Tokyo-based MCN-Inc made the Top-100 list - smack between Microsoft and McGraw-Hill - under the Mobile Content and Search Engine Technology categories on EContents 8th annual most influential digital companies contest. According to the press release MCN’s recognition by a panel of 14 judges, who reviewed hundreds of candidates, comes at the conclusion of a remarkable year of global growth fo...

Regular readers will recall that I write columns and commentary for a wide range of sites and publications including MobiAdNews and (beginning in the New Year) Mobile Marketer and RCR Wireless (Analyst Angle). However, it is my collaboration with Michelle Manafy, my editor, esteemed colleague and friend at EContent magazine, that has allowed me to not only analyze trends and companies that matter,...

Turkey’s third largest operator, Avea, has announced the launch of content search services powered by Mobile Content Network’s (MCN’s) ‘federated search’ technology. Avea will also launch MCN’s allwords pay-per-click (PPC) advertising solution.

MCN - a company that began by providing a platform for federated mobile search and has since extended its reach to providing a combination PPC content promotion and vertical paid search program - has chalked up another mobile operator win. This time it’s Avea, a newcomer mobile operator in Turkey that counts 11 million subscribers,

I speak to Stephen Burke SVP of MCN (Mobile Content Networks) regularly. During our last conversation he mentioned all his clients and the list of operators and partners using MCN services is growing. Now Avea in Turkey has signed up for mobile search services and PPC Content promotion services allwords. Is this search just for music? MCN ...

MCN has launched Smart Music Search for SMART in the Philippines. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.

Two news in brief spots here at GoMo News The first I just got a press release in from a new mobile advertising company www.webmob-ad.com Read the PR in the PR section. Melodis raises USD 7 million for Midomi Music Search in a round led by TransLink Capital. MCN has also announced a new agreement with Smart Communication in the ...

Michael Crane is a Senior VP at the San Francisco based company Golden Gate. But I know him from when he was also the SVP of mobile search company MCN. He bought me a lovely oyster lunch in San Francisco during CTIA and I asked him to blog about some of the Asian conferences that ...

Regular readers will recall that MSG and bnetTV partnered during CTIA Wireless in San Francisco to produce a series of interviews. I was on board for the mobile search, advertising and networking companies, and had the pleasure of connecting with 25+ companies including Infogin, MCN, Millennial Media, Snaptell, Seeqpod, Nuance, Spinvox, BuzzCity, The

Tokyo-based Mobile Content Networks (MCN), has announced that its popular mobile content merchandising program, allwords, is launching globally following its success in Japan since launching earlier this year. Initial allwords(sm) distribution partners will include Thailand’s AIS, DTAC, and TrueMove, Avea of Turkey, Scandinavia’s Tele2, and myGamma.com, BuzzCity’s fast growing mo...