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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Digital security and mobile content provider VeriSign Inc. said it plans to spend $30 million in cash to acquire software developer CallVision Inc. Seattle-based CallVision provides Web-based billing …

After just 18 months on the job, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that its chief marketing officer, Clent Richardson, plans to leave the company March 1. Nortel has not named a …

LONDON-Content delivery company MBlox got mired in Crazy Frog’s marsh this week. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company was fined $70,000 by U.K. watchdog group Icstis for powering Jamba’s content offerings to …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. said its Jamster subsidiary is working with Melodeo Inc. to develop a digital music platform that will support full-track music downloads. Verisign noted that Jamster was …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. said its Jamster subsidiary is working with Melodeo Inc. to develop a digital music platform that will support full-track music downloads. Verisign noted that Jamster was …

SEATTLE-Mobile gamers continue to rely on carrier decks for their wireless entertainment even as off-deck businesses continue to gain traction, according to the latest figures from M:Metrics. The firm’s most …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new logo, redesigned Web site and new …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new logo, redesigned Web site and new …

The high-flying mobile content industry is experiencing some turbulence as two leading content providers issued sobering announcements. Disappointing earnings from its content business led VeriSign Inc. to lower its third-quarter …

SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile …

Third-party content provider Jamster! has once again come under fire as an independent U.K. regulator upheld nearly 300 consumer complaints about the company. Jamster!, a subsidiary of VeriSign Inc., failed …

Acta Wireless Ltd. is hoping to act as the bridge between having a good idea and turning it into a company. “Our ability is to pick trends early,” explained Anders …

The rising tide that is the mobile-content industry is hitting choppy waters for some publicly held content providers. Dwango Wireless is the latest company to get pummeled by the waves. …

Controversial messaging company SMS.ac is hoping to scrub its image by issuing consumers’ rights guidelines for wireless companies. The text-messaging company issued a six-point Consumer Bill of Rights calling on …

Carriers and content providers increasingly are targeting younger users in a scramble to push revenue-generating content and applications into one of the few remaining growth market segments. But marketing to …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued to dismantle its garden walls Tuesday, announcing its first deal with a WAP-based, off-deck content aggregator. The No. 1 U.S. carrier inked an agreement with Bango, …

Shares of Sybase Inc. jumped more than 7 percent Thursday after the infrastructure provider and wireless software developer posted higher-than-expected second-quarter profits. The company said a 21-percent increase in its …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-DDD Group plc, which provides three-dimensional software and content, said it signed a development agreement, as well as a two-year software licensing agreement with a large mobile handset …

Faced with increasingly crowded shelf space on carrier decks, content providers are gaining traction by marketing directly to U.S. consumers with Web-based storefronts of their own. And carriers are slowly …

LONDON-Jamster said it plans to offer a rap collective for mobile phones, an effort to duplicate the success of the popular ringtone character Crazy Frog. Crazy Frog has moved from …

LONDON-Jamster said it plans to offer a rap collective for mobile phones, an effort to duplicate the success of the popular ringtone character Crazy Frog. Crazy Frog has moved from …

The Mobile Marketing Association and wireless carrier association CTIA released guidelines outlining policies for wireless carriers and content providers marketing to consumers. A committee including all five Tier 1 operators …

The Mobile Marketing Association and wireless carrier association CTIA released guidelines outlining policies for wireless carriers and content providers marketing to consumers. A committee including all five Tier 1 operators …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Pick up the Phone” ringtone has sold more than half a million copies, according to Versaly Entertainment, which produced the ringtone. “This is way beyond what I …