Customer churn remains one of the biggest challenges for most mobile network operators. And nowhere more so than in Western Europe where intense competition, deregulation, ease of number transfer and more than 100% market penetration have led to an annual overall churn rate as high as 24%.

But for one operator things are not so bleak. With help of KXEN next generation data mining technology, Vodafone Netherlands has managed to decrease its churn rate.

"KXEN has helped us decrease churn by as much as 12% annually in some customer segments. This is a huge impact and you can see how valuable that is when judged against the industry average," says the director of the Consumer Business Unit at Vodafone Netherlands.

Introducing the new ProNav PNN-200

Letchworth, England, 11th December 2008 - Navevo, the UK’s leading specialist GPS software developer, has today unveiled its new ProNav PNN-200 sat-nav solution for drivers of heavy goods vehicles and vans. Following on from the successful launch of ProNav, the new ProNav PNN-200 delivers new levels of performance and is now even easier to use thanks to a revised user interface, enhanced Routing-Engine together with free map and transport data updates for new and existing users throughout 2009.

ProNav PNN-200 Highlights:
~ Now includes Bluetooth calling, media player, video player and ebook reader
~ Free map and transport upgrade pack for 2009
~ Improved user experience

Core Facts
London, UK, 11 December 2008: Since its launch as a private beta test on December 1st 2008, geo-localised social network and micro-blogging mobile application BuddyMob has met and exceeded its download target, reached the top 5 on the Android Market in the social category and had rave reviews from users. Within hours of the launch, BuddyMob had exceeded its 1,000 download target and after 3 days the application had to be removed from the Android Market due to over-subscription. To date, the BuddyMob beta trial has experienced over 10,000 download requests and currently has more than 5,118 active community members. The average session time users have been spending on BuddyMob is high at 3 hours.

Enabling TV fans both to schedule in the programmes that they like and discover new programmes that they might like, Tioti TV+ from Vizimo went live in the App Store today.

On start-up, Tioti TV+ immediately displays ‘now and next’ information for all UK TV channels.  Precisely which channels are displayed is completely customisable; choose to display only those channels available to you according to your TV package, or choose channel-by-channel which ones to display or ‘turn off’.

Tioti TV+ - programme infoOpening a particular programme causes the typical listings-style programme information to be displayed.  But this is the point at which Tioti TV+ starts to shine.