OBERHAUSEN, Germany-Wireless multimedia messaging service application provider ConVisual said it has installed an interactive TV platform for Australian entertainment company IAM Mobile.The platform, which came online last week with the Australian broadcast of the "Live8" concert, integrates incoming MMS and SMS messages into live...
CHANTILLY, Va.-Mobile 365, which provides mobile messaging and data services, said it will host and manage a global mobile stock quote short message alert service for CNN.The service, called Global Market Wrap, will be delivered using Mobile 365's Application Manager via the company's distribution...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! added to its mobile search offerings Thursday, launching a short message service-based service and extending services for its mobile Web search service.Like other SMS search offerings, Yahoo! delivers business names, addresses and phone numbers to users who send queries with location information...
LONDON—Mobile content will explode into a $9 billion industry in the next 12 months, according to a study released Wednesday 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, England—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, Esendex Australia...
CHINAElectronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. will buy the company's semiconductor business, and as previously announced, Telavie AS will buy its...
BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Ventures announced an undisclosed strategic investment in Anam Mobile, a messaging infrastructure provider for short message service and multimedia messaging service (MMS) delivery platforms. The investment arm of the world's No. 2 handset provider cited Anam's patented Smart Services Framework, which...
HONDURASMotorola Inc. sold its entire equity stake in Honduran wireless carrier Celtel. Millicom International Cellular said it acquired part of the stake from Motorola, bringing Millicom's ownership to two-thirds of the total outstanding shares. Local minority shareholders purchased the remaining Motorola stake. The value...
TOKYO-Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to extend international roaming services and FOMA international videophone service to China, Qatar and South Korea. The Chinese expansion is scheduled to begin May 27 using China Mobile Communications Corp.'s local network. The service will...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. launched a package of integrated wireless remote access options for its virtual private network portfolio that the company said would help business travelers access network applications and information when out of the office.The package, dubbed VPN RoadWarrior, combines SBC's PremierSERV...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. added two new features to its mobile search service, allowing users to access information from its Google Local Web site through their cell phones.With the expanded service, wireless subscribers with XHTML-enabled handsets can find local business listings and access driving...
Around the world, people are quietly using high-tech to stay in touch with a higher power. While cutting-edge applications like mobile TV make headlines, simpler, religious-based offerings are gaining ground. Jewish users are sending text messages with prayers or requests to Israeli rabbis who...
Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, end users can enjoy services such as music downloads and file sharing, video on...
MusiKube broke an almost year-long silence last week, resurfacing to launch a mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, called SongLink'd, a mobile user can play a tune directly into a phone and receive...
Danger said it plans to put "fixes in place" to restore Sidekick users' data functions, Danger and carrier partner T-Mobile USA Inc. said in a statement."Danger and T-Mobile regret any inconveniences experienced by Sidekick customers as a result of an identified technical issue that...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Internet marketing company Smart Entertainment said it will team with noted producer Larry Klein on mobile marketing campaigns. The joint venture will spawn a new company that will use text messages based on musical artists and Hollywood celebrities. The effort will feature content...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Internet marketing company Smart Entertainment said it will team with noted producer Larry Klein on mobile marketing campaigns.The joint venture will spawn a new company that will use text messages based on musical artists and Hollywood celebrities. The effort will feature content provided...
LONDON-Skype is testing a free service that allows users to send text messages to any GSM handset, the Voice over Internet Protocol provider said Thursday.The new offering lets users send messages from Skype Chat to GSM subscribers via a gateway powered by Connectotel, a...
OSLO, Norway-Colibria AS said it has assembled a three-man advisory panel to provide high-level technological expertise to the mobile messaging company. The group will lend its knowledge in "presence," which allows consumers to know the availability of fellow users, as well as other instant...
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...
Internet search engine Ask Jeeves said it will bring its service to wireless devices later this year, joining an already crowded playing field of mobile-search providers. But whether wireless subscribers will use their phones to access search engines-or how they might do it-is anybody's...
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...
OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co., which provides entertainment services and mobile marketing applications, acquired gaming developer MindX. The acquisition gives Mobile Media access to MindX's interactive crossword puzzle and quiz games to integrate into its range of services. MindX's games are played via short...
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif.-Interchange Corp. launched a localized text-messaging search service that allows wireless users to find products, services and businesses from their handsets. The provider of local and national paid-search services unveiled SMS Local, which accesses listings by product, service, business name and location...
