RealNetwork also announced the global availability of Cutting Tune for mobile operators. Cutting Tune -- available for deployment in Q209 to mobile operators as an ASP service -- will enable mobile subscribers to select any portion of songs made available by content partners for their Ringtone (RT) or Ringback Tone (RBT), and is the first in the market to offer this functionality for Ringback Tone...

SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Wireless stoked the white-hot social-networking fire, launching three offerings that allow subscribers to share content and stay in contact with their friends.

Giving customers even more access to and control over their music, Verizon Wireless said today on the eve of CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2008, it has launched Ringback Buddies. Ringback Buddies, available as an application on Facebook® Platform, allows customers to browse, purchase and manage their ringback tones and jukeboxes while on the site. With ringback tones, people w...

Verizon Wireless said  has launched Ringback Buddies.  Ringback Buddies, available as an application on Facebook Platform, allows customers to browse, purchase and manage their ringback tones and jukeboxes while on the site. With ringback tones, people who call your wireless phone hear music instead of a traditional ring.  Ringback Buddies allows users to easily view the music their...

Ringback tones could generate $4.7 billion by 2012, says MultiMedia Intelligence. 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.

Ringback tones are on track to become the most attractive mobile content category by 2012, according to new market research from MultiMedia Intelligence. With worldwide revenue nearly tripling to $4.7 Billion, ringback tones will fall just short of mobile gaming revenue in capturing the largest share of the mobile premium content market (not including mobile video and mobile TV). Overall, the glob...

Ringback tones set to reach $4.7 billion worldwide in 2012 capturing the largest share of the mobile premium content market.

Ringback tones are on track to become the most attractive mobile content category by 2012, according to new market research from MultiMedia Intelligence. With worldwide revenue nearly tripling to $4.7 billion, ringback tones will fall just short of mobile gaming revenue in capturing the largest share of the mobile premium content market (not including mobile video and mobile TV). Ringback tones ar...

With worldwide revenue nearly tripling to $4.7 billion, ringback tones will fall just short of mobile gaming revenue in capturing the largest share of the mobile premium content market (not including mobile video and mobile TV).

By now, most people are familiar with ringback tones. You know, the songs that play while you’re waiting for your buddy to pick up the phone. The biggest complaint about these is that they get old. Really fast. I had a friend who had “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” as her ringback tone for the better part of two years. That got a little annoying. With Virgin Mobile, you won’t...