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Virgin Mobile's Top Ringtones for Valentines Day

While more than 220 million wireless Ringtones and Ringback Tones are sold annually each year, they take on special significance when February 14 rolls around. To find out how Americans use their cell phones to show their feelings about torrid love...or downright disgust, no annual contract wireless provider Virgin Mobile USA conducted a survey of Americans ages 18-49, asking them to rate their top Ringtones and Ringback Tones for the current or "ex" loves of their lives.  more

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Reality TV Driving Premium SMS Revenues

Telephia has published a report which says that USA premium SMS revenues totaled more than US$273 million, making up 32 percent of mobile content revenue in Q1 2007. Download purchases paid for via premium SMS (at off-portal storefronts) totaled nearly US$215 million, accounting for 79 percent of premium SMS revenue. These off-portal storefront purchases include content such as ringtones and horoscopes. more

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