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Mobile Content Bits: VZ’s Corporate Email; Minyanville Mobile Videos; HTC-Sony Ericsson Rumors - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 03 Jun 2008 02:29 PM PST

-- Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) said it’s offering a service for $10 a month called RemoSync, which syncs Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange Server features, such as email, calendar and contacts,…

NTT DoCoMo Plans 30 Percent Stake In Japanese Internet Company - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 02 Jun 2008 11:50 AM PST

NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is planning to invest about 10 billion yen ($94.8 million) in NTT Resonant, an Internet company that supports a Web portal called goo, and hosts digital…

China Unicom Buys China Netcom In $56.3 Billion Stock-Swap; China Telecom Buys Unicom CDMA Unit - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 02 Jun 2008 04:34 AM PST

China’s restructuring of its telecoms industry gets underway. AP reports that mobile network China Unicom is acquiring fixed-line China Netcom in a stock swap valued at $56.3 billion, based on…

Mobile Messenger Zannel Raises $10 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 02 Jun 2008 04:14 AM PST

Zannel, a service for sharing content via mobile, has raised a $10 million second round from Alloy Venture and past backers U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures. This brings its…

Social Net Ad Firm X-tract Raises $5.4 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 30 May 2008 02:17 AM PST

Mobile advertising start-up X-tract has raised 3.5 million euros ($5.4 million) from Nordic VCs Creandum, who were joined by existing investor Eqvitec. The Helsinki-based firm says it has some 50…

ComScore Explains $44 Million Purchase Of M:Metrics: “This Puts Us Two Years Ahead” - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 29 May 2008 03:38 PM PST

Magid Abraham, comScore (NSDQ: SCOR) president, CEO and co-founder, explained this morning in a conference call why his company, focused on tracking content online, was interested in buying Seattle-based M:Metrics,…

Pinch Media Gets First Round For iPhone Developer Tools - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 29 May 2008 10:28 AM PST

Pinch Media, a newly launched startup offering iPhone developer tools, has raised an unspecified seed round from from Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital and angels including Dave Morgan, Jerry…

Twitter Closing its $15 Million Round With Spark; Bit Less Than $100M Valuation - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 29 May 2008 10:26 AM PST

As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round,…

Wireless Messenger EnvIO Networks Gets $10 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 29 May 2008 07:55 AM PST

EnvIO Networks, a stealth company developing a “new category of mobile application”, has raised a $10 million second round from Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners, reports peHUB. The…

ComScore-M:Metrics: “We Want To Know Behavior Across The Internet Regardless Of Device.” - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 28 May 2008 03:46 PM PST

Quickly following the announcement that comScore acquired Seattle-based mobile measurement firm M:Metrics for $44.3 million in cash, I talked to Will Hodgman, the co-founder, president and CEO of M:Metrics. He…

ComScore Buys Mobile Research Firm M:Metrics For $44.3 Million In Cash - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 28 May 2008 01:30 PM PST

Well-known Internet measurement firm comScore said today that it has acquired M:Metrics, a leader in the mobile measurement business, for $44.3 million in cash and the issuance of approximately 50,000…

Ontela Raises $10.3 Million To Expand Its Mobile Photo Technology Abroad - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 28 May 2008 08:46 AM PST

Seattle-based Ontela, which helps users automatically send photos they’ve taken on their phones to their favorite online storage accounts, said today it has raised $10.3 million to grow its product…

Skyfire Raises $13 Million To Roll-Out Mobile Browser - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 28 May 2008 05:01 AM PST

Despite the fact that Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire has built a mobile browser only for the Windows Mobile platform and is limited to a private beta, it has attracted $13…

Reliance In 45-Day Exclusive Talks With MTN; Not Merger, Not Acquisition? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 27 May 2008 03:22 PM PST

After negotiations with Bharti-Airtel broke down, it appears that South African MTN is now in talks with Indian Reliance Communications. RCom has informed (pdf) the BSE that the ADA Group…

Vodafone Wants To Beef Up Its Mobile Internet Services; What Will It Buy? - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 27 May 2008 09:35 AM PST

It’s a big news day for Vodafone (NYSE: VOD). First, it announced its CEO Arun Sarin will step down and then it reported stellar earnings. Now, there’s also a report…

SK Telecom Pouring $1 Billion Into Chinese Digital Content And Design Center - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 27 May 2008 05:03 AM PST

Following on the news that China is restructuring its telecoms industry and expects to issue 3G licenses after its completion, SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM) said it would invest $1 billion…

China Overhauls Telecoms Industry; Aims To Increase Competition - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 27 May 2008 03:13 AM PST

China is restructuring its telecoms industry--a long-expected move that could bring increased competition to the market. The overhaul will see six of the country’s main state-owned telecoms companies reduced to…

UK Bluetooth Marketing Firm Breeze Tech Gets $1.6 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 26 May 2008 02:32 PM PST

Breeze Tech, the incongruously-named Bluetooth marketing firm based in London, UK, has received about $1.6 million (£807,000) in funding commitments from private equity firm Beringea. Breeze was founded in 2003,…

EA’s Acquisition Of Hands-On Korea: $29 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 26 May 2008 09:52 AM PST

Last week EA announced its acquisition of the Korean division of Hands-On Mobile, the mobile gaming company formerly known as Mforma. At that time, no financial details were released, but…

Videocon Emerges As Buyer For Motorola’s Handset Division Emerges; In Early Talks - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 23 May 2008 08:21 AM PST

Videocon said today it was in early talks to buy Motorola’s (NYSE: MOT) handset division, according to the Business Standard. Videocon, a consumer electronics company, said it made a bid…

Twitter Gets $15 Million Second Round; $80 Million Valuation: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 22 May 2008 08:33 AM PST

Given the obsession with all things Twitter, this has been one of the most anticipated and hotly discussed fundings in a while: Om reports that after much jostling, the micro-blogging/messaging…

Electronic Arts Buys Korean Division Of Hands-On Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 21 May 2008 06:25 PM PST

Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) is buying out the Korean division of Hands-On Mobile, the mobile gaming company formerly known as Mforma. The Korean division is best known for its mobile…

KIT Digital Acquires Kamera For Up To $10.2 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 21 May 2008 03:00 PM PST

KIT Digital (formerly Roo Group) has bought Swedish mobile video firm Kamera for $4.2 million in cash and up to $6 million in KIT stock, depending on certain performance thresholds,…

Qualcomm Takes Stake In UK Femtocell Firm Ip.access - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 21 May 2008 06:25 AM PST

Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has taken an undisclosed strategic stake in British femtocell firm ip.access. Femtocells which connect directly to 3G phones are small cellular base stations that boost network coverage…

Fliptrack Renames Business To Moblyng And Raises $5.7 Million To Focus on Social Networking Content - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 21 May 2008 05:00 AM PST

Menlo Park, Calif.-based Fliptrack, which makes slide show widgets for MySpace, Facebook and other social networks, plans to announce today that it is renaming the company Moblyng and will focus…