Telecommunications and Mobile

Just when you think you understand a platform, a weird stat pops up. The latest comes from Vevo, which found a disproportionate number of mobile video viewers enjoying music video content at home.  That is, ... Read More...

Want your subscription music service on the App Store? Fine, then Apple gets a cut of the subscription revenues that they help to generate.  Sounds reasonable enough, right?  Just this week, Steve Jobs laid ... Read More...

No matter how many times they tried to spin it, spruce it, or splash it, consumers just weren't biting. And now, Comes With Music is biting the dust.  According to information confirmed by Nokia on Tuesday, ... Read More...

The phone that changed everything is now available for pocket change, relatively speaking. On Monday, Walmart announced that the 16GB 3GS is now being stickered at just $97, a move designed to shift stagnant... Read More...

And the latest making noise in mobile music? That would be BlueHaze, Myxer, and mSpot, all of whom are now unveiling fresh products or closing deals.  The rundown... (1) Myxer (myxer.com) After closing... Read More...

The ringtone is declining, that the industry knows. But the return to Earth is happening quickly, according to the latest data.  Researcher IBISWorld pegged US-based ringtone revenues at $750 million in 2009... Read More...

The war over online music might just be over. Perhaps there was never a way to properly monetize the chaos, though majors have spent most of their energy squabbling on the margins.  Debates over iTunes prici... Read More...

Apple earnings jumped 26 percent in the recent quarter, thanks partly to robust iPhone sales. The second-generation, 3G-enabled iPhone shifted 6.9 million units in its debut quarter, enough to eclipse the en... Read More...

Apple is now facing a consumer class action lawsuit tied to its iPhone 3G, according to filings surfacing Thursday. The lawsuit, entered by Jessica Alena Smith or Birmingham, Alabama, alleges that Apple misr... Read More...

Music-focused mobile manufacturer Sony Ericsson suffered a very difficult second quarter, according to details disclosed Friday. The company, best known for ushering the Walkman lineup into the mobile era, b... Read More...

The mobile industry has one of the most explosive growth curves in history. Over the past two decades, industrialized nations have shifted from niche usage to super-saturation, and less-developed nations hav... Read More...

Apple has sold more than 150 million iPods, and the iPhone adds connectivity into the equation. But broader sales of music-enabled phones topped 500 million in 2007, according to pre-release research shared ... Read More...