Content & Mobile Marketing

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for delivering multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express Network data …

BEIJING—China Mobile is not satisfied with the slow adoption of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services. At the end of 2001, only 1.5 million of its 145 million mobile-phone …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for the delivery of multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless’ Express …

SAN DIEGO—In a move the company said would help it focus on its operations this year, Leap Wireless International Inc. laid off 16 employees from its Backwire e-mail newsletter and …

BEIJING—A group of Chinese content providers announced a joint effort aimed at protecting and defending intellectual property rights in a move to support the country’s growing Internet and wireless industry. …

WAYNE, N.J.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Audible Inc. have been testing a jointly developed automated wireless download capability designed to extend Audible’s content delivery platform to compatible handheld devices via …

HAYWARD, Calif.—AvantGo Inc. announced it won its first patent, which covers technology for synchronizing content between a device and a server over a wireless network. AvantGo said the technology is …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Manx Telecom, Europe’s first commercial third-generation (3G) operator, has chosen Calaba’s wireless directory and search engine software in an effort to provoke greater uptake of mobile data services. …

TORONTO—Bell Mobility has launched a new service that will read news, weather and e-mails to subscribers over their mobile phones. The service, called VoiceNet, also understands thousands of different accents. …

NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems said it has concluded successfully an MPEG4 compliance interoperability test with Samsung Electronics. The companies conducted the trial to determine whether Emblaze’s wireless media platform is interoperable …

WOODBURY, New York, United States—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse’s VoiCD music portal product. Comverse said …

MANILA, Phillipines—Short message service (SMS) technology remains a dominant force in the growth of data services in Asia, despite the availability of more advanced technologies, such as the Wireless Application …

TORONTO—Bell Canada introduced its VoiceNet voice recognition service allowing its customers to have their e-mail messages and other Sympatico-Lycos Web content read to them through the use of voice commands. …

BOSTON—Comverse announced it is integrating SpeechWorks International Inc.’s technology into its platform. The Comverse platform combines a voice user interface with messaging, content applications and user personalization. SpeechWorks will add …

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Dutch wireless carrier Dutchtone, a subsidiary of Orange Group, continued to flesh out its wireless music service by purchasing Comverse’s VoiCD music portal product. Comverse said its portal allows …

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TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in November 2001 dropped by 24.2 percent to 3.22 million units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced. It is the sixth consecutive decline …

LONDON-In an effort to ensure the delivery of audio and visual content over its forthcoming third-generation network, Hutchison 3G UK Ltd. announced a deal with broadcast management company BBC Technology …

LONDON—Hutchison 3G UK partnered with BBC Technology to manage the production of Hutchison’s audio-visual content to be available in its third-generation (3G) service. BBC will process and edit content for …

LONDON—The owners of Vizzavi Europe, a mobile portal formed in May 2000, announced a revised revenue model, along with the departure of the company’s chief executive officer (CEO) and a …

MILAN, Italy—Dutchtone’s 1.2 million customers will now be able to download a wide range of music tracks and personalized messages through a deal among the Dutch wireless carrier, electronic music …

NEW YORK—The U.S.-based Wireless Advertising Association announced it will merge with the United Kingdom-based Wireless Marketing Association in order to foster the mobile marketing industry and protect the interests of …

TOKYO—Japanese mobile-phone shipments in November 2001 dropped by 24.2 percent to 3.22 million units, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced. It is the sixth consecutive decline …

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-KPN Mobile began tests of i-mode-like services with a small group of users on Dec. 20. The carrier said it will commercially launch the service in the …

NEW YORK-Convergent communications are getting closer to reality with development of gateways to distribute content among various stationary and mobile devices and interoperability technology that permits seamless roaming between fixed …