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 Google chief executive Eric Schmidt managed to snag a cherished slot as a keynote speaker at this year's Mobile World Congress,  the industry's biggest annual bash.   But announcements made at the show's opening February 15 illustrate how the mobile sector is struggling to grab the spotlight back from  Apple and Google.Read more

Obopay is a mobile payment service that allows users to get, send and spend money. It works on all handset models and currently powers the mobile payment systems of MasterCard MoneySend in the U.S. and Nokia Money globally. Obopay sees its biggest opportunity in the developing world, where some 2.5 billion adults have no access to banking but a growing number have mobile phones. It is one of 26 companies named a 2010 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.Read more

Blyk, a European ad-supported mobile phone service with gold-plated backing and a dream management team, was considered a serious potential threat to mobile operators when it launched in 2006. But mobile advertising has not reaped the hoped-for financial benefits for either Blyk or traditional operators. Now, the two sides are teaming up in the hopes of getting better results.
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Gate-crashing U.S. tech giants Apple and Google are grabbing market and mindshare away from Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker and Symbian, the leading maker of operating system software for advanced mobile phones. With such a sizeable lead in the market how could things go so horribly wrong for Europe’s mobile stars?
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