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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Mobile Media Partners With Kyocera to Deliver its Wireless Entertainment Services To 25.5 Million
Hong Kong, China-March 23, 2005 –The Mobile Media Company (www.MobileMedia.com), a leading independent provider of global wireless games, interactive entertainment services, and marketing applications, today announced an agreement with Kyocera Communication Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (www.KCap.net) to offer its mobile entertainment services across the WebW@lkers platform.
Kyocera Communication Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is a leading platform provider of information services, wireless hosting content, and consulting services for mobile operations and enterprises throughout the Asia Pacific. Through Kyocera’s directory portal, WebW@lkers, mobile users in the Asia Pacific region can receive information, mobile content, entertainment, and communication services, including news, wallpaper, ringtones, games, videos, and horoscopes. As a result of this partnership, consumers will now have access to Mobile Media’s extensive collection of mobile entertainment services, which includes popular game titles ABADDON - Episode 1, Flying Squirrel, W Corporations, and Roll A Round.
WebW@lkers is already available to 3.3 million subscribers in Singapore, through three mobile operators - Singapore Telecommunications Limited, MobileOne (Asia) Pte Ltd, and StarHub Pte Ltd - and is now accessible to 22 million subscribers in Thailand via the top three mobile operators in the area – AIS, DTAC and TA Orange. With a combined subscriber access base of 25.5 million, WebW@lkers is planning to launch its services in Australia, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines within the next six to nine months.
“The research firm the ACR Group predicts that the number of people using mobile entertainment could reach up to 1.6 billion by the end of next year,” says David J Wong, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Mobile Media Asia Pacific. “Moreover, the Asia Pacific region remains one of the world’s fastest growing markets, with Australia alone predicted to have 17 million mobile phone users by 2007. With this growth comes an increasing demand for relevant and entertaining mobile content, which we are delighted to provide to Kyocera for distribution via their WebW@lkers platform.”
Mobile Media has a wide range of mobile java games and entertainment applications, including the largest collection of 3G games and applications outside of Japan. This collection is available to mobile operators, service providers, and portal operations on a local, regional, and international level. A full view of Mobile Media’s entertainment catalogue can be seen at: http://www.Mocondi.com.
About Mobile Media
The Mobile Media Company AS is a global provider of wireless provisioning and content solutions, interactive entertainment services and mobile marketing applications. Mobile Media works with leading industry players and a wide-range of customers including mobile carriers, broadcasters, media companies, and major consumer brands. The Company was founded in 1993 to pioneer mobile messaging services and technologies and since then, has become a fast developing, multi-media organization with over 200 employees.
The Mobile Media Company AS serves customers in over 30 countries, with mobile connectivity to more than 500 million subscribers in both the mature and developing markets of Asia, Europe and North America. The Company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices and technology development centers in the UK, Romania, China, and the USA.
Mobile content providers should contact Mobile Media at CP@MobileMedia.com. To partner with Mobile Media, please contact us at Partners@MobileMedia.com. For all other inquiries, please contact Info@MobileMedia.com or visit us online at www.MobileMedia.com and http://www.Mocondi.com
About Kyocera Communication Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Kyocera Communication Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (KCAP) is a subsidiary of Kyocera Communication Systems Co., Ltd Japan (KCCS). KCAP is a leading value-added aggregator and platform provider of mobile content and information services in the region. It provides mobile content and wireless application services for wireless devices on WAP, GPRS, and MMS delivery platforms and systems services for brands and model types for mobile handsets and PDAs. KCAP's Directory Portal, WebW@lkers, provides content and application services, including Icons & Logos, Ringtones, Wallpaper, Characters, Java and WAP Games, information services and corporate wireless applications, via its sophisticated distribution, authentication and billing system. For more information, please visit www.KCap.net
Mobile Media Press Contacts
US: Sarah Galea. Tel: + 1-610-642-8253, E-mail: Sarah@GregoryFCA.com
Norway: Steinar Svalesen. Tel: + 47-9572-8490, E-mail: Steinar.Svalesen@MobileMedia.com Hong Kong: Irene Fung. Tel: + 852 2185-6406, E-mail: Irene.Fung@MobileMedia.com.hk
UK: Kevin Talyor. E-mail: Kevin@ComanyCare.com; Gary Marshall. E-mail: Gary@CompanyCare.com
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