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Have you noticed ArrivedOK in New York Times? It was on the front page!
Well, it was a while ago. And it was a video. Actually it was a part of a video. And the topic was “What is wrong with mobile carriers”. As asked for by David Pogue.
He twitted asking to create a 9 second video to say what’s wrong with mobile carriers. I did 9 secs. It WAS hard. You can’t develop a meaningful line! And I wanted to mention that we have developed something to COUNTER the exuberant roaming charges that I wanted to attack. ArrivedOK.
Singapore’s leading operator, SingTel, has recently announced its $2.3 million Partner Programme which aim is to bring new applications for mobile market.
Mon, Jan 14, 2008 The Straits Times
“Developers will get access to the latest software tools, mobile phones and even preferential cellphone charges as part of plan to market more homegrown applications.
If they are deemed good enough by SingTel, their software may also be marketed to the region with the help of the telco. Altogether, SingTel and its partner telcos in the region have 158 million mobile subcriptions, dwarfing the 5.4 million subscriptions here.
< ...>Such projects are common with cellphone operators the world over as they seek the next big game or application that companies and consumers will use on their small screens”.
The project supported by Infocomm Development Authority and industry vendors like Nokia and Microsoft
