Content & Mobile Marketing

LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile Netherlands and Gemplus announced results from their deployment of a short message service-based information-on-demand service for T-Mobile’s Dutch customers. After five months of the service, volumes for SMS ring-tone …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled its new Modalyst platform, a set of development tools and technologies the company said will allow those interested in selling wireless applications to do so more …

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 …

TOKYO-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. raised its profit estimate for the year by 34 percent due to strong sales of its CDMA2000 1X service. The carrier now expects a full-year profit …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Wireless content company ClearSky Mobile Media Inc. unveiled its new Snap-n-Print application, which the company said allows camera-phone users to take pictures with their phones and then mail the …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported the results of a multimedia messaging trial it conducted with five wireless operators in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, figures the company said offer evidence that the …

MINNEAPOLIS-Activision Inc. will sell wireless versions of three of its popular desktop computer games through a new deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment. The companies plan to sell wireless …

SEATTLE-It appears PictureIQ Corp. is shutting down its operations, making the company perhaps the first casualty of the picture messaging market. A message on the company’s Web site said PictureIQ …

LONDON-Vodafone U.K. said it and rival operator 3 have jointly secured the FA Premier League mobile rights in a three-season deal. The rights begin with the 2004/2005 season and run …

MINNEAPOLIS-Activision Inc. will sell wireless versions of three of its popular desktop computer games through a new deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment. The companies plan to sell wireless …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will offer a BREW application that will allow users to wirelessly link to their desktop calendar applications. The iDatebook application, from Xpherix Corp., allows users …

It appears PictureIQ Corp. is shutting down its operations, making the company perhaps the first casualty of the picture messaging market. A message on the company’s Web site said PictureIQ …

WASHINGTON-Nov. 24 is the day for wireless local number portability, and carriers need to be technically capable of porting numbers on that day, or they face enforcement action, said FCC …

LONDON-European carrier Vodafone Group plc announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a deal that further shows …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network-partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base-station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists. If the …

SEATTLE-Fans of the TV show “Fear Factor” will be able to download music, images and sounds-including screams from the show’s contestants-to their mobile phones, thanks to a deal among NBC …

LONDON-European carrier Vodafone announced a deal with video game company Eidos for the exclusive rights to the Tomb Raider game across 22 countries, a deal that further shows the growing …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australian mobile operators Vodafone Australia and Telstra Wholesale announced a network partnering trial that will see the operators share mobile base station infrastructure in areas where duplicate coverage exists. …

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands-German wireline carrier International Telecom Network Operation Services (ITENOS), a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, said it will offer fixed-line multimedia messaging services through a new deal with LogicaCMG. The …

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms …

The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into our society and culture. Every time …

Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won’t find the “m-commerce” designation in any of the literature about his company. However, as president and …

SAN FRANCISCO-Content provider Faith West Inc. announced a new service that combines ring tones and animations and said it will sell several such offerings through Verizon Wireless’ Get It Now …

BONN, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. said German mobile-phone operator e-Plus deployed the latest version of its MiLife SurePay line of prepaid and postpaid technology. E-Plus has been using Lucent’s SurePay for …

ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms …