Content & Mobile Marketing

AUSTIN, Texas—Metrowerks announced the shipment of its new CodeWarrior Development tools, a set of tools that enables application and content development for Tao Group’s Intent, a portable media platform for …

GENEVA—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming exchanges (GRX) are rapidly emerging as a profitable new service niche in Europe and around the world, as mobile operators get serious about GPRS …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc., the largest mobile carrier in Japan, and Bouygues Telecom, the third-largest operator in France, announced they reached a license agreement over i-mode services in France. Following the …

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HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor’s competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator’s decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge …

OTTAWA, Ontario—Security solution provider Cloakware Corp. announced digital media developer DataPlay Inc. will use Cloakware’s patent-pending code to secure its ContentKey content promotion and activation software applications. Cloakware’s code transformation …

FAIRFAX, Va.—IBM Corp. entered an alliance with Trust Digital LLC. to provide secure data on mobile devices. Using password protection, data encryption and a variety of administration control measures, Trust …

THE HAUGE, The Netherlands—KPN Mobile said it will begin offering mobile data services based on i-mode, the technology developed by its Japanese partner NTT DoCoMo, on 18 April. The operator …

NEW YORK—LocatioNet announced two partnerships, with Geographic Data Technology and Coherent Networks, to complement its offering to wireless carriers. GDT will offer additional mapping content to LocatioNet’s existing solution with …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Airtuit and TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) announced they will integrate their technologies to create a wireless messaging solution for the enterprise. TCS’ Commercial Messaging Service, which allows text messages to …

LONDON—Hoping to counter competition from Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s i-mode service, U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc is planning to roll out a more graphically enhanced version of its Vizzavi Web …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Mobile communication applications provider iTouch, founded in Cape Town, South Africa, and listed on the London Stock Exchange, has announced financial results for the year to December 2001, …

SUDBURY, Mass.—Carl Yankowski, the former chief executive officer of Palm Inc., and Abbot Gilman, founder of Broadband Access Systems, joined the advisory board of Thinmail Inc., the company announced. Thinmail’s …

RESTON, Va.—America Online Inc., continuing its wireless strategy of partnering with carriers to distribute its content, announced a deal with Nextel Communications Inc. to offer its popular AOL instant messaging …

NEW YORK—PWC Consulting, part of New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers, introduced to the North American market its New World Networks Mobile IP Solution, designed to allow carriers and enterprises to bring advanced …

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association issued a series of guidelines to raise awareness of and spur debate about privacy issues involved in location-based targeting at this week’s CTIA Wireless 2002 …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—To be successful, pay-per-use applications need to meet three criteria: an accurate bill, happy customers and happy developers, according to a new report from Probe Research Inc. The …

BERKELEY, Calif.—Otelnet, a provider of intelligent push solutions for wireless operators, announced the rollout of three new mobile content channels for carriers: lifestyle, entertainment and public safety.Otelnet now partners with …

LONDON—Currently representing 10 percent of total carrier revenues, short message service (SMS) is the dominant data contributor to carrier average revenue per user (ARPU), and its value is expected to …

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G …

LONDON—Short message service (SMS) company Logica said it scored two multimedia messaging contracts and is trialing the product with five additional wireless carriers. The company did not name its customers. …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands—After much speculation about i-mode services in the European market, KPN Mobile said its German subsidiary E-Plus will begin offering the commercial mobile data service this week, …

CHICAGO—Pear Wireless is collaborating with Nanonation Inc. to develop wireless applications for Internet kiosks and digital entertainment and hospitality information systems. The systems will integrate wireless local area network technology …

NEW YORK—The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) plans to hold its next quarterly general meeting in Orlando on March 19 in conjunction with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2002 …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm’s BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games. Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will …