Content & Mobile Marketing

European content provider Acotel is going to Athens to target American consumers. The 12-year-old Italian company is taking the Olympic Games wireless, delivering updates and images to U.S. handsets via …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.’s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. …

LOS ANGELES-Movie fans can download snarling ring tones and gruesome wallpaper and play a trivia game all based on the new film “Alien vs. Predator, ” which opens tonight. Twentieth …

DENVER-Jones Media Networks Inc. will team with 9 Squared Inc. to offer country-and-western-themed ring tones, wallpaper and other content, the companies announced. The content, which will be offered through the …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has partnered with Leapstone Systems to deploy high-speed data services and improve customer service response times. The nation’s largest carrier announced that it has begun using Leapstone’s …

Fans of the U.S. Olympic Team can stay abreast of the athletes in Athens via their wireless handsets through several new agreements between carriers, content providers and news services. From …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.’s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. …

InphoMatch Inc. and Mobileway will merge to create a new U.S.-based mobile messaging company with more than 200 carrier connections. While terms of the deal between the two privately held …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. today began offering Nokia’s 6620 smart phone for use on its EDGE network. The EDGE network enables consumers using the 6620 Symbian OS and Series 60 …

The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia …

LONDON-Virgin Mobile U.K. introduced a new content service for its mobile users, based on information from its new customer magazine. Virgin Mobile is calling its BITES-or Bite-Sized Boredom Busters-entertainment service …

HURST, Texas-Handango released an update to its mobile download provisioning technology, Handango AMPP, the company announced Friday. The new technology allows users of Handango AMPP to simplify content discovery for …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday adopted rules designed to hasten the transition to digital TV, but did not say how it plans to handle broadcast extension requests after Dec. 31, …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Content developers must carefully target teens for mass-market appeal without forgetting the needs of enterprise, according to a new report from ABI Research. Applications such as downloading ringtones …

LONDON-iTouch Plc has signed an agreement with Japanese rival For-Side.com Co. Ltd. to expand its offerings, the British mobile content provider announced Wednesday. The partnership allows iTouch to expand its …

LONDON-Manufacturer Gizmondo Europe Ltd. has acquired European game developer Indie Studios for about $8 million in stock of Gizmondo parent company Tiger Telematics Inc., the subsidiary announced Tuesday. The acquisition …

NEW YORK-Rapper 50 Cent signed with mobile-content company Zingy to provide ring tones, voicemail greetings and images featuring the recording artist. “It was a natural extension for us to partner …

The wireless industry enjoyed a flood of investment news last week. Among the announcements: c Wireless broadband provider TeraGo Networks Inc. garnered $6.4 million in financing, bringing total investments in …

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa.-SmartServ Online Inc. is negotiating to acquire New York-based distributor of international prepaid calling cards KPCCD Inc. in a deal the company hopes to close by Aug. 30. …

It’s already been a hectic week for investment in the wireless arena, with several companies scoring millions of dollars in venture-capital funding. Some of the more significant announcements since Monday: …

BERKELEY, Calif.-MobiTV continued to add content offerings to its video streaming service Tuesday, signing agreements with NBC Universal, FOX Interactive Media and Comedy Time. With the latest announcement, MobiTV offers …

GUILDFORD, United Kingdom-Volantis has launched one new product and updated another. The British mobile technology supplier announced the release of Distributed Service Broker (DSB), a Web tool designed to enable …

Verizon Communications Inc. reported that its wireless division added a company record 1.5 million subscribers during the second quarter of this year compared with 1.3 million net adds during the …

The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed wireless data services before the calendar …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will …