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Host is actively considering delivering its service of via VoIP technologies.  Recent technical advancements and more importantly the increasing uptake of VoIP  applications on mobile handsets has led Host to make a detailed investigation into the delivery of their services by this  method.   Colin Barnes Hosts CEO added  ” Delivery via VoIP  will allow [...]

Video ring tones (and ring back tones) continue to make the news, with the story from New York that Host competitor of Vringo is to make an IPO. In what might have been a publicity stunt, the initial press release hinted that the company was looking to raise over $64 million, this figure was later [...]

Google have dramatically entered the ring back advertising market with a patent application filed in 2009.  This application ads relevance to the market and significantly enhances the prospects for our own portfolio which is based around a US filing date of 2001 some eight years earlier than Google’s effort.
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14th of September 2009
The USPTO confirmed in a comuncation today that it will issue Host Telecom a notice of allowance in relation to its divisional application reference number 11/850, 8259.
The notice comes following an extensive series of discussions between Host, their US attorney (Michael Best and Friedrich LLP) and the USPTO, which began in [...]

HOST is a unique Mobile Applications Provider of Video RingBack Tones (VRBT). Host is based in UK yet offers global opportunity.
Host develops the huge potential of Video RingbackTones as a value added service, on mobile and VOIP for both commercial advertising and social networking.
Host’s advertising solution enables the ‘lost moments’ prior to connection to be [...]