As profit margins from voice become razor-thin, operators are hoping to push lucrative content and applications to bulk up the bottom line. Ironically, they’re looking to voice-driven technologies to help. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">All you do is talk, talk: Speech applications can drive data revenues, proponents say >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">China Unicom to launch music services >
REDDING, Conn.-China’s MobileVision Communications Ltd. said it will launch music video programming provided by Global Music International Inc. on China Unicom’s mobile-phone network starting in August. MobileVision’s streaming media service …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile marketers warm to WAP >
Perhaps no surviving mobile technology has suffered the pummeling WAP has endured since its over-hyped introduction in 1999. But after six years of being tied to the whipping post, it …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Companies team to deliver gay adult content to cell phones >
DENVER-Brickhouse Mobile will team with Falcon Studios to develop and distribute gay adult content, the companies announced yesterday. Falcon, which has made gay adult films for more than 30 years, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telefonica Moviles Espana enhances messaging offerings >
MADRID, Spain-The leading wireless carrier in Spain, Telefonica Moviles Espana, has enhanced its messaging services using technology from Openwave and 724 Solutions. The Spanish carrier will use Openwave’s IP Integrated …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Carriers back Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four’ marketing effort >
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. unveiled the latest offerings under its agreement with Marvel International comics, launching a suite of content based on the feature film “Fantastic Four.” Carriers will pony …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Yahoo! extends mobile search service >
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! added to its mobile search offerings Thursday, launching a short message service-based service and extending services for its mobile Web search service. Like other SMS search offerings, Yahoo! …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">iMedia to distribute wireless digital content >
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-iMedia International Inc. said it plans to begin distributing its digital content on next-generation wireless devices during the third quarter. The company said its wireless distribution plans include …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile 365 makes strides with Asian operators >
SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile 365 makes strides with Asian carriers >
SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said Wednesday. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Enquire starts off-portal search tool for mobile content >
LONDON-Spanish mobile entertainment company Enquire S.L. unveiled an off-portal search tool designed to allow consumers to browse mobile content and service outside carrier decks. The site, www.mooobl.com, directs users to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kyocera releases low-price CDMA handset >
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. unveiled the Kyocera Dorado KX13 handset at Qualcomm’s BREW 2005 conference. The manufacturer said the device is a slim bar-style phone with a large color screen …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Kyocera releases low-price CDMA handset >
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. unveiled the Kyocera Dorado KX13 handset at Qualcomm’s BREW 2005 conference. The manufacturer said the device is a slim bar-style phone with a large color screen …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Gaming portal Boonty to offer 1,000 wireless titles >
NEW YORK-Gaming portal Boonty Inc. joined the stampede to mobile, announcing plans to offer more than 1,000 downloadable titles for wireless users. Users will be able to buy games from …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smaller carriers look to ringbacks, local content to compete >
With the overwhelming array of wireless content and applications on the market, even the nation’s biggest carriers are struggling with what to offer and how to present it to the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Digital Bridges sports new name to increase consumer recognition >
Once satisfied to quietly grab some shelf space for their titles on a carrier’s deck of wireless offerings, mobile game publishers are now trying to make a little more noise. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Western Wireless signs WAP contract, offers UTStarcom video phone >
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Western Wireless signs WAP contract, offers UTStarcom video phone >
Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Okla. carrier deploys Jataayu mobile data gear >
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Pine Cellular Oklahoma, a family-owned cellular carrier that offers service in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, plans to deploy Jataayu Software’s WAP Gateway and Multimedia Messaging Services Center, according …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Opera expects more Web browser sales >
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software said it expects to increase sales of its Web browser through Nokia Corp., according to reports, a move that could further expand the wireless Internet marketplace. Opera …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Tele2 launches free video, audio via 3G >
NEW YORK-European telecom carrier Tele2 AB said it has launched a free video and audio service for third-generation handsets. The company said video content will be provided by its TV …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Triton PCS expands WAP service with Comverse software >
NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. reported that regional wireless operator Triton PCS Inc. selected its Comverse Mobile Data Gateway Version 4.0 to expand the carrier’s WAP services. Comverse noted the MDG …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">‘Moan tones’ set to call U.S. wireless users >
The “moan tone” industry is already getting crowded. Brickhouse Mobile and New Frontier Media said this week they’ll bring R- and X-rated pillow talk from porn stars to U.S. wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Virgin Radio offers tunes to U.K. 3G handsets >
Virgin Radio launched what it claims is the first third-generation radio player, enabling listeners around the world to tune in to the U.K. station’s broadcasts on their handsets. The service, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Wireless shoots, scores with hoops >
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be on the cutting edge, the NBA …