Mobile operator strategies - 19/03/06

In France, competition watchdog Conseil de la Concurrence is pushing for SMS regulation that will help cut the cost of sending text messages and other data transmissions via mobile phones.

Vodafone and Orange will jointly launch a new universal mechanism for paying for mobile internet content. The leading mobile content enabler Bango will support this new x-Paymobile payment model.

In the US, movie theater owners call for the FCC to allow wireless phone signals to be blocked.

3 UK has entered a marketing deal with Microsoft to offer access to consumer-shot videos stored on MSN Spaces.