M:Metrics

After more than two years, M:Metrics had its day in court and prevailed. A court has ruled that the mobile research firm did not infringe on a patent owned by …

The bloom is off the rose. And maybe it’s about time.A longtime stage for all sorts of hyperbole, the CTIA I.T. conference this year is different. If Monday’s pre-show events …

Mobile advertising recently got a boost from two announcements: the launch of advertising-subsidized mobile access to MySpace.com, and the advent of a U.K. mobile virtual network operator offering free wireless …

Americans are more responsive to text ads than their European counterparts, according to new figures from M:Metrics.But that trend isn’t likely to last.The Seattle-based market research firm found that Spanish …

User-generated content is finding an audience in mobile. But it appears the early successes in the space may have more to do with connecting with others and less to do …

Social networking sites MySpace and Facebook are using valuable deck space to extend their offerings to mobile users, according to new figures from M:Metrics.MySpace, which has deals with AT&T Mobility, …

TIER-ONE CARRIERS IN THE FALL OF 2004 committed that they would be fully MMS-interoperable, enabling U.S. consumers to send photos, video clips and other goodies to users on any other …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the …

Are there lessons to be learned following Amp’d Mobile Inc.’s rapid fall from the grace of mobile entertainment? Will new and existing players be more hesitant in their pursuit of …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Hollywood and gaming have been cohorts for quite a while, but their relationship is budding in new ways as film and TV properties look to drive their brand beyond …

AT&T Mobility says more than a million customers have signed up for information regarding the much-hyped iPhone, and Apple Inc.’s Steve Jobs has said that he expects the device to …

Like a kid futilely looking for a sugar fix, mobile advertising companies are struggling to cope with an empty cookie jar.Online advertisers and publishers have long used cookies to make …

The Mobile Marketing Association is going global with a new chapter for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The new chapter comprises more than 150 brands, agencies and other players …

M:Metrics launched a meter-based software program that operates in the background of handsets as it compile wireless subscribers usage and behavior data to its clients. MeterDirect has been live as …

Developers agree that Flash Lite isn’t the best platform for delivering immersive, 3-D titles with eye-popping graphics and console-like gameplay.Which is why it may be perfect for mobile.Developers for years …

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock, music phones are hot. But simple usability, clear directions and “out of the box” pleasures have varied across the industry, according to …

THE HEADY MIX of mobility, computing and the Internet now sweeping the mobile industry is akin to getting gassed with nitrous oxide at the dentist. Suddenly, preposterous notions seem plausible, …

Carriers are falling flat in their efforts to become a kind of wireless iTunes, according to new figures from M:Metrics.Less than 1 percent of all U.S. mobile users downloaded songs …

While the wireless world and “Apple fanboys” wait breathlessly for the iPhone, Daren Tsui is hoping to turn mass-market phones already on the market into on-the-go digital music players.The CEO …

In these early days of mobile entertainment, full-track download services are a bit like the weather: everyone complains about them, but no one seems to be doing much about them.While …

At the 3GSM World Congress, as at other major industry confabs, there are gadgets galore. And then there are the market-based strategies and financial plans behind them. Attempting to translate …

Former users of mobile TV and video services in Europe outnumber current users by more than 19 percent, according to new research from M:Metrics.Users cited price, reliability and quality issues …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

Full-track, over-the-air downloads have yet to gain any serious traction, and ringtones are so 2006. But when it comes to mobile music applications, U.S. carriers increasingly are looking to ringback …

Ringback tones continue to gain traction even as the U.S. ringtone market plateaus, according to new figures from M:Metrics.The market research firm found that the popularity of ringback tones-music clips …