-- MobiTV gets ABC content: MobiTV has struck a deal with Disney-ABC Television group to distribute ABC Mobile, a channel which includes full-length episodes ABC series, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy,…

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More evidence of Nokia’s use of content to sell phones. The handset maker struck a deal with the BBC’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide to provide its N96 handset in Australia,…

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The battle and gamble over unlimited music services has arrived. Once Nokia (NYSE: NOK) came out of the gate last December with its Comes With Music concept, much of the…

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-- *Vodafone*music: Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is launching Omnifone’s MusicStation unlimited subscription service in New Zealand. Subscribers will get to download and share an unlimited number of tracks, from a repertoire…

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Xumii, a social address book for mobile phones, has closed a round of $5.5 million from CM Capital and Southern Cross Venture Partners and plans to launch today at the…

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Australian telecom firm ComTel is making a brave move: it is launching SMSpup Mobile, a new prepaid MVNO service offering AU$130 of talk and text value for AU$29 per month…

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Australian mobile content firm Jumbuck (ASX: JMB) scooped up Plutolife AS, another mobile social networking company, in an acquisition valued at $3.7 million, Mobile Entertainment reports. Plutolife was the subsidiary…

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Official Games: Sega has announced a couple of official mobile games for the Beijing Olympics. The two titles are Beijing 2008 The Official Mobile Phone Game of the Olympic Games…

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RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which helps carriers sell ringtones, ringback tones and full-track music, believes the continuing trend in mobile content is to provide a bite-sized or “snackable” content experience, whereas…

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Yahoo said today it has added five more partners to the list of carriers that uses its mobile search, bringing the total over the last 18 months to 60 mobile…

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After losing out to its rival O2 last year, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has struck a deal with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to sell the iPhone in ten countries, reports Reuters. Those…

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Mobile data services are picking up—at least in Australia, according to the results of a survey of 949 Australians. The survey found an increasing proportion of people using mobile data…

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-- The first rumor is that the 3G iPhone will launch in June at Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) WWDC 2008, according to TG Daily. It reports there’s likely to be an…

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Europe used to be thought of as being leagues ahead of America when it came to all things mobile, but apparently, for wireless social networks that want to make money,…

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--NBC: NBC.com has announced its roster of mobile sites, boasting nearly forty WAP and three mobile video channels which include full episodes and short form video clips. New WAP sites…

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In the tiny country of New Zealand, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) is claiming it is the largest seller of music singles there: The company’s head of music, Morgan Donoghue, said Vodafone’s…

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-- 5 Questions with Chris Sacca: Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google (NSDQ: GOOG) (responsible for Google’s spectrum bid), is among the latest to depart the Googleplex to…

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-- N-Gage Beta Launch Delayed: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has delayed the launch of the public beta test of its revamped N-Gage service until after the New Year, despite earlier comments…

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uiActive, an Australian mobile widgets and content apps firm, has received $3.33 million in its first round funding, according to a regulatory filing, picked up by PEHub. Investors include Southern…

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Australia seems to be embracing mobile video “snacking”...or at least the media is. The Australian pointed to a survey by media agency Universal McCann which found that 46 percent of…

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-- Australian incumbent Telstra has learned the dangers of unmoderated user-generated content… Its mobile video sharing site Wotnext.com.au has been taken down for emergency maintenance after being overrun by smutty…

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Mergermarket does what it does best: speculate, just because it can. In this story, it looks at the players in the Australian mobile content market, and says that players such…

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Tilefile, a Sydney, Australia-based social network, has taken an unspecified investment from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Ventures. The company’s previous investor is Japanese venture firm ngi group (formerly Netage). The company,…

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There’s a growing increase in the media in rhetoric for an open mobile system—for example, the New York Times opens an article with “First come the grumblings, then the torches…

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Australian pay TV operator Foxtel is getting excited over mobile TV—the companies Foxtel by Mobile service runs over Telstra’s Next-G network. Last month Foxtel almost doubled the number of channels…

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