Content & Mobile Marketing

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. …

I spoke last week with Steve Lamont and Al Delattre, both senior partners at Accenture, on the challenges companies face bringing mobility to the enterprise. The two have developed five …

CLEVELAND-AG Interactive, the wireless subsidiary of greeting card company American Greetings Corp., announced it acquired European wireless content company K-Mobile in an effort to expand into the European arena. Terms …

Motorola said it will sell its first megapixel camera phone in the United States starting this summer. The company also said it has teamed with Hollywood director Scott Sanders to …

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Cricket Communications and Info Touch Technologies have partnered to offer Cricket customers in Memphis E-Wiz kiosks in Exxon Tigermarkets, allowing customers to pay their phone bills, surf the Internet, …

MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier. Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 …

Tim Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the World Wide Web, has spoken out against the wireless industry’s attempts to create a “.mobi” mobile-specific Internet domain listing. Further, the World Wide …

MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier. Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 …

BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said it has launched a center to research new wireless data services and enable operators to evaluate applications for their networks. Motorola has committed $3.4 billion in total …

SK USA Inc., a division of South Korea’s technology conglomerate SK Group, announced the introduction of a new company that will focus specifically on the wireless content and entertainment marketplace. …

Software infrastructure company VeriSign Inc. announced a $273 million acquisition of German wireless content company Jamba!, a move VeriSign said would add wireless content distribution, billing and transaction technologies to …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Wireless application company Summus Inc. launched its new “Phil Hellmuth’s Texas Hold ‘Em” multiplayer poker game, which is available on Verizon Wireless’ application download service for $3 per month. …

Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced a new certification program to provide a single testing process for all Symbian-based applications. The move is an effort to smooth out the creation …

TOKYO-Access Co. Ltd., which provides mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies, said an upgraded version of its NetFront v3.1 browser software for Series 60 smart phones is now available. …

Long-distance carrier Elephant Talk Communications Inc. announced it purchased Chinese wireless messaging company General System Technology Ltd., known as WestSMS. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “SMS is the …

Mobile virtual network operator agreements sprung up on both sides of the Atlantic this morning, with two wireline providers overlooking their former wireless subsidiaries for the partnerships. AT&T Corp. reported …

Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a …

The nation’s newest reality show is set to debut on a mobile phone near you. Sprint PCS announced it will offer a streaming-video application from Cyber Oasys Corp. and V-Star …

The nation’s newest reality show is set to debut on a mobile phone near you. Sprint announced it will offer a streaming video application from Cyber Oasys Corp. and V-Star …

Nokia Corp. said it will divest a part of its multimedia messaging service technology to wireless services vendor 724 Solutions, a move 724 said will help it reach profitability by …

The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions. The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no …

On first sight, comedy quiz show “Psyche 101” and reality drama series “Hotel Franklin” appear to be part of a new fall TV lineup. Each episode of “Psyche 101” follows …

How’s this for a blockbuster business plan: wireless streaming video combined with the day’s top news combined with naked women? At least that’s the scheme laid out between Internet and …

The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions. The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. posted a 14 percent year-over-year increase in total revenues from $124.7 million during the first quarter of 2003 to $141.6 million this …