PORT WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, January 2008 – On average, kids between the ages of 2 and 14 are consuming various types of digital content between three and seven times a month (on a single device), according to The NPD Group’s recently released report, Kids and Digital Content. The report provides an understanding of kids’ use of entertainment content on consumer electronic devices among kids age 2 to 14, as it relates to physical and digital content.

According to the study, kids are downloading online video clips onto a device the most frequently each month (7.1 times per month), followed by music videos (5.7 times per month), music (4.2 times per month), games (3.1 times per month), and ring tones/ring tunes (2.8 times per month).

Playing games is the most prevalent activity on the four key devices – 84 percent are gaming on a computer, video game system, portable digital music player (PDMP) or cell phone – while more than half are listening to music and one-third are communicating with images or interacting with various video formats.    » read more »

New group to encourage mobile industry leaders to work together to accelerate development of EGPS solutions

Cambridge, UK and Libertyville, Ill., USA – 28 January, 2008 - CSR and Motorola today announced that they intend to create an open industry forum to evaluate and foster enhanced Global Positioning System (EGPS) technologies. When used on a mobile device, EGPS technologies augment GPS to provide timely and accurate position information in demanding environments. The EGPS Forum is expected to advocate improvement to location technologies in mobile devices and is committed to meeting consumer and regulatory needs for precise and consistent levels of location information.    » read more »

3G Americas Applauds Standards Progress of LTE

Bellevue, WA, January 21, 2008 - With the recent approval of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology specifications by the leading global wireless standards organization 3GPP, LTE is on target and continuing its momentum as the next phase of technology development for the GSM family of technologies, according to industry association 3G Americas.

“3G Americas has consistently supported the 3GPP standards for the GSM family of technologies and we applaud the progress of the LTE standard. LTE is a dynamic OFDM-based next generation technology with a great future. 3G Americas is committed to not only today’s global leading standards of GSM, EDGE and UMTS/HSPA but also to the innovation that LTE provides our industry,” stated Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.    » read more »

Boston, MA - January 24, 2008 - According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew a modest 12 percent year-over-year, to reach 1.12 billion units in 2007. Nokia had a strong fourth quarter and reached 40 percent share for the first time ever.

Bonny Joy, Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "Global cellphone shipments rose to 1.12 billion units in 2007, up 12 percent from 1.00 billion in 2006. We expect the economic environment to be tougher this year and forecast slower growth of 10 percent, for 1.24 billion units worldwide in 2008."

Neil Mawston, Director at Strategy Analytics, added, "During the fourth quarter of 2007, 332 million mobile phones were shipped globally. Nokia was the star performer, registering a record 40% share. Despite fierce competition from ambitious rivals such as Samsung and Apple, Nokia still managed to gain ground last year. A famous brand, attractive handset lineup, strong technology portfolio and the industry's best logistics have enabled Nokia to achieve this impressive milestone."

Other findings from the Strategy Analytics Q4 2007 Global Handset Market Share Update report include:    » read more »

Acquisition Will Bolster Glu’s Presence in North America; Supports Goal of Becoming the Leading Mobile Games Publisher Worldwide

SAN MATEO, Calif., January 23, 2008 – Glu Mobile Inc. (“Glu”) (NASDAQ: GLUU) today announced a tender offer to acquire Superscape Group plc (“Superscape”) (LSE: SPS), a leading developer and publisher of mobile games. The acquisition of Superscape will considerably expand Glu’s US presence and add significant development and publishing capabilities to Glu’s existing world-class resources.

The offer price of 10 pence in cash for each Superscape share values Superscape’s entire issued and to be issued share capital at approximately $36 million, or approximately $25 million when taking into account the $11 million of cash and equivalents held on Superscape’s balance sheet as of October 31, 2007.    » read more »

On2’s flagship multi-format video encoding platform update released to create iPhone, iPod, and QuickTime compatible video

San Francisco, CA -- January 2008 -- On2 Technologies, Inc., (AMEX:ONT), a leader in video compression solutions, announced today at Macworld Conference and Expo 2008 that it has released a new update to its popular Flix Engine for creating Apple iPhone compatible video.

Flix Engine is a leading server side encoding platform used by a large number of Web 2.0 websites and leading enterprises for creating video in multiple formats, including video for Adobe® Flash® Player 8 and 9, H.264 and 3GPP. As a result of this announcement, Flix Engine now also supports Apple QuickTime files for iPhone and iPod, providing video programmers and service providers support for the leading video formats for web and mobile video within a single encoding platform.    » read more »

MobiTV Service Extended to BlackBerry Pearl 8130 Smartphone

INTERNATIONAL CES – LAS VEGAS, NV – January 2008 – MobiTV, Inc., the leader in mobile and broadband entertainment services today announced the availability of its mobile television application on the BlackBerry® Pearl 8130 smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM). The BlackBerry Pearl 8130 runs on CDMA and high-speed EV-DO networks, enabling MobiTV to provide the broadest selection of live TV and other video and music content for mobile users.

BlackBerry Pearl 8120 Smartphone

MobiTV, the mobile television solution that powers Sprint TV™ for Sprint and Axcess TV™ for Alltel, is the only mobile television application equipped to run on any wireless network, over any operating system, for more than 20 wireless providers, worldwide. Blackberry 8130 users can purchase MobiTV through their wireless provider, by visiting www.handango.com , or by selecting their device at www.mobitv.com and completing a purchase through the Handango™ shopping cart.    » read more »

Oslo, January 2008 - Birdstep Technology ASA, the leading provider of secure seamless connectivity and mobility software for laptop, PDA’s and Smartphones, has been awarded a contract with City of Tampere in Finland to deliver SafeMove software licenses, maintenance and support. The SafeMove product will be one key component in the Employee Mobility Work Initiative launched by City of Tampere to increase productivity through secure mobility solutions. By providing the employees with SafeMove they will get access to important application and information while traveling or working from outside the office.

Birdstep SafeMove client solution meets the highest information security requirements. In addition to automatically retrieving the best possible data connection, the SafeMove product also provides encrypted data communications.

“This contract is yet another proof that mobile workforce security and productivity is getting more and more important. We are happy to be the chosen supplier for this important initiative”, says Terje Christoffersen, CEO Birdstep Technology.

Source: Birdstep Technology

Strong revenue growth advances the company from number 38 to number 29 in Babson College/Commonwealth Institute study

Cambridge, MA, – January 2008 - Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) today announced that a research study co-developed by The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College and The Commonwealth Institute has named Bitstream as one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. The report, released in December 2007, includes data from 177 women-led firms and details the successes and contributions that companies led by women have made to the state’s economy. Bitstream placed 29 on the list of companies, making it the highest ranking software company and the fifth-highest ranking publicly-traded company included in the study.

The Top Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts: 2006 Results study found that women-led businesses are key drivers of Massachusetts’ revenue and employment. In total, the companies reporting revenues in the survey generated $10.2 billion and employed more than 24,000 people in Massachusetts.    » read more »

Delivers enhanced time to revenue for operators through unified subscriber network data, application view and session control across fixed, mobile, and converged environments

Bristol, UK, January 2008 -- Veraz Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRAZ) and Apertio today announce a new IMS solution to simplify integration of applications for fixed and mobile communication service providers. The new offering combines a consolidated subscriber network database from Apertio with a unified applications view and unified session control from Veraz

The combination of Veraz ControlSwitch-USC™ and Apertio One-HSS enables communication service providers to flexibly integrate existing and new application platforms with their back office systems. This flexibility allows providers to maximize service revenue even in complex converged networks. Most significantly, it enables existing operators to offer a unified fixed-mobile IMS network using Veraz ControlSwitch-USC™ through seamless integration with an Apertio One-HLR (Home Location Register), their own HLR or a legacy HLR from a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) partner.    » read more »