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Palm Inc.’s European plans for its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus devices received a date today as the company said French operator SFR would begin offering the company’s smartphones through …

Too bad Canada’s ultra strict Telecommunications Act forbids foreign ownership to non-Egyptian companies, otherwise we might be getting some of the hundreds of millions of dollars that Telefonica and Vivendi …

PlayPhone Inc. notched its fourth and final major record label, securing a deal to distribute mastertones from Universal Music Group.A division of Vivendi, UMG claims nearly 20 subsidiary labels and …

While a tiny handful of entrenched mobile game makers cement their place at the top of the industry, a small army of startups are throwing all sorts of ideas against …

Direct-to-consumer content vendor PlayPhone Inc. is expanding its footprint by merging with London’s Pitch Entertainment Group.Pitch Entertainment delivers off-deck content, social networking applications and mobile marketing solutions in 20 markets …

A new, pro-market advocacy group has formed to focus on business, technological and social aspects of mobile communications.The Mobile Future Coalition debuted yesterday at CTIA Wireless 2008. “American consumers have …

Vivendi Mobile Entertainment announced that Sandrine Dufour will take over as chairwoman of the company. She will take over for Robert de Metz who recently left Vivendi. The business unit’s …

Vivendi Games said it will distribute some of its mobile titles through Nokia Corp.’s Download Application and Nokia Catalogues.Download is embedded on more than 50 Nokia handsets including NSeries and …

Digital Chocolate Inc. is the latest mobile-game maker to distribute its games for free.The publisher said it will make five of its games available through Greystripe, a San Francisco-based distributor …

Ad-subsidized mobile content appears to be gaining steam even as the paid gaming segment treads water.MobileRated, a Canadian ad-subsidized gaming subsidiary of Kalador Entertainment Inc., said it has seen downloads …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events in …

No wonder people can’t agree on a cure for the mobile gaming industry. Some insiders don’t even think it’s sick.There’s no question that the space-which just a couple of years …

The ad-subsidized mobile gaming space gained another backer as Vivendi Games Mobile said it will offer 10 of its titles free through Greystripe.The mobile division of Paris-based Vivendi Games said …

Nokia Corp. is hoping to build a doorway directly to mobile consumers. Again.But whether carriers will tolerate the move is far from clear.The manufacturer-cum-mobile-media company last week outlined a surprisingly …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to On the Margins, a feature for RCR Wireless News’ new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week, the RCR Wireless News staff considers events …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. blamed its rapid growth, back-office systems and collection problems as the reasons for its need to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and said that nearly half of …

North American game developers are looking to Adobe Systems Inc. to help Lite-n the load.Flash Lite-essentially a stripped-down, mobile version of the company’s ubiquitous Flash Player for computers-has gained substantial …

French media-telecom conglomerate Vivendi S.A. sharpened its charges against T-Mobile USA Inc. and its global affiliate, alleging corporate corruption helped the No. 4 U.S. mobile phone operator bid successfully on …

“Idealistic” isn’t a word commonly associated with venture capitalists. But Brian Biniak, founder of the new wireless venture-capital firm Provenance Ventures L.L.C., believes there is a business case for making …

PARIS-French mobile operator SFR launched an HSDPA network in Paris and southern France, using network technology from Nokia Corp. SFR has about 17.3 million customers in France, about 1.5 million …

PARIS—French mobile operator SFR launched an HSDPA network in Paris and southern France, using network technology from Nokia Corp. SFR has about 17.3 million customers in France, about 1.5 million …

PARIS-Openwave Systems Inc.’s new subsidiary Musiwave said it is powering a new subscription-based, full-track music download service for French carrier SFR. SFR, an affiliate of Vivendi Universal and Vodafone Group …

If Amp’d Mobile Inc.’s bargain-basement full-track download music service was designed to get attention, it’s working. The recently launched mobile virtual network operator made headlines a few weeks ago when …

Kristen Beckman Following are ratings changes and other financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment banking and financial firms. CIBC raised its estimates on Powerwave Technologies Inc. …

PARIS-French company Vivendi Universal has filed a complaint in Poland against its co-owners of wireless carrier Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. Vivendi Universal filed a complaint against Elektrim and Deutsche Telekom related …