LOS ANGELES-Moviso L.L.C. said it will provide content solutions for Motorola Inc.'s mobile media Web site, www.hellomoto.com. Moviso will supply a ring tone and graphics catalog, content bundling and retail programs. The companies also plan to engage in co-marketing programs, offer prepaid mobile media...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having long denied their networks are being used to access pornography, U.K. cell-phone operators are now revealing plans on how to manage the issue in light of third-generation (3G) and 2.5-generation (2.5G) video services becoming increasingly available. Vodafone has taken the lead...
TOKYO-Japan's three mobile operators all announced multimedia-related activities today, which will likely further boost third-generation (3G) uptake in the highly competitive market.Market leader NTT DoCoMo said it will launch its M-stage V-Live video streaming service for FOMA customers beginning 1 May. The carrier said...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch its M-state V-Live video streaming service for FOMA customers beginning May 1. The carrier said the service would allow one-to-many video streaming enabling customers to download or stream live or archived content via the carrier's 64 kilobit...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. said it's providing WAP mobile content, including games and location-based services, to Boost Mobile L.L.C. Mforma added that nearly half of all Boost Mobile Wireless Web users accessed its services last month."We have experienced a steep growth rate month over...
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The path toward the next generation of mobile services has pushed carriers to provide various applications and related content to enrich their mobile data offerings and give their customers new mobile experiences. Carriers in Southeast Asia have many content-focused initiatives in place to...
BOSTON-Sonic Network Inc. has licensed its Embedded Audio Synthesis technology to Micronas for use in its MAS family of digital signal processors. The technology will add high quality polyphonic MIDI melodies to cell phones."Full multimedia wireless devices are quickly becoming the standard," explained Jennifer...
MOUNTAIN View, Calif.-In a stock-for-stock deal worth $21 million, Nokia Corp has acquired Eizel Technologies Inc., a company that develops server-based products that allow mobile device users to access any format on any network."Eizel has an innovative solution that sets a new standard for...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a "technical launch" of its UMTS network last September, but it did not begin offering commercial service at that time due...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Vodafone has announced plans to restrict access to adult services over its network just 24 hours after wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics suggested in a new report that adult content on mobiles would not be as lucrative as other forms of...
WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications.One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which announced a mobile phone application designed to help students study for the Scholastic Assessment Test...
LONDON-Wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics released a new report highlighting the somewhat darker side of the wireless data industry-wireless pornography. The firm said the market for wireless porn is not as large as some in the industry believe, and that it will...
CHICAGO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has filed a lawsuit to stop the publication of portions of a deposition given by an executive in a related lawsuit."In one of the more unusual business decisions by Cingular Wireless in its ongoing litigation with Kempner Mobile," reads a statement...
LONDON-Following a major advertising campaign surrounding T-Mobile's wireless data services, messaging and content company Ucp Morgen announced its contract with T-Mobile International for its Content Download Center.The technology is used for delivery and management of mobile content for t-zones, T-Mobile's data portal. The software...
HELSINKI, Finland-In a statement of intent clearly intended to accelerate the pace of rollout performance in Sweden, TeliaSonera has laid down a marker that the company will launch its "first wave" third-generation (3G) services to customers in Sweden during the first quarter of 2004.However,...
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. has conceded to handset subsidies, with prices of its handsets dropping by as much as $450 from its original prices announced in February, according to current details on its Web site. Handsets in February retailed as high as $731,...
LONDON-Music companies Cognima and Beatnik announced a unique new service for wireless carriers, a service that allows wireless phone users to keep a constantly updated list of ring tones that they can preview before buying.Using Cognima's Replicate data replication framework and Beatnik's Audio Engine...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Content deals continue to funnel through the pipe, with a range of handset makers, carriers and content companies announcing deals in the area.First, application provider SmartServ Online Inc. said it scored a major deal with an unnamed global handset maker to include the...
LONDON-Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile-phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month and will cost US$6 per month.Al Jazeera has rapidly gained international...
Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month, and will cost $6 per month.Al Jazeera has rapidly gained...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless customers can sign up to receive up-to-the-minute news updates on the Iraq war through text message alerts.The service works through technology from wireless application company InfoSpace Inc. and uses content from the Associated Press. To set up...
DUBLIN, Ireland-O2 Germany has launched its implementation of ClixSmart Navigator from ChangingWorlds. The mobile portal personalization system reduces the number of clicks required to reach desired content on a mobile portal, ChangingWorlds said.
TOKYO-Oracle Japan and NTT DoCoMo have jointly developed a new system that lets corporate users distribute in-company information to personal digital assistants (PDAs) in real time, the firms jointly announced.Using the system, companies will be able to develop their own mobile networks within three...
TOKYO-Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo announced plans for two new devices this week.DoCoMo said it has developed a wristwatch-type PHS terminal. The product will hit the market in April at the earliest, Japan's largest mobile operator said.The initial shipment will be limited to 5,000 units...
