MONTREAL-Oz has secured $27.3 million in investment capital from VantagePoint Venture Partners, the Canadian mobile instant-messaging provider announced. Oz hopes to expand its presence in the European and Asian markets with the new capital and plans to move into other mobile messaging markets. The...
CHANTILLY, Va.-Newly merged mobile messaging company Mobileway-InphoMatch has teamed with Mobile Entertainment Europe, a mobile entertainment provider in Canada and Europe in an effort to bring mobile entertainment to the emerging U.S. market, the companies announced yesterday."With more than 140 million wireless subscribers, the...
LONDON-The GSM Association said it is opening its 2005 awards for nominations this week.The awards are open to all industry players that offer content, products or services that run on GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA networks. Entries can be made at the organization's Web...
ATLANTA-Nortel Networks Ltd. has granted interoperability approval to a new mobile messaging product from Glenayre Technologies Inc.Glenayre's Versera Intelligent Communications Environment (ICE), which was designed to cost-effectively deploy and operate multiple applications on one platform, was approved for interoperability with Nortel's GSM/GPRS wireless infrastructure....
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
MONTREAL-T-Mobile USA has partnered with mobile messaging company Oz to deliver four pre-loaded instant message services on a new Nokia phone, the companies announced Thursday.A clamshell handset featuring a fold-out QWERTY keyboard, the Nokia 6800 will feature instant messaging options from Yahoo!, MSN, AOL...
InphoMatch Inc. and Mobileway will merge to create a new U.S.-based mobile messaging company with more than 200 carrier connections.While terms of the deal between the two privately held companies were not disclosed, InphoMatch Chief Executive Officer Neville Street described the agreement as "a...
LAFAYETTE, Calif.-Nationwide angel investor network Keiretsu Forum said it will make an investment to support the Sept. 1 launch of mobile messaging software company Voice Genesis Inc.'s Vemail service, which will allow downloadable software to cell phones via distributors and wireless carriers.Voice Genesis recently...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents."Visto continues to put considerable resources into developing unique technologies that are key to the secure synchronization of data and...
NEW YORK-The king lives on through new mobile applications from Diggit Entertainment Group.Diggit announced it will develop a suite of Elvis Presley-branded applications for mobile devices through an exclusive partnership with Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.The debut phase of the Mobile Elvis platform will feature:...
OBERHAUSEN, Germany and LONDON-Two wireless carriers in Thailand made enhancements to their messaging services.German messaging company ConVisual said Thailand's largest mobile operator AIS has launched its VisualTXT mobile messaging service, which turns short messaging service messages into graphics and animations with sound.AIS launched the...
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...
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...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Orange France launched a new intuitive directory service that will allow subscribers to search for information in a non-structured format. Orange teamed with technology company Dejima Inc. to offer the text messaging service, which allows users to search for business addresses and...
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...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are confident that this transaction makes good sense...
Wireless enterprise company Visto Corp. announced another financial transaction, this time the acquisition of the intellectual property and technology assets of wireless e-mail company Jarna Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.Visto said it will gain Jarna's Mobile...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp. sold its Data1Source messaging service to messaging company Wireless Services Corp., a move Numerex said would help it focus on its growing wireless telemetry business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are confident that this transaction makes good sense...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its Mobile Messaging Client software has already shipped on six devices with a total of 20 devices expected to ship by...
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research report.According to Ovum's forecasts, the number of mobile text messages sent per year worldwide...
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research report.According to Ovum's forecasts, the number of mobile text messages sent per year worldwide...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reinforced its wireless text messaging capabilities by announcing an extension of its personal computer to mobile messaging service that allows Yahoo Messenger users to send instant messages to Cingular Wireless devices. Cingular said that with the new offering, messages can be...
