Mobile Content and Mobile Enterprise
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palmOne |
PalmSource |
palmOne inked a $30M deal with mobile OS maker PalmSource that will allow PalmOne to regain control of the Palm brand. |
PalmOne acquired PalmSource's 55% stake in the Palm Trademark Holding Company (PTHC), a body created by Palm when the company split itself into two companies -- palmOne and PalmSource. PTHC controlled the Palm brand and identity, and now palmOne will again call itself Palm starting later this year. |
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Sprint |
Yahoo |
Sprint and Yahoo will offer Yahoo's mobile multiplayer games to Sprint's subscribers. No financial details of the deal were released. |
Sprint's mobile game service, the Game Lobby, is powered by M7 Networks and claims more than 500,000 users. |
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Verizon Wireless |
Leap Wireless |
Verizon Wireless and Leap Wireless signed an MMS interoperability agreement that will let subscribers on both networks share picture and video messages. No financial details were released. |
Verizon Wireless has inked similar agreements with Cingular Wireless and US Cellular. US carriers have been working to forge interoperability deals since agreeing to inter-carrier MMS guidelines last fall. |
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Skype |
Fiberlink Communications |
Skype and Fiberlink will offer a mobile VoIP solution for the enterprise market. No financial details of the deal were released. |
Fiberlink plans to bundle its Extend360 mobile access software with Skype's software and service and offer the package as a value-added service to its enterprise customers. |
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Microsoft |
TSSX |
Microsoft will acquire parts of Chinese mobile software and services firm TSSX for an undisclosed sum. |
The deal will allow Microsoft to enter the Chinese mobile content market by providing MSN Mobile services. Microsoft will form a China Mobile Development Center based in Shenzen. |