SEATTLE-Mobile gamers continue to rely on carrier decks for their wireless entertainment even as off-deck businesses continue to gain traction, according to the latest figures from M:Metrics.The firm's most recent monthly survey found that 90 percent of wireless game consumers discover and purchase titles...
When it comes to using their phones to vote, U.S. wireless subscribers are generally limited to American Idol contestants like Ruben Studdard or Clay Aiken. But that may be changing. SMS has become a vital campaign tool for grass-roots organizations, political parties and candidates...
SAN FRANCISCO-Over-the-phone voting may be decades away, but a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization allowed would-be voters to use their phones to obtain voter-registration materials for today's elections. Mobile Voter allows users to request registration forms via conventional mail by sending a text message to...
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf Inter-Carrier Messaging, a joint offering from VeriSign and WiderThan Americas, to deliver text messages among its members' 15.5 million subscribers....
MOUNTAIN VIEW-The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association tapped VeriSign Inc. to power its text messaging service. The industry association, which represents 10 carriers, will use Metcalf Inter-Carrier Messaging, a joint offering from VeriSign and WiderThan Americas, to deliver text messages among its members' 15.5 million...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, according to new research from Analysis. Mobile data accounted for less than 5 percent...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, according to new research from Analysis.Mobile data accounted for less than 5 percent of...
LAS VEGAS-Wiremedia announced it will begin deploying the hardware and network infrastructure necessary to deliver location-based, advertising and contextual information to cell phones via Bluetooth technology. The company said it would attach its Bluetooth MediaServer to billboards, poster sites, retail locations, entertainment venues, public...
SAN FRANCISCO-The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA's semi-annual industry survey released this week at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment Show. Steve Largent, president and...
The wireless industry reported 25.2 million new subscribers, its largest one-year addition of new subscribers in its more than 20-year commercial history, according to CTIA's semi-annual industry survey released this week at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment Show. Steve Largent, president and chief...
SAN FRANCISCO-Syniverse Technologies Inc. signed an agreement with LM&O Advertising, Arlington, Va., to provide its Mobile Marketing solution as part of an integrated marketing campaign for the Army National Guard. The two-way message broadcasting tool delivers time-sensitive information via text messaging.LM&O Advertising created the...
The mobile-search playground gets even more crowded this week, as an established behemoth expands its offerings and an infant startup tries to get onto the field. InfoSpace Inc. this week should unveil a service that delivers business listings and maps, movie showtimes and other...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies Inc., which provides mobile data solutions, said it signed new wireless messaging contracts with Blue Wireless, CC Communications and Nex-Tech Wireless.Blue Wireless offers local and long-distance wireless services in New York and Pennsylvania. The company will use InterOp's solutions to...
Marketing companies increasingly are using Bluetooth to get their messages across in airports, shopping malls and movie theaters. While advertisers view the tactic as a valuable new way to get close to consumers, some say it's nothing more than high-tech spam. Marketers have been...
Third-party content providers are becoming increasingly savvy in hiding wireless transactions from the network operators that deliver them, industry insiders say. A handful of direct-to-consumer content providers in the United States and abroad are disguising their wares on mobile networks as photo messages and...
SINGAPORE-Wireless carrier MobileOne Ltd. plans to launch a new short voice messaging service concept to its customers in Singapore.BubbleTALK, which is a product of a collaboration between M1 and L.M. Ericsson, allows callers to leave a short voice message without disturbing the recipient of...
SEATTLE-Mobile marketing and media solutions company Mobliss Corp. will provide technology for a short message service voting campaign for CBS' reality series "Rock Star: INXS."The show is a contest to find the next lead singer of the band INXS. Viewers can vote for their...
Motorola Inc. is in the process of rolling out a new user interface the company hopes will take it into the multimedia age. "We're not building a phone; we're building a mobile communications device," said Doug Walston, director of Motorola's UI design team.As such,...
America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services that would allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information, including local business listings, and to compare prices of goods from online retailers. Israeli technology provider InfoGin Ltd. is powering...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The move toward universal multimedia messaging service interoperability continued with a deal between two of the top U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are the latest Tier 1 carriers to ink deals allowing subscribers to exchange picture and video messages with...
America Online Inc. is testing a suite of mobile search services, the Internet giant said Wednesday. The new offerings allow users with Web-enabled phones to search the Internet for information including local business listings and to compare prices of goods from online retailers. Israeli...
WASHINGTON-A group has urged homeland security officials to require cellular carriers to take advantage of embedded cell-broadcast capability in mobile phones so U.S. citizens can receive wireless alerts during emergencies. "A pilot or trial of a public warning system that is based on the...
LONDON-Mobile content will explode into a $9 billion industry in the next 12 months, according to a recent study by LogicaCMG. The survey of 6,000 users in four global markets indicated the percentage of wireless phone owners who download content will triple from 20...
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom-Esendex, which provides business text-messaging solutions, said it launched subsidiaries in Spain and Australia. The company said the launches mark the beginning of its overseas' expansion strategy. The company's Spanish subsidiary, Esendex Espana S.L., is located in Barcelona, and its Australian subsidiary,...
