was responsible for testing this piece of kit for a certain UK operator, when they wanted [...]