2007

The Mobile Entertainment Forum announced a record number of applications for this year’s Meffys awards, marking a 50% increase from last year. Music-focused applications attracted the most entries, followed closely …

Location-based application developer uLocate Communications Inc. pocketed $11 million in a funding round led by Venrock. Existing investors GrandBanks Capital and Kodiak Venture Partners joined the round, and Venrock partner …

Verizon Wireless said it is now offering its customers access to ESPN MVP content.ESPN MVP gives Verizon Wireless’ Vcast subscribers access to content such as SportsCenter video highlights, game score …

Buongiorno S.p.A. expanded its mobile marketing business with the acquisition of U.K.-based Flytxt Inc.The Italian content behemoth said it will spend $5.4 million for the 7-year-old Flytxt, which powers text-to-win …

U.S. Cellular Corp. had a solid first quarter, with net customer additions in line with its results for the first quarter of 2006 and sequentially stronger than its performance in …

NextWave Wireless Inc., which has been on an acquisition bent this year and remains a steady force in the industry, announced a 98% increase in revenues over the year-ago period …

Nuance Communications Inc. continued to help thin the speech-recognition herd, snapping up VoiceSignal Technologies Inc. in a deal valued at nearly $300 million.Nuance said it will fork over 5.8 million …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. jacked up its handset prices across the board on all five of its proffered models.For instance, the Motorola Inc. Q soared to $220 (from $100), two models …

Handset pricing gyrations ran the gamut last week, as all of the nation’s tier-one carriers tinkered with the cost of their handset portfolios.–AT&T Mobility slashed in half the price on …

Mobile subscribers’ options for video and TV programming continue to bloom as spring takes hold. The latest: The Disney-ABC Television Group announced a new channel at Sprint Nextel Corp. for …

Verizon Wireless and mFoundry announced they are working together on a banking and financial services solution.According to mFoundry Inc., Verizon Wireless will support its Spotlight Financial Platform, which allows its …

Discovery Mobile, the mobile programming effort of the Discovery network, is launching 14 made-for-mobile series. The shows will roll out throughout the summer.Four of the new series focus on promoting …

Promising to “put the ‘wow’ back” into Motorola Inc.’s products, CEO Ed Zander announced a new Razr model that he referred to as the “Razr Two.” (The handset’s printed name, …

Third Screen Media finally found a well-heeled suitor.The Boston-based mobile advertising startup was acquired by Time Warner Inc.’s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. Third Screen will operate as …

Stay tuned for a message from your cell phone, which seems to know an awful lot about you

Nokia Corp. upped its market-share forecasts for the second quarter, news that helped boost the company’s stock almost 4% to around $26.04 per share. The world’s largest handset maker said …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is set launch its Cricket-branded services in Charleston, S.C., tomorrow. The flat-rate carrier plans to open two company-owned stores, and has established a network of seven …

Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further …

British mobile gaming company Cometa Wireless Gaming Systems announced it received nearly $2 million in its first round of funding. Mfusion led the investment.“We are delighted to be working with …

PopCap Games announced it hired Andrew Stein, who most recently served as the senior marketing manager of games for AT&T Mobility’s Media Mall. The move is the latest in the …

Jott Networks Inc., a firm that offers a free speech-to-text service, announced it closed its first funding round of $5.4 million. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with Draper Richards, …

Infrastructure spending by North America’s mobile operators increased slightly during the first quarter, while wireline capital spending decreased 9%, according to a report from Ovum-RHK.Mobile carriers spent $5.1 billion during …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Yet another executive is exiting through Sprint Nextel Corp.’s revolving front-office door.The carrier said last week that Mark Schweitzer will step down from his post as chief marketing officer at …