mocoNews.net - Microsoft Adds Mobile Ad Inventory Through Partnership With Quattro Wireless

First, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) wins a mobile search and advertising deal that enables them to be the exclusive provider on Verizon Wireless's entire mobile network, and now it is bulking up on inventory and ad-serving technologies. Quattro Wireless, a Waltham, Mass-based mobile ad network, has entered a strategic relationship with Microsoft Advertising to help advertisers and agencies plan, buy and execute mobile ads as part of their overall campaign.

Going forward, Quattro's platform will be able to accept traffic from Microsoft Advertising's Atlas Media Console buy-side ad serving technology. Quattro manages ad inventory for mobile sites, such as Hachette Filipacchi Media, Gawker Media, Cox Newspapers, Def Jam Music, and also gained recognition after working on Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Now ads from Microsoft's network will be able to be served across any publisher in Quattro's network.

Steven Rosenblatt, Quattro's VP of Advertising Sales: "We view our relationship with Microsoft as a watershed moment for the mobile advertising industry?We are seeing unprecedented demand for buying mobile advertising inventory and this critical solution will simplify the process for the advertisers and agencies and revolutionize how they buy, manage and measure their media campaigns." From Microsoft's view, Ryan Mackle, director of Display Sales Product Management for Microsoft Advertising, said: "Advertisers are eager to track and measure their digital advertising campaigns holistically, across the PC, mobile devices and other emerging technologies." Release.