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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Samsung, Fastmobile And Komobile Announce Joint Commercial Agreement For Embedded Multimedia
CHICAGO, Oct. 11 -- Samsung Electronics Co, fastmobile, the
first company to commercially offer a worldwide push-to-talk (PTT) and
presence-based mobile Instant Communication service, and Komobile Inc., a
growing South Korea-based Value Added Services provider and a partner company
of fastmobile, announced today their three-way joint commercial agreement.
This agreement is to develop and distribute multimedia Instant Messaging and
Push-To-Talk services based on fastmobile's fastchat platform, operating as an
embedded application on Samsung Pocket PC (PPC) handsets. The fastchat
platform enables multimedia functionality such as text, picture, and video
messaging along with gaming, ptt and business applications all available off
of the fastchat platform. The first phase of bringing PTT and presence based
Instant Communication Services is now commercially launched on Korea's CDMA
network via Samsung's anycall website. Future releases will include embedded
reference designs for use on both CDMA and GSM handsets.
The agreement brings fastmobile's innovative fastchat(TM) Instant
Communications service to one of the world's most advanced mobile
telecommunications markets, South Korea. The service, currently planned to be
marketed under the fastchat(TM) brand, will offer South Korean mobile phone
users a one-of-a-kind integrated combination of walkie talkie functionalities
and advanced multimedia messaging features.
Kang Lee, CEO and co-founder of fastmobile announced, "This is one step on
the path to truly bringing integrated and unified multimedia applications to
businesses and consumers not only in Korea but to the global market of both
CDMA and GSM subscribers. Our operator partners around the world will soon be
able to continue adding value-added services into additional handsets, further
meeting business and consumer market demand for beneficial, productive and fun
applications."
With this announcement, fastmobile adds South Korea to a growing list of
countries that include China, Italy, and India where fastchat is marketed
commercially by mobile operators and telecoms service providers.
About Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in telecommunications,
semiconductor, flat panel display and digital convergence technology. Samsung
Electronics employs approximately 75,000 people in 89 offices across 47
countries. The company is the world's largest producer of CDMA mobile phones,
memory chips, TFT-LCDs, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of
five main business units: Telecommunication Network Business, Digital Media
Business, Semiconductor Business, LCD Business and Digital Appliance Business.
About fastmobile Inc.
fastmobile Inc. is a privately held venture backed company headquartered
in Chicago, IL USA. fastmobile develops, hosts and distributes innovative
instant communication services that optimize one-to-one and group interactions
between mobile consumers. Built on a patent pending technology platform
developed over a period of nearly three years, services operate globally on
2.5 and 3G mobile networks and enable customers to communicate with friends,
family or other communities anywhere in the world. fastmobile markets and
delivers its services in Europe through its UK-based wholly owned subsidiary
company, fastmobile Ltd.
About Komobile Inc.
Komobile Inc. is specialized in wired/wireless internet solutions and
services based in Seoul, Korea. Now, Komobile is preparing new services for
major telecommunication companies & all mobile users in Korea. In the future,
the company will provide a variety of mobile business fields including new
mobile internet solutions, multimedia service, and value added wired-wireless
solutions.
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