Vodafone at leading edge of mobile web in Spain
Only 3.7 per cent of the Spanish population has browsed the internet on their mobile phone but those consumers who have done so are spending 30 per cent more than the average Spanish mobile user. And of the operators vying for that business in Spain, Vodafone is leading the pack. The findings come from data supplied exclusively to telecoms.com from Kantar Worldpanel’s ComTech survey.
Nokia snaps up mobile browser firm Novarra
Perhaps more evidence that Nokia is increasingly going up against Google in the Finnish firm’s traditional domain? Late Friday Nokia announced the acquisition of privately held mobile browser developer Novarra for an undisclosed sum.
Mobile web favoured by youth
The mobile operator community has been raving about mobile broadband and the rapid adoption of dongles all year. And analyst figures released Monday show that in the UK at least, the mobile web is growing eight times faster than fixed web access. The figures, released by research house Nielsen on Monday, are unsurprising. Between the [...]



