Content & Mobile Marketing

LONDON—Mobile content will explode into a $9 billion industry in the next 12 months, according to a study released Wednesday by LogicaCMG. The survey of 6,000 users in four global …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Following months of speculation, the Walt Disney Co. finally announced plans to launch a family-oriented wireless service using Sprint Corp.’s nationwide network. The Walt Disney Internet Group, which …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Vidiator Technology Inc. is teaming with content rights broker Media Rights America L.L.C. (MRA) to offer video clips of extreme sports, soccer and Brazilian models to mobile users. The …

BORDEAUX, France-Wireless game publisher In-Fusio unveiled a “white label” mobile portal designed to allow companies to market content directly to consumers. The French game-maker launched the mobile Media Access Portal …

Telecommunications clearinghouse company NeuStar Inc. earned a solid debut on Wall Street June 29 as its share price rose from its initial pricing of $22 per share to as high …

Sprint PCS continued to court pint-sized wireless users this week, unveiling a new mobile video channel featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and other animated Warner Bros. characters. “Looney Tunes …

OTTAWA-Canada’s wireless carriers introduced intercarrier multimedia message services last week. The initiative enables customers with MMS-capable mobile phones, regardless of the customers’ wireless service provider, to send and receive messages …

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java’s widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week in two key high-tech cases that now may move across the street to the U.S. Capitol. In March, the Supreme Court heard oral …

While the wireless industry haggles over the price of anti-piracy software supported by the Open Mobile Alliance, Microsoft Corp. is quietly gaining traction in the mobile world with its proprietary …

Telecommunications clearinghouse company NeuStar Inc. earned a solid debut on Wall Street Wednesday as its share price rose from its initial pricing of $22 per share to as high as …

Sprint PCS continued to court pint-sized wireless users this week, unveiling a new mobile video channel featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and other animated Warner Bros. characters. “Looney Tunes …

NEWTON, Mass.-MoreMagic Solutions Inc., a provider of content enabling, charging and payment solutions, has closed its Series D round of equity financing for $4.125 million. MoreMagic’s total funding to date …

OTTAWA-Canada’s wireless carriers will introduce intercarrier multimedia message services July 1. The initiative will enable customers with MMS-capable mobile phones, regardless of the customers’ wireless service providers, to instantly send …

IRVINE, Calif.-Korean wireless content company UAngel Corp. has acquired majority ownership of Downplay Inc., a California-based content provider and Internet storefront. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move …

The coming surge of mobile virtual network operators will target virtually every demographic, from ethnic groups to sports fans to rural users. But no group of consumers is being courted …

SAN FRANCISCO-The Liberty Alliance standard group said it plans to develop specifications that would withhold users’ phone numbers from wireless content providers. The group said its new interface specifications would …

Bar-code scanning will be a common camera-phone feature in the near future, promises Olivier Attia, chief executive officer of Scanbuy Inc. Attia said that in the next 12 months he …

BRAZIL Two wireless equipment suppliers said they won deals to supply gear to Vivo, Brazil’s largest mobile operator. L.M. Ericsson said it will expand and enhance Vivo’s access transmission network. …

Faced with increasingly crowded shelf space on carrier decks, content providers are gaining traction by marketing directly to U.S. consumers with Web-based storefronts of their own. And carriers are slowly …

My niece was caught in a rainstorm last week while at an out-of-town cheerleading camp. The torrential rain soaked her to the skin and drowned the wireless handset in her …

American Tower Corp. announced a call for redemption of $75 million principal amount of its 9.375-percent senior notes due 2009. The redemption date is set for July 21. The notes …

Japanese mobile content provider Cybird Co. will pay about $77 million for a majority stake in Canadian wireless publisher Airborne Entertainment Inc., the companies announced last week. Cybird said it …

LONDON-European operator Orange plc said it has expanded its work with U.S. application creators with new development centers in Boston and San Francisco. The centers, which will work within the …

NEW YORK-Perfect Data Corp., which provides secure mobile solutions through its Sona Mobile Inc. subsidiary, closed a $5 million private placement. Investors purchased about 3,850 shares of the company’s series …