Digital50 writes…Capcom Interactive, Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA have entered into a strategic agreement where Capcom Interactive is the sole aggregator and manager of WAP game titles on Virgin Mobile’s wireless network. Capcom games currently available on Virgin Mobile’s Games Lite channel include massively multiplayer role playing game Shade(TM), Big Trivia(TM), Cosmic Casino(TM), perennial favorite Who Wants To Be A Millionaire(R), Six Degrees(TM), Dope Warz(TM) and Bots. Additional games are to be added to the offering in the coming future.
“We are proud to partner with Virgin Mobile to bring our extensive library of WAP games to their network,” said Midori Yuasa, president, Capcom Interactive, Inc. “This mutually beneficial relationship further illustrates our commitment to the space and demonstrates the length to which Capcom will go to provide value to our partners.”

In addition, for the months of March and April 2007, Capcom Interactive and Virgin Mobile USA will be offering consumers a chance to win Xbox 360s and Apple iPods. Four Grand Prize winners and eight First Prize winners will be selected in each month’s drawing. Winners will be announced over the four-week period following each drawing, with one Grand Prize Winner and two First Prize winners announced on Wednesday of each week (for the April drawing, winners will be announced on April 18 and 25 and May 2 and 9; and for the May drawing, winners will be announced on May 16, 23 and 30 and June 6). To enter, customers may subscribe for $3.99 per month to the Games Lite channel on Virgin Mobile during the months (customers who subscribe or renew their subscriptions in March will be entered in the April drawing, and customers who subscribe or renew their subscription in April will be entered in the May drawing.). For a complete list of charges, please review Virgin Mobile’s terms of service. Alternatively, consumers may also enter by mail. All prizes will be awarded via random drawing. Please visit www.capcommobile.com/virgin for important terms, conditions and limitations. To obtain a copy of the rules by mail, please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to “Games Lite Sweepstakes – Rules Request” at 10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1500, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

“At Virgin Mobile USA, we are committed to providing a diverse and interactive entertainment experience on our deck, regardless of which handset the customer has,” said Suresh Vanukuru, director of Product Development, Virgin Mobile USA. “All of our handsets offer browsers capable of playing WAP Games, and Capcom’s titles offer our customers yet another way to experience great mobile entertainment on their handsets.”

Wireless Mobile Telecom

FierceMobileContent writes…News from CTIA: Sprint may not be clamoring to sign up for a broadcast mobile network, but the company is committed to its Sprint TV service. In fact, the carrier says on April 1 it will debut a revamped mobile TV offering that will offer a simpler pricing structure that is easier for the customer to understand.
John Burris, vice president of wireless data at Sprint, said the company is still bullish on video content even though the operator has not committed to a broadcast TV solution, such as Qualcomm’s MediaFLO platform. He also said Sprint wants to “own the mobile TV market” but that right now it can’t justify a broadcast model based upon existing usage. “Right now we don’t need broadcast,” Burris said in an interview with FierceMobileContent. “We are meeting our customers’ needs with 1xEV-DO.”

Wireless Mobile Telecom

Telegeography writes…Alcatel-Lucent and Iusacell, the Mexican CDMA network operator, have announced a one-year contract to expand and enhance Iusacell’s existing mobile network to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A technology. The upgrade will enable Iusacell to continue the deployment of services such as IusaTV, BAM-Banda Ancha M³vil (mobile broadband services) and other multimedia services such as video telephony to its consumer base.

As part of this project, which will begin in June 2007, Iusacell’s existing Alcatel-Lucent-supplied base stations and core network will be upgraded to support EV-DO Rev. A technology. Alcatel-Lucent will also provide its 9400 AWY Digital Microwave Radio links to transport network traffic and transmission lines and antennas. In addition, Alcatel-Lucent will provide integration, deployment, maintenance and project management services.

Wireless Mobile Telecom