Wireless retailer FTS Wireless Inc. reported it will begin offering Nextel Communications Inc. subsidiary Boost Mobile L.L.C.'s prepaid wireless services. FTS, which also operates Wi-Fi hot spots, operates six retail wireless locations and one wireless kiosk in the Florida Gulf Coast region and one...
Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week.Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access updates, photos and other features thanks to a deal between the Associated Press and Acotel Group Partners. The...
Wireless consumers will soon have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced today.Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access news updates, photos and other features thanks to an agreement between the Associated Press and Acotel Group Partners. The...
WOKING, United Kingdom-Mobile games publisher THQ Wireless said it launched its first DoJa i-mode site for E-Plus' i-mode customers in Germany.The first titles on the new service will include Eurosport Football, MotoGP, Darts, Worms and The Punisher."The agreement with E-Plus is the first step...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless content and entertainment company Mforma Group Inc. announced it scored a whopping $44 million in venture funding in its first institutional round. General Catalyst Partners, eFund and Bessemer Venture Partners led the round.The news comes on the heels of several major funding...
Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a multimillion-dollar industry with dozens of players and literally thousands of games.Consolidation is rampant. Earnings...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions.The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it purchased...
The wireless content business continues its rapid consolidation as two major U.S. players announced international acquisitions. The moves are the latest indication that wireless entertainment and application companies are no longer content to serve domestic markets.First, wireless entertainment heavyweight Mforma Group Inc. announced it...
TORONTO-Tira Wireless announced Telus Mobility and THQ Wireless purchased its Jump application porting service. The service ensures that Java applications will run smoothly on a variety of handset models."Tira Jump delivered significant cost and time-to-market savings for us by providing the ability to quickly...
TORONTO-Tira Wireless announced Telus Mobility and THQ Wireless purchased its Jump application porting service. The service ensures that Java applications will run smoothly on a variety of handset models."Tira Jump delivered significant cost and time-to-market savings for us by providing the ability to quickly...
"We don't think (wireless) is quite mass market enough, and the business model is not quite there yet," said Trudy Muller, spokeswoman for Electronic Arts, the nation's No. 1 video-game maker, in explaining why the company has not entered the wireless market.Although many have...
LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.c Nokia and AT&T Wireless...
Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made today at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.Nokia and AT&T Wireless said...
