Orange to integrate Twitter into IPTV

Mobile carrier Orange UK said Tuesday it is working to integrate popular social networking platform Twitter into its own service offerings, including TV as well as mobile and web.

In a pan-European move, but launching first in the UK, Orange will integrate Twitter features into its mobile service, allowing users the ability to upload and share photos with their Twitter followers via MMS. SMS-based tweets will be rolled into the standard mobile plan and users will be able to set times for receiving tweets, chose a maximum number of daily tweets and chose to receive updates in real time, hourly or daily.

Interestingly, Orange has said it will also explore ways of integrating Twitter into its IPTV platform to create interactive Twitter feeds that will run during and alongside programmes and will embed the service within Orange web portals from 2010.

Twitter will be implemented first in UK, followed by France, Spain, Poland in 2009. It will then roll out across the rest of the Orange European footprint in 2010.

The platform will be added to Orange’s social media aggregation service “Social Life” in the UK, “Mes communautés” in France or “My Social Place” in Spain, alongside Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and a range of other popular social sites.

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Syniverse snaps up VeriSign messaging business

Mobile messaging firm Syniverse this week announced plans to acquire the messaging unit of US tech and security company VeriSign for $175m in cash.

The Content and Messaging division of VeriSign features SMS, MSS and mobile content platforms focusing on mobile operators, content providers via premium messaging, WAP portals and enterprise services. VeriSign delivered more than 224 billion mobile messages in 2008.

“As mobile messaging volumes continue to experience double-digit growth, Syniverse will have the scale, reach and capabilities needed to provide mobile operators – large or small – with greater vendor choice and faster time to market for the services subscribers demand,” said Tony Holcombe, president and CEO of Syniverse.

Under the deal, Syniverse will combine its NextSM Advanced Messaging Hub with VeriSign’s enterprise messaging operations including Inter-Carrier Gateway, PictureMail, Premium Messaging Gateway, and the Mobile Enterprise Solutions business.

As part of the agreement, Syniverse will acquire approximately 300 additional employees located primarily in the US and Asia Pacific.

O2 UK inundated with iPhone software updates

UK carrier O2 has moved to quash reports that it has bungled the implementation of the  MMS element of the iPhone 3.0 update, following complaints from its customers.

The company told telecoms.com that it has been hit with thousands of iPhone settings update requests in the wake of Apple making the latest version of its software available late on Wednesday.

As a result, O2, which automatically reconfigures the updated devices to make use of new MMS capabilities, has built up a backlog of requests. Users who updated their Apple gadgets as soon as the software became available were still waiting for MMS to be activated on Thursday lunchtime.

O2 said users should allow up to 24 hours for the change to take effect. Contract customers will be taken care of automatically, but prepay users will need to text MMS to 1010 for free after downloading the software. O2 has more info on the version 3.0 update available here.

The free software update will add over 100 new features including: Cut, Copy and Paste; MMS; improved search; landscape keyboard; parental controls; Voice Memos; a Find My iPhone feature that works together with MobileMe; Remote Wipe; wireless downloading of movies, TV and audio programs; and peer to peer functionality.

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