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LANCASTER, U.K.-Monstermob Group plc continued to increase its global presence, snapping up Chinese mobile game-maker M Dream China Ltd. Monstermob, which sells games, images and ringtones for mobile phones, said …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carriers Morgan Stanley updated its estimates on Verizon Communications following …

LOS ANGELES-Xingtone Inc., an Internet storefront for third-party content providers, launched an automated e-commerce offering that it says allows independent content owners to market and sell real-music ringtones from their …

SEATTLE-Dijji Corp., the mobile media company formerly known as Dwango Wireless, announced its Napster Ringtones service is now available to Alltel Corp. subscribers. The service provides ringtones, MusicTones, voicetones and …

Online sales are skyrocketing-and wireless carriers are keeping pace as consumers increasingly look to the Web as a venue to shop and buy. Online sales (excluding travel) raked in $30.1 …

SEATTLE-U.S. consumers with Motorola Inc. Razr or Sanyo Corp. SCP-8200 handsets are more likely to consume mobile content than owners of any other wireless phone, according to figures from M:Metrics. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. partnered with mobile content provider Motricity to launch a new version of Alltel’s Axcess Web wireless Internet service. The service, which costs $6 a month, gives …

With U.S. operators in the midst of building out 3G networks, wireless firms from around the world are heeding the words of Neil Diamond: They’re coming to America. But, like …

SEATTLE-U.S. consumers with Motorola Inc. Razr or Sanyo Corp. SCP-8200 handsets are more likely to consume mobile content than owners of any other wireless phone, according to new figures from …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-In the spirit of the holidays, Alltel Corp. said it is offering eight credits to download content from the Sony Music Box when customers buy a $10 Alltel …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-With only a handful of shopping days before Christmas, Alltel Corp. said it is offering eight credits to download content from the Sony Music Box when customers buy …

Mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. last week made its long-awaited and much-hyped soft launch. The carrier is offering a range of postpaid calling services, including an unlimited calling …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced plans to launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, featuring two channels of content from premium cable channel HBO. HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile …

Cingular unveils CingularVideo with HBO shows NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced today that it will launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, and that the service will feature two …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will install Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne technology in its new phones. The carrier also unveiled its first phone running the technology, Sanyo Corp.’s CDMA2000 …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it will install Qualcomm Inc.’s uiOne technology in its new phones. The carrier also unveiled its first phone running the technology, Sanyo Corp.’s CDMA2000 …

LOS ANGELES-More than 20 percent of teen U.S. cell-phone users have downloaded at least 10 ringtones in the last month, and 12 percent have downloaded 15 or more music clips, …

Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. …

Nokia Corp.’s Preminet offering gained another backer last week as Tira Wireless said it is offering its porting technology to content providers using the delivery platform. Tira has made its …

CHINA Alcatel Corp. deployed its Mobile Next Generation Network in China for Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile. Alcatel said its Mobile NGN was implemented by its Chinese company, …

SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that …

PERTH AMBOY, N.J-U.S. Starcom Inc. teamed up with Zamia Group L.L.C. to distribute Latino-focused ringtones and other mobile digital entertainment in Mexico and the United States. U.S. Starcom is a …

Eminem’s publishing companies filed suit last week to stop the sale of ringtones they say are pirated from the hip-hop star’s hit tunes. Michigan-based publishers Eight Mile Style and Martin …

Eminem’s publishing companies have filed suit to stop the sale of ringtones they say are based on the hip-hop star’s tunes. Michigan-based publishers Eight Mile Style and Martin Affiliated filed …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …