Correction and updated: The new provider is Verisign, NOT SinglePoint as the RCR and Seattle Time story initially pointed out. But SinglePoint is working with Fox on the premium SMS, cross-carrier contest that AmIdol is launching this season.
And this is news because it is the giant itself: Fox has opted for a new SMS partner to handle its the huge task of SMS voting for “American Idol”, reports RCR News (sub. req.). It has dropped Seattle-based developer Mobliss in favor of Verisign. VRSN will work with FremantleMedia, which produces AmIdol.
SeattleTimes: Mobliss executives said [the change] was by choice. They told Cingular last summer that Mobliss would sell its messaging assets to focus on producing mobile-game titles.
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