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Jamba! is a mobile phone content provider, based in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In China and the company's English-speaking markets, currently Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company trades under the name Jamster!. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Jamba!'s main line of business is the creation and marketing of ringtones for mobile phones. A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a Mobile phone to indicate an incoming call or text message It is perhaps best known for the Sweety the Chick and Crazy Frog characters. Jamba! is a Mobile phone content provider based in Berlin, Germany. Crazy Frog is a character used in the marketing of a Ring tone based on The Weird Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist. The company also sells insurance for mobile phones and home electronics and runs online gaming and online dating services. Insurance, in Law and Economics, is a form of Risk management primarily used to hedge against the Risk of a contingent loss Online games are games played over some form of computer network. Online dating or Internet dating is a Dating system which allows individuals couples and groups to meet over the Internet usually with the objective of developing In 2005 it started doing business in the United States and China. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

1 History
2 Controversy
3 References
4 External links

History

The company was founded in Berlin's Kreuzberg district in 2000. Kreuzberg, since 2001 part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

VeriSign was a successful internet security company that had a series of product lines that connected mobile network companies' text message networks together securely - in 2004, about 3 billion per day. VeriSign Inc ( is an American company based in Mountain View California that operates a diverse array of network infrastructure including two of the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos recognised that with VoIP products developing, the revenues could decrease, and so he hired Vernon Irvin as Executive Vice President and General Manager of VeriSign’s Communications Services division to solve the problem. Stratton Sclavos (born 1961 was chairman of the board president and chief executive officer of VeriSign, the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet Vernon L Irvin (born 1962 near Pittsburgh) is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for XM Satellite Radio. Irvin saw good but technical and expensive products, but saw the volumes of exchange over the system as the solution^[1].

In late 2004 under Irvin's direction, VeriSign bought Jamba for $270 million. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Jamba at the time built mobile applications, games, ringtones and wallpapers, and was also in over 40 countries worldwide. The VeriSign team had recognised that there were twice as many mobile phones than computers, which also had built-in computer technology. Effectively, VeriSign now had a new content distribution platform which also integrated with the internet, which was both secure and auditable - now all they needed was the content.

VeriSign relocated Jamba's HQ Office to the well known Dom Aquarée in the center of Berlin. [1]

While Irvin sourced content, Jamba became Jamster in the United States. Jamba! is a Mobile phone content provider based in Berlin, Germany. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Irvin struck a deal with Kevin Liles, President of Warner Music Group, to provide mobile consumers with early access to hip-hop artist Mike Jones' debut album "Who Is Mike Jones?" - in return, Jones created the first artist-endorsed Jamster ring-tone advertisement in the US. Kevin Liles (born February 26 1968 in Baltimore Maryland, USA) is an American Record executive. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Mike Jones is an American Southern rap artist and Actor, who initially was affiliated with the record label Swishahouse, then left to be the Who Is Mike Jones? is an Album by Houston based rapper Mike Jones, first released on April 19 2005 (see 2005 in music When "Who is Mike Jones" was released it debuted among the top 5 albums on the Billboard charts and went on to sell over a million copies. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Crazy Frog ring tone did the same in Europe. Crazy Frog is a character used in the marketing of a Ring tone based on The Weird Annoying Thing, a computer animation created by Erik Wernquist.

Jamba/Jamster boomed - when VeriSign bought the business it had a turnover of $15 million per quarter and 3 quarters later this increased to $150 million a quarter - in 2005 the company made close to $600 million in revenue. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services VeriSign expanded Jamba/Jamster by the acquisitions of UNC-Embratel and Unimobile. Jamster also added to its revenues by adding "impulse purchasing" - when you downloaded one ringtone, you were offered others. This turned into interactive advertising, for which the mobile owner was charged, sometimes unknowingly. This created controversy in Europe, and was quickly withdrawn.

Later developments included finding the next American supermodel in liaison with L'Oreal, where people sent in pictures; while VeriSign Back-Up means that if your mobile phone was stolen, you could re-download the MP3 music tracks to your replacement handset. The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest Cosmetics and Beauty company and is headquartered in the Paris suburb of Clichy, France

On 12 September 2006 News Corporation announced it will pay approximately $188 million for 51% shares in Jamba! and would combine it with Fox Mobile Entertainment assets^[2], such as Mobizzo, with Lucy Hood, formerly President of Fox Mobile Entertainment, becoming CEO of the joint venture^[3]. Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Jamba! is a Mobile phone content provider based in Berlin, Germany. Lucy Hood is an American business woman and until October 10, 2007, CEO of Jamba!, the Mobile On 23 October 2006 it was announced that Vernon Irvin would join XM Satellite Radio as Chief Marketing Officer^[4]. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Vernon L Irvin (born 1962 near Pittsburgh) is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for XM Satellite Radio.

Controversy

Jamba! has drawn criticism for allegedly misleading customers in its service advertisements. Mobile phone content advertising is the promotion of Ring tones games and other Mobile phone services In general, Jamba! services are sold as a subscription, despite advertising that seems to imply that customers are buying a one-off phone ringtone. A ringtone or ring tone is the sound made by a Mobile phone to indicate an incoming call or text message The firm has drawn criticism for making it difficult to unsubscribe; for example, as of December, 2005, Jamba!'s German website FAQ does not mention the SMS code needed to cancel all subscriptions. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. FAQ is an Acronym for " Frequently Asked Question(s " Short Message Service ( SMS) is a Communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices.

Jamba! advertises aggressively on youth-oriented channels such as MTV and German VIVA. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. VIVA is a private German music Television channel located in Berlin. In 2004, it spent €90 million on television advertising in Germany alone. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " In Jamba! countries in Europe, it is not uncommon to see a multitude of the same Jamba! commercials on television in the same commercial break. An online petition in Germany protesting the firm's advertising practices drew some 200,000 signatures. In the United Kingdom, The Mail on Sunday decried what it described as a "ringtone rip-off," citing the example of a young girl who ran up a bill of £70 in a short time, just by ordering ringtones and wallpapers^[5]. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Mail on Sunday is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format The terms wallpaper and desktop picture refer to an image used as a background on a computer screen usually for the desktop of a Graphical user interface

In August 2006 Jamba! began selling a collection of media based on the animation Loituma Girl. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Please don't even mention meatspin this animation has nothing to do with it The video shows an anthropomorphic donkey (called Holly Dolly) dancing to the animation which is displayed (flipped horizontally) in the background. Anthropomorphism is the attribution of uniquely Human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings natural and supernatural phenomena material states and objects The song/animation is marketed as the "Dolly Song", and the music is played faster than the original Loituma version.

In late September 2006 television channels MTV, ProSieben, RTL II and Viva cited ethics concerns over refusing to air Jamba's advertisement for a Hitler themed SMS-downloadable cartoon titled "Der Bonker". MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. ProSieben is a commercial Television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T RTL II (RTL 2 is a privately owned commercial general-interest German Television channel. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Illustrator Walter Moers's short film depicts the Führer in bathroom humour scenes with his dog Blondie and three Nazi uniformed rubber ducks. Walter Moers (born 24 May 1957, Mönchengladbach, Germany) is one of the best-known and most commercially successful German Comic Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The work has earned strong criticism from Jewish memorial groups and mainstream politicians, while earning some of a cult status among German youngsters. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************

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