BROWSING: EMI

ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Chaoticom unveiled a deal to distribute full-length audio tracks from EMI Music to mobile handsets through its European carrier partners.Under terms of the partnership, Chaoticom has access to 200,000 tracks in EMI's library and will make them available through four...

NEW YORK-Recording-industry giants EMI and Sony BMG have teamed to fight illegal music swapping with the announcement last week of an agreement to address licensing issues for music on mobile phones, PCs and other digital platforms. The partnership teams EMI Music Publishing, the world's...

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...

SAN FRANCISCO-Faith West Inc. will offer licensed tracks from labels including EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and RCA Label Group to U.S. Cellular, the mobile music company said.Through Faith West's Modtones DJ, wireless users can download full-fidelity ring tones from artists such as...

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony's Music Digital Services division.Meanwhile, wireless application publisher Moviso L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA,...

NEW YORK-Sony Music Entertainment acquired wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony's Music Digital Services division.Sony's move underscores the rapidly growing importance of the ring tone business and the wireless industry in...

CHICAGO-Boldt Metronics International (BMI) has been acquired by Laird Technologies for $28.7 million in cash and the assumption of $1 million of long-term capital equipment leases.Laird plans to combine technical, geographic and human resources from both companies and merge product lines in an attempt...

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS said it will offer downloadable ringtones and screen savers to its customers through its Web site or wireless Web service.The musical ringtones will be provided by Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing, with the nearly 200 graphics provided by...

Mobile devicesAlcatelAlcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal for WAP transmission because the packets of data involved are small, Alcatel said. The phone also...

Czech RepublicAirspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media's network, set to deliver high-speed data services to business customers, will launch this month. A series...

FREEREALTIME.comFreeRealTime.com Inc. launched a beta version of FRT2go, a service for use on 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net service, giving its members wireless access to real-time stock quotes as well as other financial market information. The company noted it does...

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Dear Editor: In her recent letter, Jo Waldron of Phoenix Management misrepresents and simplifies my position on wireless add-on devices by taking a polite corridor discussion out of context.I did try the HATIS at the EMI wireless working group meeting in Oklahoma, and I did...

WASHINGTON-Even as the nation's first broadband personal communications services system began commercial operations here last week, questions continue to be raised in the United States and abroad about the potential public health risk from highly popular pocket telephones.The Canadian government earlier this month alerted...