Mobile Mage (mobilemage.com)

A consumer survey conducted by ABI Research in February, 2010 has found that 27% of mobile phone users accessing the mobile Internet have clicked on a mobile banner ad or text link. That compares to 21% in a previous survey conducted by the analyst firm in December, 2008.

Mobile content service and technology vendor m-Wise (MWIS) announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 rose to $3,166,276, up 12% from $2,833,626 in 2008. Income from license fees and products increased 65% to $795,096 for the year ended December 31, 2009 from $481,116 for the same period in 2008. Gross Profit for the year ended December 31, 2009 rose to $2,269,019, up 31% from $1,727,526 in 2008. General and administrative expenses decreased 14% to $1,662,859 for the year ended December 31, 2009 from $1,940,732 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Research and development expenses decreased 28% to $548,673 for the year ended December 31, 2009 from $758,693 for the year ended December 31, 2008. Net Profit for the year ended December 31, 2009, was $82,985 compared with a net loss of $1,035,722 in 2008.

JiWire closes $11 million in venture capital funding to expand largest mobile audience. Panorama Capital leads Series B financing to specifically fuel mobile audience and advertiser growth. Panorama Capital is joined by new investor Comcast Interactive Capital and existing investor DFJ Frontier. JiWire claims to be the first company to leverage wireles Internet as a means to advertise, with 20 million unique users and 25,000 Wi0Fi hotspots I wonder if they’ve managed to engage these visitors as customers.

MMA brokers first ever mobile industry cross-carrier best practices with Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile USA. Four largest U.S. wireless service providers consolidate their playbooks around MMA best practices, enabling $200 million in annual efficiencies and ensuring a consistent user experience.

Domino’s Pizza beams mobile coupons with Air2Web’s mobile services. Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, to be the sole mobile services provider for Domino’s new mobile coupon campaign management platform.

Domino’s sends coupon codes to opted-in consumers via text message. Customers can use the coupons when they place orders online in English and Spanish by visiting www.dominos.com or from a Web-enabled cell phone by visiting mobile.dominos.com.

Greystripe secures $5.5 million in Series C funding to unify online and mobile advertising into one comprehensive advertising solution. Greystripe powers over 180 million ad-supported mobile downloads, makes it easy to buy across online and mobile. With a unified ad platform connecting mobile and online, the popular third screen now offers Web-like campaign management and measurement, such as engagement, while expanding to new levels of targeting, such as location.

m-Wise launches new mobile campaigns analytics suite which improves the conversion rate of mobile services advertisements and campaigns. The mobile campaigns analytics suite enables fast and effective analysis of mobile content and services advertised by: TV, radio & Internet campaigns, ad words, newspaper ads and billboards, which allows extensive analysis of topics such as: conversion rates, billable vs. non-billable users, traffic sources, traffic channels web/WAP/SMS/MMS, traffic quantities, distinct users and subscribers analysis, revenues analysis, purchased content and product analysis, popular content analysis, and much more.

Mobile marketing solution debuts. 84444.com is a new do-it-yourself mobile marketing tool for advertisers and promoters. With 84444.com, mobile companies and businesses can launch interactive and broadcast text message mobile promotions with just a few clicks of a mouse.

Gold Mobile announces strategic marketing alliance with RouteOne. The partnership offers advanced mobile dealer marketing programs for RouteOne customers. Gold Mobile is a leading mobile automotive solutions provider created to integrate common social media and marketing methodologies.

Mandalay Media, Inc. subsidiary Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. (Twistbox), announced that its mobile play-for-prizes platform has hosted over 75 million game play sessions. The Company’s play-for-prizes platform includes iconic games from leading publishers, studios and cable networks.