Italian mobile content vendor Buongiorno has released its guidelines for 2009, indicating that it plans to further consolidate iTouch, which it bought last year and was largely responsible for an 80 percent increase in revenue. In the first two months of 2009 EBITDA for Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) was “substantially in…

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) has released its preliminary financial results for 2008, showing strong revenue and EBITDA growth (mostly through acquisitions) which we have reported on earlier. The company also announced that it would propose a share buyback plan, acquiring up to 10 million ordinary shares at a nominal value of…

Buongiorno’s full year revenue for 2008 was 315 million euros (US$402 million) according to a pre-close statement, an increase of 80 percent compared to the 175 million euros earned in 2007. EBITDA also increased significantly, rising from 21.6 million euros in 2007 to 39.8 million euros (US$50.8 million) before extraordinary…

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG), the Italian global mobile content company, said the market is softening but it was able to keep margins up because of cuts it made at the company. Buongiorno said growth slowed in Q3, primarily because consumers cut back on their spending. To ward against lower profits, however,…

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is turning the boat around. The 12-year-old Italian digital content provider, which began as an email newsletter, is “making a huge play” in the mobile social network space, or as Buongiorno’s head of innovation Marcus Thornley told mocoNews.net, “making the move to mobile 2.0”. The company has…

Mobile content company Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is getting close to launching a mobile social network in Italy called Blinko, and has launched a corresponding advertising campaign that cost 500,000 Euro dollars. Currently, the social network is in beta testing and can be found at “www.realtimerealpeople.com”. The company said the social…

Italian mobile content company Buongiorno released financial results for the first half of the year today, reporting that both revenues and operating profits are up in the six-month period, but cautioned that the economic climate may hurt results in the short term. The company did not break down results for…

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has struck a revenue sharing deal with Buongiorno that will see the Finnish handset maker preload the Italian content provider’s BlinkoGold mobile site onto several of its handsets, reports the FT.com, without citing a source. Nokia will add the site, which offers video, music, games and graphics…

Buongiorno, the Italian mobile entertainment company, today announced Q1 results for the period ended March 31, reporting that following the acquisition of iTouch, the company has increased revenues and profits compared to the same period in 2007. Quarterly highlights: —Revenues up 86.3 percent to Euro 79 million (US $123 million).…

Buongiorno, an Italian mobile entertainment company, which dabbles in everything from mobile games, videos and wallpapers to services, such as TV voting, quizzes and mobile TV, reported its 2007 earnings today and that it will be investing $16 million in mobile social networks. The Milan-based company said 2007 profits increased…

Mobile entertainment company Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) is investing 10 million euros ($15.5 million) to upgrade its mobile social network BING.  First launched in June 2007 in South Africa and Austria of all places, it is now in 11 countries in total, a mix of European and developing countries including the…

Buongiorno, the Italy-headquartered mobile content biggie, has reported its Q407 earnings, and has profits of Euro 46 million, up about 9 percent from Q406; revenues remained the same compared to the year-ago quarter. Pro-forma revenues including iTouch for Q4 2007 amounted to Euro 83.8 million and EBITDA to Euro 12.7…

We mentioned yesterday about Italian mobile content provider Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) being sued by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, for its alleged “blatantly deceptive practices and cramming charges onto consumers’ cellphone bills”, through its U.S. subsidiary Blinko. Now, Buongiorno responds through a statement, and defends itself: “Contrary to the Florida…

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has sued Italian mobile content provider Buongiorno, (BIT: BNG) accusing it of “blatantly deceptive practices and cramming charges onto consumers’ cellphone bills” reports RCR News. The lawsuit comes after a probe by the AG’s CyberFraud Task Force which alleged Buongiorno directly targeted children, putting ads…