BROWSING: Bango
Cingular opens garden gate with Bango pact
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator. The No. 1 U.S. carrier inked an agreement with Bango.net Ltd., which sells mobile music, games and other content through the Internet and mobile storefronts....
Cingular, Bango deal further opens garden gate
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls Tuesday, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator.The No. 1 U.S. carrier inked an agreement with Bango, which sells mobile music, games and other content through both the Internet and mobile storefronts....
Crisp, Bango offer direct-to-consumer content
NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless Inc. and Bango together introduced an end-to-end mobile content software solution. The direct-to-consumer solution includes Crisp's mobile-content provisioning services and Bango's content discovery, identification and billing services."We are, quite literally, providing the missing link in the globalization of mobile content," said...
Enquire starts off-portal search tool for mobile content
LONDON-Spanish mobile entertainment company Enquire S.L. unveiled an off-portal search tool designed to allow consumers to browse mobile content and service outside carrier decks. The site, www.mooobl.com, directs users to travel, business and news WAP sites, as well as six adult entertainment offerings. The...
Bango seeks $9M in London IPO
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Bango plc, a company that has developed technology to simplify mobile content, said it is seeking admission to trade on London's Alternative Investment Market. The company said it hopes to raise about $9 million, net of expenses, by placing new shares with...
Volantis, Bango offer content direct to users
LONDON-Content provider Volantis has teamed with Bango to develop mobile portals offering mobile content directly to consumers. The companies unveiled a portal for Channel 4, a U.K. TV broadcaster, featuring show information, polls, contests and downloadable content. The service comes online coinciding with the...
Volantis teams with Bango on mobile content portals
LONDON-Content provider Volantis has teamed with Bango to develop mobile portals offering mobile content directly to consumers.The companies unveiled a portal for Channel 4, a U.K. TV broadcaster, featuring show information, polls, contests and downloadable content. The service will come online Friday, coinciding with...
SIP allows consumers to sidestep carriers
Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, end users can enjoy services such as music downloads and file sharing, video on...
U.K. firm bypasses carriers to offer porn
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-A pornographic newspaper in the United Kingdom said it has managed to develop a business around wireless porn by sending adult content to mobile-phone owners-bypassing the standard carrier sales channel.Users pay up to about $8 per month to access the content."We needed...
U.K. company bypasses carriers with porn offering
A pornographic newspaper in the United Kingdom said it has managed to develop a business around wireless porn by sending adult content to mobile-phone owners-bypassing the standard carrier sales channel.Users pay up to about $8 per month to access the content."We needed an easy...