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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

Sprint closing in on Nextel sale?

As beleaguered Sprint continues to seek a buyer for its Nextel unit, the Wall Street Journal reports interest from Latin American carrier NII Holdings along with several private equity firms,

ROK launches mobile viral messaging service

Mobile technology and applications developer ROK Entertainment announced the worldwide launch of GeeSpark, a free mobile viral messaging service enabling users to chat and share messages, images and

Microsoft: Zune software coming to Windows Mobile

Despite Microsoft's repeated denials it plans to release a converged Windows Mobile/Zune multimedia-enabled

Mobile ads load the bases during MLB playoffs

If you follow sports, chances are you've noticed that ads for mobile operators, data services and handsets now dominate the seemingly endless commercial breaks throughout any given television

AT&T opens Online Experience Store

AT&T announced the Online Experience Store, a digital storefront promising subscribers a 3-D shopping model complete with interactive demonstrations and tutorials spotlighting the operator's

EA Mobile: No Android games without premium billing

While Google's decision to offer only free applications via the Android Market storefront has not stopped mobile gaming firms including Glu Mobile and Namco Networks from launching titles for the

Capcom merges Europe and NA mobile gaming units

Mobile gaming developer and publisher Capcom Interactive announced it will merge its European and North American mobile operations under a single management team, a structure the firm promises will

Google touts platform-wide Android search integration

Google is continuing to reveal more details on its Android mobile operating system in advance of this month's release of the T-Mobile USA G1, the first Android-powered handset. Writing on the

Study: Mobile media access still vexing subscribers

Close to 80 percent of U.S. wireless subscribers say they wish it were easier to access the web via their mobile device, with a roughly comparable percentage expressing similar frustrations over rich

Mobile Messenger inks distribution deal with EMI

Mobile content management and distribution services provider Mobile Messenger announced an agreement with EMI Music to distribute mobile media from the label's digital catalog. Per terms of the deal,