MONTREAL-Wireless publisher Airborne Entertainment announced Wednesday that it has acquired mobile developer Cellus USA Inc.Airborne, which develops and distributes games, messaging services, ringtones and graphics, said the acquisition will help solidify its position in the North American mobile entertainment market. Terms of the deal...
T-Mobile USA became the first carrier to offer ringback tones nationwide Wednesday.The carrier launched CallerTunes, enabling subscribers' phones to play music instead of the traditional ring callers hear before a mobile phone is answered. Users paying a $1.50 monthly subscription fee for the service...
Verizon Wireless became the first major U.S. carrier to offer ringback tones, launching a service analysts say-and carriers hope-may be even more profitable than ringtones. Ringbacks are clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers...
Verizon Wireless began offering ringbacks in some California markets, marking the first time a major U.S. carrier has offered the service. Ringbacks are clips of music callers hear instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers the phone. Verizon subscribers must...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Mobile software and technology developer NMS Communications will team with IT consultant firm LogicaCMG to introduce ringback tones to subscribers of Vodafone Netherlands, the companies announced Tuesday. The service, dubbed Welcome Tunes, includes rock, pop and dance tunes, as well as standards and...
DALLAS-Focusing on the personalization of wireless services, Preferred Voice Inc. has released an enhanced version of its "My Phone Services" Mobile Personalization Services Suite."The wireless data market is similar to the traditional software industry-users want integration of their products and ease of use," said...
MUNICH-The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group and Ubiquity Software Corp. announced they will integrate Ubiquity's Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application Server into Siemens' IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS@vantage.With Ubiquity's server, Siemens can now offer operators and open application manufacturers (OAMs) a software environment for...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications announced it has helped deploy WiseSpot's Cai-Ling ringback tone service with wireless carriers in China. With the Cai-Ling service, callers hear personalized ringers when placing a call to a user who has subscribed to the service.Approximately 16,000 Beijing Mobile and Shenzhen...
