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PlayAction Game Lets Fans Predict Sports Plays via Mobile Phone

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 8, 2006 - 2:24pm.
Vancouver, Canada - Mobile transaction network provider mBlox announced that it has partnered with mobile sports games developer Exponentia to launch PlayAction, a U.S. cross-carrier service that will allow fans to interact with live sports games.
tags: Games | Mobile | Mobile Games | Sports | Sports Games | mBlox | NHL | PlayAction | Exponentia |

WWE Taps mBlox for Mobile Content Distribution

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 13, 2006 - 1:19pm.
Los Angeles - Mobile payment services firm mBlox said on Wednesday that it will provide its services to World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE will use mBlox to distribute made-for-mobile content including video, text news alerts, schedules, ringtones wallpapers, a fantasy ticker and other features.
tags: Mobile | Tech | Payments | Commerce | WWE | Content Delivery | Mobile Commerce | mBlox |

mBlox, New-Visions to Operate Off-Portal Mobile Music Download Stores

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2006 - 11:27am.
London - Mobile payments technology provider mBlox announced on Monday that it has partnered with mobile marketing services firm New-Visions to launch a number of off-portal mobile music download services. The services will initially be offered in the U.K. through Vodafone and other wireless carriers that permit wholesale data services such as mBlox's. The services will offer one-fee mobile music downloads, that combine the price of the song with the cost of bandwidth to deliver the song data. Songs available will be provided by New-Visions label partners such as V2 Records and Ministry of Sound -- whose artists include Stereophonics and The Rakes.
tags: mBlox | New-Vision | Operate Off-Portal Mobile Music | Download Store |

Mobile Transaction Firm mBlox Raises $25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2006 - 3:09am.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - MBlox, a provider of mobile transaction services, said on Thursday that it has landed $25 million in a new round of funding, led by new investor Trident Capital. Previous investors BA Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Novus Ventures and Avanti Capital also participated in the round, which the company plans to use to accelerate the rollout of new products and extend its global footprint with acquisitions in Europe and Asia. mBlox provides message delivery and mobile billing services to business, processing over 1 billion mobile business transactions worth approximately $400 million last year.
tags: Mobile | Raise | mBlox | Transaction |