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Biography for Jason Ankeny

Jason Ankeny is the executive editor of FierceMobileContent and FierceDeveloper as well as a regular contributor to Entrepreneur magazine and the website All Music Guide. He previously served as senior editor of Telephony and its sister publication Wireless Review--additional credits include efforts for publications including Rolling Stone, Wax Poetics and No Depression along with liner notes for a number of album releases. He lives in Chicago and may be reached via email at jankeny@fiercemarkets.com.

Articles by Jason Ankeny

T-Mobile USA data revenues increase 28 percent in Q3

Deutsche Telekom AG reported third-quarter net profits of €895 million ($1.16 billion), with its T-Mobile USA subsidiary adding 670,000 customers, on pace with the operator's second quarter but

Google jilts Yahoo at the altar

Why the web services giants' advertising partnership fell apart. Article

Forecast: 82M location-based mobile social networkers by 2013

Location-based mobile social networking sites will top the 82 million subscriber mark by 2013 according to a new forecast released by market analysis firm ABI Research, which cites the availability

Mobile messaging surges following Obama win

Mobile messaging traffic experienced an unprecedented surge Tuesday evening in the 10 minutes immediately following the official confirmation of Barack Obama's election as U.S. president, according

Amdocs acquires ChangingWorlds for $60 million

Customer experience systems provider Amdocs announced it will acquire mobile personalization and intelligent portal solutions provider ChangingWorlds for $60 million in cash. ChangingWorlds'

Mogreet welcomes $5 million in Series B financing

Mobile video messaging platform provider Mogreet announced the completion of a $5 million Series B financing round led by new investors Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures, and Spyglass

Namco debuts mobile 'Katamari' game

Mobile casual games publisher and developer Namco Networks announced the launch of Rolling with Katamari, a new mobile title inspired by the cult-favorite console puzzle series Katamari Damacy.

Best Western goes mobile

Hotel chain Best Western International and mobile web platform provider Usablenet announced the launch of Best Western Mobile, promising travelers access to all features of the Best Western website

AT&T works out GPS-enabled exercise app

AT&T and GPS-on-cellular applications developer Trimble Outdoors announced the launch of AllSport GPS, a new mobile application enabling subscribers to track their exercise activity via select

Forecast: Mobile gambling growth to $27.5B by 2013

On-portal mobile gambling will grow to more than $27.5 billion by 2013 according to a new forecast issued by market analysis firm Juniper Research, which credits the increase to a dramatic shift in