Just as US MVNOs look like they are running into a dead-end with content-brand centered launches (), or age-segmented strategies (, the hot new trend seems to be operators targeting ethnic groups. . Now Red Pocket Mobile is attempting the same with Chinese-Americans.

The strategy includes offering cheaper calls to Asia (15 cents a minute, same as domestic calls, ). It also includes a first in the US - a retail Chinese-language version of the .

Cisneros Group launched , an MVNO running over Sprint's network, last year in a bid to appeal to Hispanic-Americans.

The UK arm of T-Mobile has reversed its ban on VoIP applications on it data service, . The Reg says T-Mobile will introduce a Web 'n' Walk Max tariff plan that allows up to 10MB of data and VoIP and possibly instant messaging for ??22.50.

T-Mobile and some other operators, such as Verizon and Cingular in the US, have taken a dim view of VoIP over mobile data services, claiming the “poor” quality affected customers' perception of their services. Most analysts agree, however, that the real reason is the fear of cannibalization of voice minutes, the mainstay of operators' businesses. Consumer pressure, and an increasing flow of Wi-Fi-enabled devices are chipping away at this, however.

Nokia's N95 has been grabbing a lot of attention recently, with it's world-wide debut a couple of days ago, however we have been remiss in not reading Nokia's press site more regularly over the past few weeks and so missed it.

The new handset, pictured over there on the left, has a remarkable feature list that pushes the handset firmly into the territory of portable multimedia device (I'm going to stop just short of calling it a computer), including a media player and a 5 megapixel camera. The device also features TV Out, so recorded video and images can be replayed directly on a TV screen.

The handset has a 2.6″ QVGA screen, support for 3D graphics, and a double slider, with one side revealing the usual arrangement of a mobile phone number pad, and the other revealing controls for the media playback functions. There is also a standard 3.5mm headphone socket and support for microSD storage cards, as well as a miniUSB connector.