Content & Mobile Marketing

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

DENVER-A technology licensing firm said Thursday it had reached a tentative agreement with five companies on the terms of a joint patent portfolio to protect digital film and music on …

Mobile content provider ThumbPlay announced a new strip-poker-style game where players face off against a series of virtual female models who change clothes during the game. Popular in Europe, the …

The stampede toward mobile video continued Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to wireless handsets. SmartVideo …

AALBORG, Denmark-Mobile data services and content company End2End has acquired Danish mobile virtual network operator MIGway A/S, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. MIGway owns …

Mobile media company Zingy is expected to announce deals this week to bring exclusive mobile content from hip-hop artist Kanye West and late pop singer Aaliyah to wireless phones. West …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential of the Chinese market. DoCoMo said …

PalmOne PalmOne Inc. announced its VersaMail 2.7 wireless e-mail software is available for Treo 600 smart phones. Treo 600 users will now have access to Internet Message Access Protocol, said …

JERUSALEM-In the wake of complaints that too many children were being exposed to erotic material, Israel’s Communications Ministry said last week it had moved to get wireless carriers to restrict …

Forget interactive video, mobile bar-code scanning phones and music-recognition programs. When it comes to mobile marketing, it’s still all about text messaging. The coming wave of high-tech mobile applications has …

The aftershocks from 2004’s massive carrier consolidation continue to reverberate across the wireless industry. As Cingular Wireless L.L.C. works to digest AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint Corp. completes its …

JERUSALEM—In the wake of complaints that too many children were being exposed to erotic material, Israel’s Communications Ministry said last week it had moved to get wireless carriers to restrict …

TOKYO—Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential of the Chinese market. DoCoMo said …

WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts …

Sprint PCS became the first U.S. carrier to offer streaming audio for mobile users last week, launching a radio-like service that delivers short video clips and six channels of streaming …

NEW YORK-Several popular music artists received an early Christmas present in the form of wireless content agreements as music continues its expansion into the wireless industry in the midst of …

NEW YORK-Recording-industry giants EMI and Sony BMG have teamed to fight illegal music swapping with the announcement last week of an agreement to address licensing issues for music on mobile …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless today said the company’s corporate Web site has been improved to make it more accessible to customers with disabilities. The nation’s No. 2 mobile-phone carrier said new …

PARIS-Vodafone Group plc customers in some European markets have access to full-length songs from four major music labels through a deal announced last week. French digital music company Musiwave said …

SHANGHAI, China-Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP …

U.S. Cellular Corp. completed the sale of its Daytona Beach, Fla., 20-megahertz C block license to MetroPCS California/Florida Inc. U.S. Cellular said it scored $8.5 million in cash from the …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-European mobile operators should change their pricing strategies to kick start the lagging market for content, including ringtones, logos, games, music and videos, said a new report from …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-European mobile operators should change their pricing strategies to kick start the lagging market for content, including ringtones, logos, games, music and videos, said a new report from …

Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP customers …

Vodafone Group plc customers in some European markets have access to full-length songs from four major music labels through a deal announced Tuesday. French digital music company Musiwave said it …