It's been a tough couple of weeks in the mobile content space.Crown Castle International Corp. fled the nascent mobile TV market last week, absorbing a $10 million hit as it shut down its Modeo business and agreeing to lease the spectrum once salted for...
RALEIGH, N.C.—Oasys Mobile Inc.’s makeover has been expensive. The company formerly known as Summus Inc. reported a net loss of $1.82 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up more than threefold from its net loss during the final quarter of 2004. The company...
Content companies are hoping that wireless users-just like George Carlin-are looking for a place for their stuff. It seems mass-market consumers are becoming comfortable with the idea of paying for things like music, games and even enterprise-targeted applications for their phones. But the ever-increasing...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. launched a mobile portal designed to allow users to purchase and manage digital content. The company unveiled OasysMobile.com, which it described as a "virtual locker" to store ringtones, games, wallpaper and other content. The service is targeted at 12- to 24-year-old...
FORT LEE, N.J.-SkyZone Entertainment Inc. fattened its wallet with a $13.5 million investment from sister company SK C&C, the mobile entertainment publisher announced. SkyZone offers mobile Web portals, games and ringtones, and holds licenses for franchises including Duke Nukem, Rocky and Stargate SG-1. SK...
FORT LEE, N.J.-SkyZone Entertainment Inc. fattened its wallet with a $13.5 million investment from sister company SK C&C, the mobile entertainment publisher announced.SkyZone offers mobile Web portals, games and ringtones, and holds licenses for franchises including Duke Nukem, Rocky and Stargate SG-1. SK C&C...
Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent from second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million, or...
NEW YORK-Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent over second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million,...
VALHALLA, N.Y.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. are partnering for a service that allows subscribers to order photo prints from their handsets and pick them up at local retailers in as little as an hour.The carrier launched Get the Picture Mobile,...
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...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is teaming with Fujifilm on an offering allowing users to create and send personal postcards from their handsets. With the BREW-based application, users can create a postcard and send it via e-mail to anyone in the United States for $2....
Nextel Communications Inc. is upgrading its photo-sharing Web site and will also offer an application that will allow users to print their camera-phone images at participating retail stores. Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. operates Nextel's photo-sharing Web site and developed the printing application with...
Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel to its Vcast service that will feature rotating performances from shows around the nation...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS said its Sprint PCS Vision customers have purchased more than 500,000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit screensavers, which are provided by Summus Inc.Other "Gold" status screensavers on the Sprint PCS network included SpongeBob SquarePants, BlingPix, Graffiti-style art, Socially Hazardous and Devil Art.
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc., which provides mobile media applications, said it has raised more than $4 million in operating capital through an exercise of warrants. Summus received just more than $4 million from the exercise, which included 12.4 million warrants to purchase shares of the...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc., which provides mobile media applications, said it launched a cross-carrier mobile storefront to deliver images from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit collection to mobile phones.Visitors to the site can purchase photos of models for $2 each to display as wallpaper on their...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc., which provides mobile media applications, released a suite of photo services and solutions for mobile phones in conjunction with Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc.The suite, Fujifilm Get the Picture Mobile Services, allows customers to wirelessly send photos to Fujifilm's network of...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless users with Get-It-Now-enabled phones have new ways to stay in touch or show their school spirit.America Online Inc. users can access their e-mail accounts on their Verizon Wireless handsets through a new service launched Wednesday. Mobile AOL Mail is available for...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Wireless application company Summus Inc. launched its new "Phil Hellmuth's Texas Hold 'Em" multiplayer poker game, which is available on Verizon Wireless' application download service for $3 per month.The game, featuring the likeness of World Poker Champion Phil Hellmuth, allows players to deal...
VALHALLA, N.Y.-Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. and Summus Inc. announced Fujifilm's "Get the Picture" mobile photo service application, powered by Summus' BlueFuel, is now available through AT&T Wireless Service Inc.'s mMode service.With the service, consumers can view, store and share photos taken with traditional...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about the...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about...
