Download the authoritative guide: Cloud Computing 2019: Using the Cloud for Competitive Advantage
Software giant Microsoft and wireless carrier Korea Telecom Freetel have launched new mobile Internet services, including always-on messaging, in South Korea, a market that may serve as a springboard for wider deployments.
Aimed at consumers (and to a lesser degree, business users) who want to reach friends, family members and colleagues on the go, the service "essentially extends the quality and richness of service from the PC to a mobile phone," Microsoft said.
Users will not have to maintain a network session to use the service. Instead they can access it by using an MSN Mobile icon and a "hotkey" on the handset.
In addition to always-on function, the service includes: a synchronized contacts list, with a view of their online status and the option of adding, removing or blocking users; the ability to send and receive messages in rich form; and memory to save commonly used phrases to be accessed and used again.
https://o1.qnsr.com/log/p.gif?;n=203;c=204660774;s=9478;x=7936;f=201812281339040;u=j;z=TIMESTAMP;a=20403972;e=i
Pricing "will be competitive with other mobile subscription offerings in the region," a Microsoft spokeswoman told internetnews.com.
Microsoft sees mobile services as a growth area, especially with new handsets, such as KT Freetel's, and personal digital assistants capable of handling larger content files. Currently, MSN Mobile offers subscription services to consumers in 16 countries through 35
carriers.
The company has not set a timetable for introducing enhanced mobile services to the United States or other markets.
Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of MSN, said the company's content and services network, said Korea Telecom Freecom is a strong partner because of its advanced network as well as its 11 million subscribers who are "well-suited to incorporating mobile data into its lifestyle."
South Korea leads the world in broadband connections and therefore has embraced instant messaging, as well as streaming media and other features, into their daily routines.
RELATED NEWS AND ANALYSIS
-
Top Machine Learning Solutions
FEATURE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
Google Machine Learning Engine: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
Alteryx: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
SAP Leonardo: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
RapidMiner: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
IBM Watson Studio: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
SAS Visual Machine Learning: Product Overview and Insight
FEATURE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
AWS SageMaker: Product Overview and Insight
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Samuel Greengard,
February 14, 2019
-
Artificial Intelligence in Business: Using AI in Your Company
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Daniel Dern,
February 08, 2019
-
How IBM’s Project Debater Could Fix Facebook
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
January 21, 2019
-
IBM Announces Most Powerful AI Effort Yet: The Birth of Smart HR
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
December 07, 2018
-
IBM Spectrum Discover: AI at Scale
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Rob Enderle,
October 26, 2018
-
The Top Cloud-Based AI Services
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Andy Patrizio,
September 11, 2018
-
Artificial Intelligence Salaries: Paychecks Heading Skyward
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Andy Patrizio,
August 28, 2018
-
Artificial Intelligence Use Cases
FEATURE | By Samuel Greengard,
August 13, 2018
-
25 Top AI Startups
FEATURE | By Andy Patrizio,
July 18, 2018
-
CIOs Leveraging AI and Machine Learning For ITSM Goals
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Jeff Kaplan,
July 03, 2018
-
35 Artificial Intelligence Courses
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Cynthia Harvey,
May 04, 2018
-
Top 15 Machine Learning Companies
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | By Andy Patrizio,
April 19, 2018
Submit a Comment
Loading Comments...