Bellevue, WA-based mobile Internet service provider Motricity (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MOTR]]) has inked a big deal with one of India’s largest mobile operators, Reliance Communications, according to Brier Dudley of The Seattle Times. The news has caused the company’s stock to soar about 34 percent, closing today at $17.42. The recent deal is all part of Motricity’s aggressive international expansion plans, detailed in our interview with founder and chief executive Ryan Wuerch last week.
Author: Thea Chard
Before joining Xconomy, Thea spent a year working as the editor of another startup, the hyperlocal Seattle neighborhood news site QueenAnneView.com. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California, where she double-majored in print journalism and creative writing. While in college, Thea spent a semester studying in London and writing for the London bureau of the Los Angeles Times. Indulging in her passion for feature writing, she has covered a variety of topics ranging from the arts, to media, clean technology and breaking news. Before moving back to Seattle, Thea worked in new media development on two business radio shows, "Marketplace" and "Marketplace Money" by American Public Media. Her clips have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Monica Daily Press, Seattle magazine and her college paper, the Daily Trojan. Thea is a native Seattleite who grew up in Magnolia, and now lives in Queen Anne.
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