DENVER-Verizon Wireless continues to gradually roll out its ring-back tone offering, announcing that the service is now available in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and southern Wyoming.Ring backs are snippets of music that a caller hears instead of a traditional ring, and many believe the application...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Confectioner Cadbury Adams USA LLC will offer a ringtone from pop star Ryan Cabrera from an exclusive concert following the company's 10-city tour of U.S. malls to promote its candies. Cabrera and fellow singer Vanessa Carlton will headline a private show in Los...
The news that Microsoft Corp. will join Nokia Corp. to deliver a mobile-music platform may have been among the more startling developments at last week's 3GSM World Congress, but it was only the first of a half-dozen mobile music announcements both out of France...
As evidenced by the vast popularity of gadgets like Apple's iPod, the demand for portable digital music is as obvious as it is universal. But how-and how well-the wireless industry will ultimately tap the mobile-music market is far from clear. Music dominated the headlines...
TOKYO-MTV Japan and Yamaha said they made available Japan's first music recognition service, MTV Music Finder, to KDDI Corp. subscribers across Japan.In partnership with Shazam Entertainment, a U.K.-based audio recognition company, MTV Japan will work with its local licensee, SystemK Corp., to deliver Shazam's...
Mobile music continued to dominate news out of the 3GSM World Conference Wednesday with two product launches.LogicaCMG unveiled a platform that allows users to identify, download and pay for music and other multimedia clips from their handsets. Subscribers can download samples of tunes to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-The wireless industry continues to try to play Cupid this Valentine's Day with a slew of content and data offerings.Verizon Wireless announced the availability of dozens of love-song ringtones to cash in on the occasion, offering everything from Sonny & Cher's "I Got...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it has surpassed the 3-million subscriber mark two-and-a-half years after launching its youth-oriented prepaid mobile virtual network operator service using Sprint PCS' wireless network. The MVNO was originally launched in July 2002 as a joint venture between United...
SAN DIEGO-Cricket Clicks subscribers can find and download ringtones by saying artist names into their handsets with a new service, parent company Leap Wireless International Inc. said Tuesday. Leap is teaming with mobile software developer V-Enable for the offering, which uses voice-recognition technology to...
If Van Toffler has his way, the "M" in MTV may soon stand for "mobile." Toffler, who ascended to the presidency of MTV Networks in October, has worked aggressively to move beyond simply selling ringtones and images of the latest hip-hop star. The company's...
Few carriers have put as much strain on their technology personnel over the past several years as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. From its beginnings as the merged wireless operations of BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. to the carrier's decision in 2001 to migrate its...
The overwhelming popularity of ringtones and ring backs has given birth to an unprecedented cottage industry: mobile music labels that deal directly with artists to create content for wireless phones. INgrooves became the latest entrant in the developing space last week. The digital record...
McDonald's restaurants in the Pacific Northwest will give away ringtones, wallpaper and coupons to wireless handsets during a Web-based promotional campaign, the fast-food chain said. McDonald's will use the Web site www.mobilestr33t.com as a focal point for the campaign to offer ringtones from hip-hop...
McDonald's restaurants in the Pacific Northwest will give away ringtones, wallpaper and coupons to wireless handsets during a Web-based promotional campaign, the fast-food chain said Wednesday. McDonald's will use the Web site www.mobilestr33t.com as a focal point for the campaign to offer ringtones from...
SAN FRANCISCO-Yet another mobile music label was launched Tuesday as digital record company INgrooves announced its effort to create music exclusively for wireless devices. INgrooves Mobile Music will produce custom ringtones and other content, distributing the tunes through mobile storefronts such as 9 Squared,...
Around the world, carriers are looking to boost wireless data sales to offset razor-thin profit margins from voice services. And they're getting a lot of help. NMS Communications last week launched a framework that allows carriers to manage subscriber relations, track information from wireless...
Redline Communications unveiled a WiMAX-ready base station and subscriber station. Redline released the AN-100U, a fully compliant IEEE 802.16-2004 platform. A member of the WiMAX Forum T, Redline said it is actively participating in developing the 802.16e standard for mobile applications. "Interest in the...
LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Sony Urban Music are teaming with hip-hop artist Xzibit for a text-message-based contest to find undiscovered rappers across the country.Entrants are asked to submit an original song to Sony executives, who will select 10...
BERLIN-German mobile portal Jamba AG said it is offering stereo ringtones. The company offers more than 80 stereo-quality ringtones, and it expects to increase that number to 2,000 by the end of the year. The ringtones cost about $2.60 per tone to download.The company...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Disney Mobile has launched ringtones featuring a slew of characters from Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, the company said.Available for $2.50 per tone from all major U.S. carriers, the tones include Mickey Mouse telling users, "Answer your phone," and Goofy asking, "Hello?...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music provider Faith West Inc. is teaming with Dodge to offer ringtones and images promoting the auto maker to wireless users.Faith West is distributing Dodge-branded content through a Web portal, as well as through existing carrier channels offering its Modtones service. Dodge...
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voice mail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
Mobile media company Zingy will team with MTV to launch an album of original ringtones by hip-hop producer Timbaland, the companies said Friday.The offerings will include polyphonic and master ringtone beats, voice ringtones, ringbacks, voicemail greetings and images. Content initially will be available only...
Mobile media company Zingy is expected to announce deals this week to bring exclusive mobile content from hip-hop artist Kanye West and late pop singer Aaliyah to wireless phones.West will provide screensavers, wallpaper, voicemail greetings, and voice ring tones and ringbacks for Zingy. The...
