News Express consists of four channels carrying news, sports, weather and entertainment, which are refreshed twice a day, at 8am and 5pm, with additional ad-hoc breaking news delivered on top.
Interactive reports are delivered in Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1. T-Mobile claims News Express is the first European mobile service to use this technology.
The service is accessed via an icon, which is pre-loaded on selected handsets, or is free to download via T-Zones, T-Mobile's mobile content portal.
Content is delivered automatically in the background of this application, allowing customers to read information offline with no need to connect to Wap and no download time. The service is free to all UK customers until the end of October, after which it is expected to cost £6 a month.
Sandy Munro, marketing director of T-Mobile UK, said: "News Express is one of the cornerstones of our mobile multimedia product offerings. The service is easy to read as a newspaper, offers a rich news experience with a slick interactive feel and our customers can trial it free till the end of October."
He added: "Moving forward, we plan on expanding News Express with additional news and lifestyle magazines, effectively creating an mobile newsstand."
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