Mobile payments solution provider Obopay is deploying its Mobile Money for Banks solution to STAR Network to enable real-time transfers between STAR accounts. Those unfamiliar, myself included, should know that STAR Network offers transaction speeds that are not possible with Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfers, which often take several days to process. With this service,…
Hungama Mobile, Wireless Expertise team-up to bring Bollywood mobile content to Europe
Hungama Mobile, India’s mobile and digital entertainment company, is teaming up with Wireless Expertise to bring Bollywood and Indian entertainment content to Europe. Hungama Mobile owns exclusive worldwide rights for digital distribution for music, videos and films representing over 300 leading music labels and film production studios, which is about 75% of the Indian Entertainment…
RIM’s Acquisition of DataViz Officially Confirmed
Last week, there was a pretty solid rumour that Research In Motion had acquired a developer partner called DataViz, who had handled the document viewing/editing suite preloaded on BlackBerry smartphones. At the time it was just a rumour, RIM has confirmed the acquisition in a statement, saying “RIM has acquired some of the assets of…
US Cellular to use Loopt’s location platform
The location-aware mobile social service Loopt will be integrated in (I guess select) phones from US Cellular. No financial details were disclosed. The carrier will implement the Loopt Location Platform, providing users with more frequent and accurate location updates. Loopt is working with US Cellular on various location experiences, including mapping and geo-location apps. In…
RIM Acquired BlackBerry Document App Developer DataViz for $50 Million?
Rumour has it Research in Motion has acquired DataViz, developers of a document viewing application that has been preloaded on BlackBerry for a couple of years now. The final price was rumoured to be $50 million in cash, an amount small enough to not require disclosure. As a result of the acquisition, DataViz has stopped…
AOL and Google Announce 5 Year Partnership Renewal, Look to Expand
AOL and Google are at it again as the two Internet giants have announced the renewal of their partnership for another five years. The deal entails Google’s search services being integrated with AOL content networks and properties. Of course, there will be shared revenue between the two and the expansion part comes into the mobile…
Telenor to pre-load Opera Mini web browser on phones it sells around the world
The Telenor Group and Opera Software have signed a non-exclusive Global Frame Agreement under which the Norway-based operator will pre-install Opera Mini on handsets it sells around the world. Telenor will be able to co-brand, distribute and run the popular mobile web browser in all geographies it covers, offering users a “fast, affordable and user-friendly…
T-Mobile bringing products and services to Target – T-Mobile²
T-Mobile USA has just announced its plans to team up with Target, who will begin to push the Magenta carrier’s products and services. By the end of this year, Target will be opening their T-Mobile mobile centers in 850 stores, and will open the mobile centers in the majority of stores by mid 2011. We’re…
Nokia, India’s Reliance Communications team-up on mobile services
India’s Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Nokia are teaming up to promote the Finnish company’s mobile services, including Ovi Life Tools and Ovi Music. As part of the deal, RCOM will offer rural and semi-urban segments of their users Ovi Life Tools, which is a range of services covering agriculture, education and entertainment. Reliance will offer…
RIM Acquires Cellmania to Help with BlackBerry App World
RIM just picked up another company to join the ranks of Chalk Media, QNX, Viigo and Dash Navigation: Cellmania, whose primary business has been in carrier app stores. Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, Telus, Telefonica and lots of others have used Cellmania to power their mobile content marketplaces for ringtones, wallpapers, games, apps, and the like.…