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EU, UK Clamping Down On Mobile Content Scams - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 17 Jul 2008 09:50 PM PST

Two new government initiatives to crack down on rogue mobile phone services: Just days after the EU said it would force operators to lower SMS roaming charges, its consumer chief…

France ‘Inviting’ Operators To Cut SMS Prices - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 17 Jul 2008 12:44 PM PST

Record high inflation is apparently taking its toll on the purchasing power of French citizens, so what better way for the government to tackle the problem than to target the…

Twitter ‘Bigger In UK Than US’, White Van Man Taking It Mainstream? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 17 Jul 2008 01:49 AM PST

And you thought it was mostly Americans addicted to the SMS/IM/web presence thingamy… ? Web measurer Hitwise says it’s the reverse - at least, proportionally. “Last week the site’s share…

Player X Buys Spanish Games Firm, Splits Production And Publishing Arms - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 16 Jul 2008 03:54 AM PST

UK mobile games maker Player X is buying Madrid-based mobile games publisher Gaelco Móviles for an undisclosed cash amount - its first acquisition and part of a European expansion plan.…

EU Vows To End SMS Roaming Rip-Offs - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 15 Jul 2008 05:43 AM PST

Here it is: After months of threats and warnings, the European Commission announced today that it will end “roaming rip-offs” for text messages abroad after calls to the industry to…

European Commission May Propose Legislation Tomorrow For SMS Roaming Fees - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 14 Jul 2008 03:52 PM PST

The European Commission is expected to announce tomorrow that it will propose legislation to cut the cost of sending and receiving text messages while roaming, according to the IHT. On…

Round-Up: Music Trade News, Joost Japan, Aka-Aki Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 14 Jul 2008 12:01 AM PST

-- Music Trade News: ToyNews and CasualGaming.biz publisher Intent Media has bought Music Trade News from from publisher MB Media, and will merge it with its own Musical Instruments Professional…

Europe Wakes To iPhone 3G: Fanboys On The Frontline, Some Crashes - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 11 Jul 2008 01:14 AM PST

If my local O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores were anything to go by, there was no-one queuing and zero buzz for the long-awaited iPhone 3G. But that was 10pm last…

Nokia Closes $8.1 Billion Acquisition Of Navteq - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 10 Jul 2008 09:55 AM PST

After facing strict regulatory approval, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) said today it has officially closed the $8.1 billion acquisition of digital map company Navteq, which was before its expected Aug. 8…

Mippin Hires Its VC As CEO, Enhances For iPhone - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Jul 2008 01:37 AM PST

Mippin, a London-based service that repackages web content for mobile handsets, has appointed Judy Gibbons, the Accel VC partner who funded the company, as its CEO. Formed in October out…

Next2Friends Lines Up VC Funds, Eyes Retail Partnerships - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 09 Jul 2008 12:53 AM PST

Another upstart mobile social media platform, Next2Friends, will announce a “multimillion-dollar” first funding round in the next four to six weeks. Term sheets are being signed for the company to…

Mobile Content Bits: iPhone 3G Demand, Iliad Buys Alice, Yahoo Serves 3 UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Jul 2008 05:07 AM PST

-- iPhone Demand In UK Overwhelms O2 Site: It’s four days before Apple’s iPhone goes on sale in the UK, and it looks like mobile operator O2, may not be…

Mobile Content Bits: Nokia-Telenor; MySpace-MTS; Orange Zap - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 04 Jul 2008 03:55 AM PST

Mobile news from our sister site mocoNews.net: -- Orange Launches Ad-Funded Mag: Orange has rolled out an ad-funded video magazine service on its portal Orange World. The clips—which includes celeb…

3 UK And Yahoo Strike Mobile Ad Deal - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 02 Jul 2008 06:52 AM PST

It’s best days may be behind it in online search, but Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is proving it’s still a contender in mobile. The search engine and portal struck an ad…

Mobile Messaging Funnel Nimbuzz Scoops $15 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 01:30 AM PST

Holland’s Nimbuzz, another mobile app that hopes to aggregate all kinds of messaging networks and VoIP services, has raised a $15 million second round to add Windows Mobile, iPhone and…

European Operators Braced For EU-Dictated Price Cuts On SMS - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 01 Jul 2008 05:11 PM PST

Regulation here we come. June 30th was the deadline for European operators to let the EU telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding know how much they were charging for roaming text messages…

WPP’s Wunderman Takes Majority Stake In French Mobile Marketer Kassius - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 01 Jul 2008 08:03 AM PST

WPP Group’s Wunderman, which has been reforming itself into a digital shop over the past year, has taken an unspecified, majority stake in Kassius, a Paris-based ad shop, games manufacturer…

BREAKING: Virgin Mobile Acquiring MVNO Helio For A Paltry $39M In Equity; Gets $50M Cash Investment - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 27 Jun 2008 10:08 AM PST

As we have been reporting since the start of these talks, Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) has finally announced the acquisition of troubled MVNO Helio. We originally broke the news…

Mobile Content Bits: MSFT Buys MobiComp; HarbourVest Takes TynTec Stake; Miyowa And Xendex Raise - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 26 Jun 2008 05:28 PM PST

-- Microsoft Buying Portugal’s MobiComp For Mobile Data Backup And Storage: Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) continues its push into the mobile space… the software giant will acquire Mobicomp, a Portugal-based mobile…

France To Tax Mobile, Internet And TV Revenues To Fund Public Broadcaster - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 25 Jun 2008 01:43 PM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made good on his promise to shake up the country’s media industry. Starting on January 1 next year prime-time advertising on public television will be…

France’s Hi-Media Buys Mobile Marketing Firm Mobile Trend For Euro 7 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 25 Jun 2008 11:15 AM PST

France-based European online media firm Hi-Media has now extended its reach in mobile markets and has bought out local mobile market firm Mobile Trend. The deals includes a total consideration…

Ad-Funded MVNO Blyk To Roll Out In Germany, Spain And Belgium - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 25 Jun 2008 02:28 AM PST

Ad-funded mobile MVNO Blyk will launch in Germany, Spain, and Belgium next year, the company said today. Reuters reports that British-Finnish start up is in “late stage” talks with operators…

3G Penetration Rate In Europe Hits 11 Percent; Does That Mean It Trails The U.S.? - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 24 Jun 2008 08:29 PM PST

In Western Europe, the number of subscribers using 3G have surpassed the 100 million mark, but what’s surprising is that this translates to a low penetration rate of 11.1 percent,…

UPDATED: Nokia Offers To Buy Up Partners’ Stakes In Symbian For £209 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 23 Jun 2008 08:50 PM PST

UPDATED: Nokia (NYSE: NOK) wants it all. The Finnish handset maker said today that it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian, that it…

@ London Calling: Bundled Music Services “Commoditizing” Music? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 20 Jun 2008 04:05 PM PST

At the London Calling music conference on Thursday, there was little doubt among the panel assembled to discuss the value of music on mobiles that cell phones would one day…