Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a deal worth $86 million. The agreement is the latest in the rapidly consolidating wireless data market.@Road said the combined company's...
BOSTON-Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its first-quarter revenues will come in below expectations due to several transactions that did not...
Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company said takes the headache out of distributing wireless applications."We're not trying to sell a platform, we're trying to sell a...
BOSTON-Premiere Magazine along with wireless technology companies Kargo and M-Qube announced a new premium messaging campaign that will allow participants to vote for their favorite Academy Award nominees as well as register for a chance to win a trip to Hollywood, among other prizes."Premiere's...
The Mobile Marketing Association trade group announced its new code of conduct for wireless advertising campaigns, a move that comes shortly after the launch of universal short codes and on the heels of a bill in Washington designed to outlaw unwanted wireless spam."One of...
The Mobile Marketing Association trade group announced its new code of conduct for wireless advertising campaigns, a move that comes shortly after the launch of universal short codes and on the heels of a bill in Washington designed to outlaw unwanted wireless spam."One of...
Premium text messaging is now a reality in the United States-essentially creating a new market in the U.S. wireless industry.Most of the nation's wireless carriers have installed the necessary billing and management systems to offer the service-including all of the nationwide operators-and already a...
BOSTON-Mobile messaging and market company M-Qube Inc. announced it scored $8 million in its latest round of investing, which was led by Sigma Partners."Attracting top tier investor Sigma Partners and additional investments from General Catalyst Partners and Bain Capital Ventures is a testament to...
Interest in mobile marketing continues to grow, with new entrant Mynamics announcing its official launch.The new company is based in London and counts offices in Connecticut and Sydney, Australia. The company said it will work to manage marketing campaigns, both local and international, for...
LAS VEGAS-Two new acquisitions highlight the potential of the wireless data market, as well as the growing valuations for the players involved. First, wireless data mainstay InfoSpace Inc. announced it purchased mobile media company Moviso from Vivendi Universal Net USA for $25 million in...
Twelve of the nation's top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV stations, movie studios and virtually any other business to purchase a five-digit text messaging...
The wireless industry continues to move closer to a universal short code service, with mobile marketing company M-Qube announcing a new TV voting deal with Universal Domestic Television.Under the deal, the station will offer a text messaging campaign through its "The 5th Wheel" dating...
Jeffrey Glass could be considered a player in the mobile-commerce industry, although you won't find the "m-commerce" designation in any of the literature about his company. However, as president and chief executive officer of M-Qube Inc., Glass for almost three years has been encouraging...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more.Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. and mobile marketing company Adversoft Inc., wireless users can be kept up-to-the-minute on all the...
Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are becoming more mainstream, mobile phones are quickly becoming the next vehicle of choice for...
BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry.First, marketing company M-Qube announced the next phase of its deal with radio company Clear Channel Communications, which involves a campaign with Boston radio station...
