No Pants 2K7 at Improv Everywhere

Okay, so here’s the story: Ride the subway sans pants – in NYC.And the best part? This is the 6th Annual No Pants subway ride. No kidding!Check out the full story at http://www.improveverywhere.com/2007/01/13/no-pants-2k7/. Don’t thank us – just sign up. Happy New Year!  The Editor, Track That 

DSL Forum Advances BroadbandSuite(tm) Release 3.0, As Key IPTV Specifications Are Approved

In case you missed this:Focused on enhancing the remote management capabilities in regards to IPTV devices, the DSL Forum announced Dec 20, 2007 the approval of its latest Technical Report, TR-135 Data Model for a TR-069 Enabled STB and the amendment of the industry recognized TR-069 – which is set to expedite IPTV rollouts and change the way operators manage their IPTV offering.Closely following the release of BroadbandSuite Release 2.0, these new specifications are cornerstone to the pending Release 3.0, which will raise the bar to address triple-play augmented via VDSL2, GPON and bonded DSL over a QoS-enabled Ethernet architecture.  Release 3.0 will also provide support for multicast to enable IPTV streaming as well as integrated remote management of Set Top Box (STB) and attached storage devices.  The full release is tentatively scheduled to complete late 2008.

Mobile Operators’ 2008 Revenues Threatened by Mobile Advertising

January 8, 2008 – Dublin, Ireland – AdaptiveMobile (www.adaptivemobile.com), the leading security provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today urged mobile operators to be prudent when planning how advertisers use their network this year, as the threat of unparalleled customer churn looms.Lorcan Burke, CEO, AdaptiveMobile, comments: “All the signs point to this year being a record-breaking year from a revenue perspective for mobile operators globally. Messaging volumes are reaching an all-time high, believed to be over 50 billion in 2007 in the UK alone. Investment is also bullish in emerging markets, such as the recent news that a group of carriers including MTN, Orange and Vodacom are committing more than £25billion into the Sub-Saharan region.

TynTec sets up Asia Pacific base in Singapore

January 8th, 2008 – Singapore: Mobile messaging services provider TynTec (www.tyntec.com) today announces the official opening of its Singapore office.  The new regional headquarters will serve as the company’s centre of operations for their ever-growing Asia Pacific presence, which has seen the company working with a number of operators in the region including Aktel in Bangladesh and CTM Macau in China.The opening of the new office follows on from the recent TynTec announcement that the company has seen revenue grow by 60% and mobile transaction traffic grow by 80%, in the last year alone. This ever-increasing requirement for TynTec’s portfolio of messaging services in the Asia Pacific region in particular has led to the company’s decision to open the Singapore based office, which will serve primarily as a base of operations for sales and marketing staff.