Content & Mobile Marketing

DENVER-U.K. mobile entertainment company Monstermob Group acquired Denver-based content provider 9 Squared Inc., the companies announced Tuesday. Monstermob paid $2.95 million in cash for 9 Squared and will hand over …

CLEVELAND-Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to offer Univision Movil, a Hispanic-focused mobile content offering that was quietly deployed during the past couple of weeks. American Greetings Corp.’s AG Interactive …

PLANO, Texas-Mobile entertainment provider CHL Technologies was acquired by E-Mobile Information Technologies, the companies announced late Monday. The acquisition was necessary for CHL to become a public company, according to …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Two U.S. content companies made European purchases. Mforma Group Inc.’s spending spree continued as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue Beck. A 3-year-old creator of console …

Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The …

Two U.S. content companies made European purchases Thursday. Mforma Group Inc.’s spending spree continued Thursday as the mobile entertainment publisher acquired U.K. gaming company Blue Beck. A 3-year-old creator of …

LONDON-Israeli wireless carrier Partner Communications Co. Ltd. will offer its customers the Merlin U530 PC modem card though a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless. Partner expects to …

BASINGTOKE, England-T-Mobile International launched Motorola Inc.’s music-focused E398 handset to T-Mobile’s customers across Europe. The phone includes a color screen, a VGA-quality digital camera with flash, an integrated MP3 player, …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-With the Summer Games in Athens drawing to a close this weekend, Mforma Group Inc. and Verizon Wireless have teamed to launch a mobile track-and-field game. Track & …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Payment software provider Valista introduced its Valista OffersPlus software. OffersPlus allows providers to package their products and services in a variety of targeted consumer and small to medium enterprise …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has agreed to acquire P-Cube for $200 million in stock and cash to enable service providers to further control and manage such advanced …

CHICAGO-M7 Networks and U.S. Cellular will partner to boost the carrier’s wireless data services, the companies announced Tuesday. M7 Networks’ SMS Hub Service will help deliver U.S. Cellular’s easyedge service, …

LOS ANGELES-Madonna fans can download ring tones, images and other licensed mobile content from the singer’s official Web without credit cards. The artist-driven mobile storefront, powered by M-Qube and believed …

Sprint PCS introduced a new multimedia message service that can deliver more than 600 new streaming audio and video clips per day to subscribers carrying the new Samsung MM-A700. MobiTV …

A recent study by FusionOne showed that 43 percent of mobile users surveyed have lost, damaged or had their phones stolen at one time or another, and 21 percent of …

Nearly half of U.S. teens who own mobile phones are on family plans, and a growing number of them are using prepaid services, according to two recent studies. A poll …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd. The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless data portal to Wisdom Entertainment, a …

Following years of hype and financial promise, wireless data services are beginning to have a measurable impact on carrier revenues. During the recently completed second quarter, a number of operators …

TOKYO-Access Co. Ltd., which provides mobile content delivery, said its NetFront embedded browser is now available on 12 Sanyo handset models in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. The …

MobiTV creator Idetic Inc. will provide content and operations for one of the new channels available through Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services, which the carrier launched late last Friday. Sprint …

HAMBURG, Germany-Content management software company CoreMedia AG said the Mobile Information and News Data Services for 3G (MINDS) project is beginning a new phase. The project was launched eight months …

LONDON-The global wireless industry is expected grow mobile data revenue from $61 billion this year to more than $189 billion by 2009 with person-to-person messaging representing 48 percent of the …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. may score up to $40 million in its latest round of funding, the mobile content provider announced Tuesday. The announcement comes on the heels of a …

TOKYO-A new mobile software solution from Aplix Corp. and Motorola Inc. allows Java developers and content providers to debug an application as it runs on a handset. The solution, based …

TeliaSonera may finally have found a buyer for Sonera Zed Ltd. The Finnish-Swedish operator announced that it has agreed to sell its wireless data portal to Wisdom Entertainment, a Spanish …