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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.

Opera brings full Web browsing to new Ford trucks and vans. Opera browser selected by Ford to bring the full Web to the world’s first broadband-capable, in-dash computer system – part of Ford Work Solutions technology package for Ford trucks and vans.

Virgin Mobile USA gets Opera Mini mobile browser for the web that allows people to surf the web on their mobile phones fast and intuitively. Opera Mini will be available as a free application download on select devices for Virgin Mobile USA prepaid customers via the VirginXL download storefront. In the future, Opera Mini will come pre-installed on selected Virgin Mobile USA handsets.

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.

Skuku teams with TriaGnoSys to provide roaming-free, inflight GSM calls / cell phone services to commercial airline passengers. By taking advantage of existing technology, including in-seat screens, seat-back phones and Internet connectivity, the new service will allow airlines to offer roaming-free voice and SMS functions to their passengers and will not require the installation of any onboard GSM equipment. Skuku is an international communications company specializing in network based telephony solutions.

Vodafone announces agreement with Opera Software to enhance mobile Internet experience on mobile devices, mobile phones and handsets. Vodafone has signed an agreement with Opera Software to develop a custom-made version of the mobile browser Opera Mini aimed at giving customers with low and mid priced handsets a high quality mobile internet experience on the go.

Truphone turns your fun iPod touch into a useful and productive mobile phone device. With Truphone you can make free phone calls to other iPod touch owners and it doesn’t require a SIM, contract and money. Just tell them to download the free Truphone application and voila!

Are We There Yet? comScore M:Metrics reports mobile map use grows 82 percent in the US and 409 percent in Europe. As families hit the road this summer, more will be turning to the mobile device for turn-by-turn directions. Mobile map usage growing much faster than online map usage.

RadioShack and Trumpet Mobile launch prepaid mobile phone service nationwide with unique mobile money transfer capabilities. Trumpet Mobile first to offer ability to transfer money by mobile phone throughout the U.S. and to Latin America targeting the growing Hispanic population and the unbanked.