NEW ORLEANS-SanDisk Corp. and NDS, which provides digital pay TV technology, announced a long-range partnership that calls for NDS to provide an end-to-end solution for delivering video and mobile content into SanDisk's new generation of secure flash storage cards for mobile devices.SanDisk plans to...
WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers' actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions, CTIA argued in a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is set to hear oral argument March 29...
SAN DIEGO-The Open Mobile Alliance clarified its role in digital rights management license pricing Thursday, going out of its way to say that it is not affiliated with the MPEG Licensing Authority.The move follows a controversial announcement from MPEG LA touting an agreement to...
As evidenced by the vast popularity of gadgets like Apple's iPod, the demand for portable digital music is as obvious as it is universal. But how-and how well-the wireless industry will ultimately tap the mobile-music market is far from clear. Music dominated the headlines...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced it will be demonstrating with Orange and Trusted a wireless security handset mechanism designed to eliminate unauthorized handset use and fraud. The demonstration also features a 128-bit secure contactless payment application and a customer loyalty application, powered by TI's radio-frequency...
LONDON-Operating-system company Symbian announced a new version of its platform, which the company said includes a variety of features to support more advanced applications as well as to protect against viruses."Symbian's strategic focus is to ensure that Symbian OS is the ideal choice for...
Four of the world's biggest consumer electronics companies are partnering to develop a digital rights management (DRM) standard to deter piracy and illegal copying of music and video. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. formed the Marlin...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Graphical content has emerged as the fastest-growing mass market for wireless data, according to a study from consultancy IDC. Although it generates less revenue than ringtones and games, the market for commercial graphical content is poised to grow from just less than $150...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Graphical content has emerged as the fastest-growing mass market for wireless data, according to a study from consultancy IDC.Although it generates less revenue than ringtones and games, the market for commercial graphical content is poised to grow from just less than $150 million...
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive calls over GSM networks around the world, almost 10 times the next-largest competitor, CDMA...
HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia will provide digital rights management technology for Vodafone Group plc's new third-generation data offerings, the companies announced.CoreMedia's infrastructure, which was developed in accordance with the Open Mobile Alliance's DRM specifications, will offer differing levels of protection for the delivery of music, video...
LONDON-Gracenote, a 6-year-old digital entertainment technology provider, has put its huge musical database to use for a song identification system for mobile users. Earlier this year, Gracenote launched Mobile MusicID in several European and Asian markets, allowing users to identify a song by sending...
Verizon Wireless became the first major U.S. carrier to offer ringback tones, launching a service analysts say-and carriers hope-may be even more profitable than ringtones. Ringbacks are clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers...
You could call Bill Diggins lots of things-music mogul, artists' advocate, maybe even visionary.
Just don't call him a ringtone salesman.
According to the founder of 2-year-old music marketer Diggit Entertainment Group, a truly successful mobile content sales campaign must go far beyond simple retailing.
"We're not...
No matter what you call them-ringtones, true tones, master tones, hi-fi ringers-mobile music downloads are producing huge revenues. After a few years of market trials and quiet experimentation, ringtones took the wireless industry by storm last year with 50 Cent's "In Da Club." The...
HAMBURG, Germany-CoreMedia announced the launch of its new generation of digital rights management software. The company's DRM for Mobile Services version 2.1 enables mobile service providers and content suppliers to build an end-to-end delivery platform for music tracks, video clips and other content.The new...
SINGAPORE-The Open Mobile Alliance wireless standards group announced the release of several new specifications covering Web services, location-based services and other hot-button technologies. Founded two years ago, OMA works to set global specifications for various wireless data services and functions.In conjunction with the CommunicAsia...
The Open Mobile Alliance wireless standards group announced the release of several new specifications covering Web services, location-based services and other hot-button technologies. Founded two years ago, OMA works to set global specifications for various wireless data services and functions.In conjunction with the CommunicAsia...
After facing harsh criticism over the sluggish introduction of its camera phone line-up, the world's No. 2 phone-maker Motorola Inc. is hoping to regain the industry's cutting edge by placing itself at the intersection of music and wireless. Indeed, Motorola executives have hinted at...
CANNES, France-Qualcomm Inc. said it has rolled out a digital rights management solution to enable operators and content developers to deliver copyright-protected digital media over wireless networks.The product, known as SecureMSM, has been integrated into the company's mobile station modem chipset solution and will...
Computer industry giant Hewlett-Packard Co. increased its focus on the wireless market with enhancements to a number of its integrated service platforms, including customer-care and support services that are part of the company's "twin pillars" of the services lifecycle, and the company announced a...
Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance of the technology, the Open Mobile Alliance today released an updated version of its DRM specifications."There is a strong market...
Although there are numerous complexities in selling music over wireless, mobile-phone maker Siemens announced a new offering designed to give the world's carriers a quick and simple way to jump into the market. European carrier MmO2 took the first plunge with its O2 Music...
