New Wave Mobile Inc. snared a $500,000 investment to fund the launch of a platform the company said will support wireless sales of lottery tickets.New Wave said it expects its acquisition of WagerPhone, a mobile gaming technology company, to close next week. Hurricane Capital...
This was supposed to be the year of the music phone, but as the holiday season approaches the home stretch, on-the-go music lovers are still hoping to find dedicated MP3 players in their stockings.U.S. sales of portable digital music players is expected to slow...
HAMPSHIRE, England-European mobile users will help the mobile adult content market grow from $1.6 billion this year to more than $3.3 billion by 2011, according to new figures from Juniper Research. The market research firm predicted that the "well developed, high priced" European market...
BASINGSTOKE, England—The ringtone market will continue to expand thanks to strong growth in developing markets and the introduction of new personalization products, according to new figures from Juniper Research. The firm predicts a 22 percent rise in ringtone sales over the next three years...
NEW YORK—Consumers may be interested in watching video on their cellular phones, but few are willing to pay for it. So says JupiterResearch in its latest report called "Video on Cell Phones."According to the report, 11 percent of mobile phones will be video capable...
The days of charging consumers $3 for a 30-second ringtone may be coming to an end. But for carriers, record labels, artists and software developers, there is still plenty of money to be made in mobile music "personalization." Analysts long have predicted the demise...
Nokia Corp. is buying its way onto the mobile music playground, agreeing to acquire distributor Loudeye Corp. for $60 million. But the key to success in mobile music still lies in the devices. The world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones said last week it...
HAMPSHIRE, U.K.—The mobile music market may be on the cusp of shifting away from ringtones to over-the-air full-track music services, according to new research from Juniper Research. The shift is being driven by new technologies like third-generation networks and music-centered handsets, and increasing competition,...
HAMPSHIRE, England—Mobile WiMAX is set to outpace fixed WiMAX technology, according to a new report from Juniper Research, which claims that mobile WiMAX will grow from 1.7 million subscribers in 2007 to 21.3 million by 2012. Juniper released its WiMAX report as the initial...
HAMPSHIRE, U.K.—Wireless subscribers will place $23 billion in bets annually on their phones by 2011, according to new figures from Juniper Research. The firm said a combination of 3G services, sophisticated handsets and loosening restrictions will help mobile gambling to explode 11-fold during the...
NEW YORK—Wireless carriers should create separate marketing messages for teenagers and parents in order to capitalize on the lucrative teen market, according to a report from JupiterResearch. According to the report, "Teens: Mobile Subscriber Acquisition," nearly 60 percent of teenagers have a cell phone...
Hysteria about Voice over Internet Protocol is apparently not without cause, as VoIP is claiming a big (and-getting-bigger) piece of the communications market. Earthlink Inc. and Linksys, a Cisco Systems Inc. subsidiary, late last week teamed up to offer retail shoppers at 30 Fry's...
NEW YORK—Mobile video will generate $501 million in revenue in the United States by 2010, according to figures from JupiterResearch. The latest study on wireless TV found that while only 2 percent of U.S. users currently subscribe to a wireless video service, 41 percent...
Steve Jobs may have just taken one step closer to wireless. The head of Apple Computer Inc. landed a spot on the board of The Walt Disney Co. last week under the terms of Disney's $7.4 billion buyout of computer animation studio Pixar. While...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-New technologies and products are bringing the promise of fresh revenue-but are also producing revenue losses, according to a report by Juniper Research. Traditional revenue-assurance safeguards, ones designed to prevent leakage from fraud and billing errors, "are now inadequate to deal with...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile television company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. "Things are just going through the roof," boasted Paul Scanlan, chief operating officer of startup Idetic Inc., the company behind the...
NEW YORK-Demand for paid wireless information services remains low, according to new research from JupiterResearch.The company said only one-fifth of consumers are willing to pay for 411 information, and only 7 percent are willing to pay for local search on their cell phones. For...
Mobile TV company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. "Things are just going through the roof," boasted Paul Scanlan, chief operating officer of startup Idetic Inc., the company behind the MobiTV...
Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company's emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Roundbox is positioning itself directly within the nexus formed by...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV subscriptions could reach 65 million worldwide by the end of 2010, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The report predicts streamed services will account for 56 percent of customers and 51 percent of revenues during that timeframe. However, the...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Third-generation subscribers are expected to grow from 30 million in 2004 to more than 300 million by 2010, according to a new market report from Juniper Research.The report, "Next Generation Handsets 2005-2010," said the benefits of 3G services will be more focused...
NEW YORK-While consumers would like to view video on cell phones for free, only a small percentage want to pay for such services. This is one of the findings of the JupiterResearch report, "Video on Cell Phones: It's Real in 2005, but a Paying...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile entertainment revenues are expected to grow to more than $59 billion by 2009, driven by a rapid expansion in mobile content and sharp increases in 2.5- and third-generation handset adoption, according to a report from Juniper Research.Adult content will generate revenues...
LAS VEGAS-Casino-gaming technology company Interactive Games Inc. announced plans to develop and distribute titles for wireless users.The company is teaming with Via-Cell Inc., a mobile content developer, to offer downloadable previews of three titles to subscribers of Cingular Wireless, Sprint PCS and T-Mobile USA....
