Content & Mobile Marketing

LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be …

LAS VEGAS-The Fox TV network is planning a major new wireless effort centered on one of television’s most well-known families-the Simpsons. Homer, Marge and the rest of the cast of …

LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution will be used by MetroPCS. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign’s secure database solution for debiting and crediting …

BOSTON-Mobile multimedia platform provider Acotel made its U.S. debut at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in Las Vegas last week. The company announced the opening of its U.S. …

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to relaunch its mMode wireless data offering in November, although details of the carrier’s plan are unclear. Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless’ multimedia …

WASHINGTON-Conventional wisdom in Washington is that spectrum is scarce, while in reality 60 percent to 80 percent of the prime spectrum in Washington is not being used, said Michael Calabrese, …

LAS VEGAS-Following signs of “astronomical” growth in its wireless data offerings in the United States, Walt Disney Co. plans to add a new Internet promotional site, as well as new …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled an architecture that will enable original equipment manufacturer developers to bring many features into smart handhelds at limited cost, within a small space and more rapidly …

SAN FRANCISCO-Interest from U.S. wireless consumers in downloading premium content and using value-added services is on the rise, according to research from business system software provider Qpass and Telephia, which …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced several promotions in conjunction with NCAA Football, offering new content for the operator’s football fans. NCAA Football Alerts will offer text messages with scoreboard information, kickoff …

LAS VEGAS-Two new acquisitions highlight the potential of the wireless data market, as well as the growing valuations for the players involved. First, wireless data mainstay InfoSpace Inc. announced it …

LAS VEGAS-Sony Ericsson released its much-awaited P900 smart phone today. The Symbian operating system-based phone is smaller, faster and simpler than the company’s successful P800 device, Sony Ericsson said. The …

LAS VEGAS-Access Systems announced at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show that Handspring’s newly-released Treo 600’s Blazer Web Browser will use Access’ NetFront v3.0 as its core browser …

LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced MetroPCS will use its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign’s secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user …

BOSTON-Mobile multimedia platform provider Acotel is making its U.S. debut at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in Las Vegas this week. The company announced the opening of its …

Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made today at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be …

LAS VEGAS-The Fox TV network is planning a major new wireless effort centered on one of television’s most well-known families-the Simpsons. Homer, Marge and the rest of the cast of …

Twelve of the nation’s top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Sony Corp. have agreed to work together to enable users to access music, images, videos and other entertainment applications on cellular phones and personal digital …

LONDON-T-Mobile in Europe announced an innovative new service that further expands the bounds of wireless data services and pushes the carrier one step closer to full over-the-air control over wireless …

The wireless industry continues to move closer to a universal short code service, with mobile marketing company M-Qube announcing a new TV voting deal with Universal Domestic Television. Under the …

GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company’s wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced …

SEATTLE-Qpass Inc. and InphoMatch Inc. announced a platform for mobile operators and content partners that will allow premium short messaging service events to be delivered and charged to any subscriber’s …

Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company’s wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Verizon Wireless continues to expand its Get It Now data offerings, adding new content from Walt Disney and MapQuest. First, Walt Disney’s wireless business announced an expanded deal …