TORONTO-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless Inc. has licensed porting software from Tira Wireless, the companies announced Tuesday. Financial details were not disclosed.
Dwango, which develops and distributes games, ringtones, video clips and other content, will use the Tira Jump Product Suite to tailor its offerings to specific handsets and markets. Under terms of the deal, Dwango also gains access to Tira software for the management of mobile content deployment.
Disney, I-play and Airborne Entertainment are among other publishers to license Tira’s technology, which can port applications across 250 handsets in multiple languages.
“The global market for mobile content and applications continues to expand rapidly,” said Rick Hennessey, Dwango’s chief executive officer. “We look forward to working with Tira’s Jump technology, which will help manage our premium mobile content and its efficient deployment to the marketplace.”
