NEW YORK-Several popular music artists received an early Christmas present in the form of wireless content agreements as music continues its expansion into the wireless industry in the midst of declining CD sales. Dwango Wireless, a wireless entertainment and content provider, announced an exclusive...
NEW YORK-Recording-industry giants EMI and Sony BMG have teamed to fight illegal music swapping with the announcement last week of an agreement to address licensing issues for music on mobile phones, PCs and other digital platforms. The partnership teams EMI Music Publishing, the world's...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Teens are continuing to drive the adoption of new wireless technologies and services, according to a report by consultancy IDC. The study indicates that 40 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds are wireless subscribers, and these "classic early adopters" are helping wireless applications such...
DALLAS-Preferred Voice Inc. notched its second carrier win with the announcement that it will provide ringback services for Oklahoma regional carrier Panhandle Telephone Cooperative. Ringbacks allow subscribers to choose music clips that callers hear instead of the traditional ring before a phone is answered....
Preferred Voice Inc. notched its second carrier win with the announcement that it will provide ringback services for Oklahoma regional carrier Panhandle Telephone Cooperative.Ringbacks allow subscribers to choose music clips that callers hear instead of the traditional ring before a phone is answered. PVI...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application allows customers to download real music ringtones to their handsets. The downloads are available in three credit packages beginning at...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. added 9 Squared Inc.'s RealTone JukeBox music downloads to its BREW-based Cricket Clicks offering. The carrier said the application allows customers to download real music ringtones to their handsets. The downloads are available in three credit packages beginning at...
SAN DIEGO-Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack last week with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds.Sequoia sells technology that...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Mobile Operandi Communications Corp. released its mophone version 3.0, a free entertainment content service for mobile-phone users.Mophone gives multimedia-capable mobile-phone users personal Web pages and storage areas where pictures and ringtones can be managed, stored and viewed on their phones. The service...
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...
Digital music service provider Napster announced plans Thursday to offer ringtones to mobile users in the United States and Canada. Napster Mobile, which will launch next year, will allow users to download ringtones from the company's digital music catalog via a mobile version of...
Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack Wednesday with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds. Sequoia sells technology that integrates...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Teens are continuing to drive the adoption of new wireless technologies and services, according to a report by consultancy IDC. The study indicates that 40 percent of 15- to 19-year-olds are wireless subscribers, and these "classic early adopters" are helping wireless applications such...
NEWBURY, U.K.-Mobile Streams has been tapped to deliver ringtones, wallpaper and other mobile content for TIM Brazil, a South American carrier with more than 10 million subscribers. With the service, ringtones will be available to users via short message service, a WAP deck or...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Graphical content has emerged as the fastest-growing mass market for wireless data, according to a study from consultancy IDC. Although it generates less revenue than ringtones and games, the market for commercial graphical content is poised to grow from just less than $150...
Having spent much of the year tapping mobile markets around the globe, the bunny is coming to North America. Playboy Enterprises Inc. announced a deal Thursday to offer adult games, images, video clips and ringtones to U.S. and Canadian wireless subscribers. The venerable men's...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Graphical content has emerged as the fastest-growing mass market for wireless data, according to a study from consultancy IDC.Although it generates less revenue than ringtones and games, the market for commercial graphical content is poised to grow from just less than $150 million...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International announced the launch of a suite of Latino-themed content for subscribers using its Cricket service.AG Interactive, a division of American Greetings, will provide Univision Movil bilingual content, including downloadable Tejano music and ringtones and celebrity wallpaper, through Cricket Clicks, a...
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive calls over GSM networks around the world, almost 10 times the next-largest competitor, CDMA...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless expanded its content offerings with two announcements. The carrier launched a new service that allows music fans to view images of artists as they browse and download ringtones and voice tones. Through Track Magnet, which was developed by content provider Ztango,...
Mobile ringtone provider and game publisher Dwango North America reported record revenues but a nearly $2.8 million loss for the third quarter of 2004.The company earned $545,000 during the period, more than doubling its revenues in the second quarter. Raising $3 million through a...
When it comes to mobile music, few people have the perspective of Thomas Dolby Robertson. The singer/songwriter-turned-software developer used last week's MobileMusiCon to launch his latest offering, a Web-based software application for ringtone creators and wireless carriers. RetroFolio 1.0 allows music producers, copyright owners...
ROK Entertainment Group said its ROK Player allows multimedia memory card-capable mobile phones to play content-loaded multimedia chips on the full screen of their handsets rather than in letterbox formats. "We have already licensed a wide range of content from comedy to music and...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched Motorola Inc.'s V710 handset, which includes a 1.2-megapixel camera and flash, video recorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth wireless technology. The handset also supports Alltel's Axcess Picture Messaging application and BREW-based Axcess Mobile Web 2.0 service.The handset, which was initially...
