Linktone nets rights for World Cup song
Linktone has obtained exclusive wireless distribution rights for the official theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)." CEO Hary Tanoesoedibjo said he is confident that mobile users and football fans will embrace the song as they cheer on their favorite teams.
Visiglobe wins NAVTEQ LBS Challenge
Visioglobe was named the grand prize winner of the Asia Pacific edition of the 2010 NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge competition. Visioglobe will receive over $735,000 in cash, data and tool licenses, and services.
Optus taps MComms Transcode on mobile TV
Optus chose MComms Transcode to manage the encoding for all of its live mobile TV service. MComms Transcode converts live video streams from the internet, IPTV and analogue/digital feeds into compatible mobile TV video streams.
Critical Path, SPC Mobile partner on social apps for Indonesia
Critical Path and PT Supertone (SPC Mobile) have partnered to deliver mobile social media applications to the Indonesian market. Critical Path’s mobile social networking and media applications – including multimedia uploading and sharing, phone backup, and mobile email -- will be pre-loaded onto a variety of SPC handsets.
Sony BMG inks exclusive deal with Handygo
Handygo has entered ito a partnership with Sony BMG for exclusive digital rights to 12 premium movies in Hindi and Tamil. The content will be deployed on the WAP platform across almost all operators including Airtel, Reliance, Idea, Tata, Aircel and Vodafone.
Call On CRM offers high-value SMS
Call On CRM sad it has successfully integrated Clickatell high-value SMS directly into the ACT contact database. Using Mail-Merge style templates in ACT, customers can send, store and track SMS messages to connect with customers on their mobile phone in real time.
InMobi forays into US market
InMobi has established presence in the US market, maintaining 2 billion US ad impressions monthly following its soft launch last January. VP Anne Frisbie says the company is “perfectly positioned to be a priority digital media buy for US global advertisers.”