Content & Mobile Marketing

SEATTLE-M-commerce software developer Qpass is partnering with Sonim Technologies to enable operators to manage push-to-talk and other next-generation services. Through the alliance, Qpass operator customers can integrate Sonim’s Voice over …

Four of the world’s biggest consumer electronics companies are partnering to develop a digital rights management (DRM) standard to deter piracy and illegal copying of music and video. Matsushita Electric …

DALLAS-Consumers may finally be warming to the idea of using multimedia entertainment content on their handsets, according to a new study from technology consultancy The Diffusion Group. The report, released …

The number of worldwide mobile users will nearly reach 2 billion by the end of 2005 as penetration rates surpass 100 percent in some countries, according to a new study …

SEATTLE-M-commerce software developer Qpass is partnering with Sonim Technologies to enable operators to manage push-to-talk and other next-generation services. Through the alliance, Qpass operator customers can integrate Sonim’s Voice over …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications launched a framework that allows carriers to manage subscriber relations, track information from wireless data transactions and target marketing strategies, the mobile technology company said Tuesday. NMS …

Mobile messaging company Vidiator Technology Inc. announced its first big step into the mobile content market this week when it unveiled a deal with noted comic-book author Stan Lee. Lee, …

In addition to strengthening its position as the nation’s third-largest wireless operator, Sprint Corp.’s planned merger with Nextel Communications Inc. will bring together the industry’s two most aggressive targeters of …

From the consumer’s point of view, 2005 is shaping up to be the year mobile music goes big-time. And nearly everyone in the wireless industry is scrambling to make sure …

Mobile messaging company Vidiator Technology Inc. will announce its first big step into the mobile content market this week when it unveils a deal with noted comic book author Stan …

OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co., which provides entertainment services and mobile marketing applications, acquired gaming developer MindX. The acquisition gives Mobile Media access to MindX’s interactive crossword puzzle and quiz …

LONDON-U.K. content company Wasted said it has partnered with MmO2’s U.K. division to offer music, wallpapers, logos, pictures and text competitions on O2’s Web site to customers. “We are launching …

DENVER-BVRP Software, which develops mobility software, said it is offering free ringtones, Java games and wallpaper to the first 10,000 mobile-phone users who register at its new mobile content Web …

OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. will team with U.K.-based technology company Rubberduck Media Lab Ltd. to provide live streaming video to mobile handsets around the world, the companies announced Tuesday. …

Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday. California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were …

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music provider Faith West Inc. is teaming with Dodge to offer ringtones and images promoting the auto maker to wireless users. Faith West is distributing Dodge-branded content through …

VeriSign Inc. said it will acquire Santa Cruz, Calif.-based picture-messaging company LightSurf in an all-stock transaction valued at $270 million. VeriSign said the deal adds a picture component to its …

DUBLIN, Calif.-Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. launched the latest version of AvantGo Tuesday, updating its free service that delivers Web content to smart phones and personal digital assistants. With …

Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, …

LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, consistently thrown off balance by new taxes and regulations in one state after another, is fine-tuning a master plan that draws on tried-and-true political strategies that carriers …

Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said. The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone …

LAS VEGAS-The stampede toward mobile video continued at the Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to on-the-go viewers. SmartVideo Technologies …

LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it …

NEW YORK-Mobile marketing company Swagger Wireless said Friday it will offer a series of promotional applications for an upcoming U.S. tour by singer Alicia Keys. Swagger, which specializes in urban-themed …