Pocket Express® Wins Gold Award at The Visiongain Mobile Entertainment Awards 2008

London, UK. - 23 December 2008 – Handmark®, a global leader in the development and distribution of mobile media, was honoured by winning the top Gold Award at the Mobile Entertainment Awards and Conference 2008 for Best Infotainment Portal for News and Entertainment in London.

The Mobile and Entertainment Awards 2008 judges recognised Pocket Express for its intuitive layout and ease of use, as well as commending the company's leading collection of information partners.

Pocket Express, created and published by Handmark, is a personalized, on-device news and information service that delivers vital information to the handset and provides easy discovery and purchase of new content.

Indonesian mobile network operator achieves real time SMS communication with a targeted community using InTelestage™

Business Logic Systems, a specialist in customer intelligence, marketing automation and customer loyalty solutions for mobile network operators, is playing a key role in helping Indonesia’s newest mobile operator, AXIS to drive customer loyalty and increase revenues from its recently created AXIS Salam community.

Launched in August 2008 to coincide with the preparations for Eid, AXIS Salam is a pre-pay offering which is aimed at the Islamic community.  To persuade new customers to join the community and encourage existing users to top up, AXIS Salam is giving subscribers the chance to enter a Lucky Draw competition to win a trip to ‘Hajj’ and ‘Umrah’.

Oslo (17 December 2008) Many Norwegian internet banking users currently rely on security calculators to log in to their internet banking accounts. EDB, working in collaboration with the Norwegian technology company Encap, is now launching a new solution for secure log-in using a mobile telephone. The new solution may replace about 3 millions security calculators currently in use in Norway.

"We have recognized that Norwegian banking customers need a secure but simple way to access their internet bank without having to rely on a security code calculator. We have now found a solution that will simplify their everyday use of internet banking", explains Wiljar Nesse of EDB.
 
An increasing number of Norwegian banks currently use the BankID system for logging in to their internet banks. BankID uses what is known as two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication uses "something you know" and "something you have" (often termed KNOW and HAVE factors).

 Vyke Communications (www.vyke.com) today announces that it has released a beta version of its Mobile VoIP software and service for Blackberry devices using RIM software, which is available through Vyke’s enterprise sales channels.

With the addition of this Blackberry software, Vyke now offers its Mobile VoIP solution on the three most used mobile operating systems in the enterprise market namely Symbian, Windows Mobile and RIM. However, Vyke’s Blackberry solution is unique as it uses a variation of VoIP which enables users to make VoIP calls over the Vyke network at any time their phone has GSM coverage, not only when the phone is in range of Wi-Fi or 3G mobile data coverage. The software supports most Blackberry devices dating back as far as 2003.