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Congrats to Cellfire

Cellfire, the mobile coupon firm, has raised $12 million in its third-round of funding. The round was led by Silver Creek Ventures, and was joined by return backers Menlo Ventures and Storm Ventures.
According to the release, proceeds will be used to expand the company’s sales and marketing efforts, along with increasing product functionality, business [...]

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Mobile Gaming Moving Beyond the Deck

Good news for folks in the mobile game industry. According to a new report from Parks Associates titled “The New Frontier: Portable and Mobile Gaming”, off-deck sales of mobile games will grow from less than 10% in 2007 to nearly 30% in 2012.

This move to off-deck will enable the mobile game market in the [...]

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Movaya Launches Free Trial Download Service for Mobile Games

Movaya TryNBuy to allow consumers to play mobile phone games before purchasing
Seattle, WA, February 07, 2008 — Movaya, a mobile content distribution and services company, announced today the BETA launch of Movaya TryNBuy, the first off-deck, cross-carrier, try-before-you-buy system for mobile game sales in the US.
Over 30 mobile game publishers are taking part in [...]

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Another MVNO Bites the Dust

Voce, the Beverly Hills-based MVNO, has joined the likes of AMPD, ESPN and Disney MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators) in the dumpster, amid hundreds of millions of investor capital written off as a bad idea.
Yes, it is hard to run a carrier, and apparently even harder to run a virtual carrier. What is the lesson [...]

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IN-FUSIO Enters Distribution Partnership with Movaya

Los Angeles, Calif. – February 1, 2008 – IN-FUSIO, a leading mobile entertainment company, today announced its partnership with Movaya, an off-deck, mobile content distribution company.
Under the newly formed partnership, Movaya will distribute IN-FUSIO’s array of mobile content directly to the mobile marketplace. IN-FUSIO content will be readily available to the mobile community via Movaya’s [...]

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Porn on any Screen

Interesting article by Reuters this week titled: “Porn to spice up cell phones“
Unlike in Europe, mobile porn has yet to take off in North America as carriers have been afraid of offending political and religious groups and parents concerned about children being exposed to adult content. Mobile porn in Europe is estimated as a $775 [...]

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Gameloft’s 2007 results

French mobile game developer Gameloft (EPA:GFT) announced details of the company’s sales results for Q4 2007 and for all of 2007. For the quarter, Gameloft had sales of EUR25.8 million, up 19% from the previous year. Full year sales increased by 40% compared to 2006, reaching EUR96.1 million.
The sales of downloadable games, which are the [...]

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