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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Gameloft Signs Distribution Deal With WILLCOM in Japan
TOKYO, Japan, December 22 -- Gameloft(R), a
leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones, has
signed a distribution agreement with telecom operator WILLCOM, the sole
provider of PHS service in Japan, with 9 exclusive portal sites by genre
and world-class critically acclaimed games, amongst which:
Mystery Mansion Pinball
Block Breaker Deluxe
Midnight Casino
2006 Real Soccer
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Lockdown
Might & Magic
New York Nights: Success in the City
Platinum Shanghai
Platinum Suriki
Open Season
"We are thrilled to have signed this distribution agreement with
WILLCOM," announced Alexis Gresoviac, Business Development Manager for
Japan. "We are very excited about the service, with 9 exclusive portal
sites by game category and 10 games available at launch day and many more
to come. We definitely consider WILLCOM a reference partner."
The catalog is expected to expand rapidly in the next few months,
bringing top-edge games to WILLCOM users.
About Gameloft
Gameloft is a leading international publisher and developer of video
games for mobile phones. Founded in 1999, it has emerged as one of the top
innovators in its field. The company creates games for mobile handsets
equipped with Java, Brew, or Symbian technology. The total number of mobile
handsets with this technology is expected to exceed two billion units in
2008 (ARC GROUP).
Thanks to partnership agreements with leading licensors and
personalities such as Ubisoft Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Viacom,
Sony Pictures, FifPro, Paris Hilton Ent., Lamborghini, Derek Jeter, Vijay
Singh, Andrei Schevchenko, and Djibril Cissé, Gameloft has formed strong
relationships with international brands. In addition to the partnerships,
Gameloft owns and operates such brands as Block Breaker Deluxe, Asphalt:
Urban GT and New York Nights.
As a result of agreements with telecom carriers, handset manufacturers,
specialized distributors and its online store, Gameloft now boasts a
distribution network covering 75 countries.
Gameloft has worldwide offices in New York, San Francisco, Montreal,
Mexico, Buenos Aires, Paris, London, Düsseldorf, Milan, Madrid, New Delhi,
Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Tokyo. Gameloft is listed on the Euronext
Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters:
GLFT.PA)
For more information visit http://www.gameloft.com.
About WILLCOM
WILLCOM is the sole provider of PHS service in Japan and was the first
to apply the Fixed-Rate plan in Japan for mobile data communications
followed by Japan's first Fixed-Rate plan for voice service in 2005. With
the launch of the micromini communication module W-SIM, as well as various
new technologies and services, WILLCOM is forging ahead to bring about the
next stage of a ubiquitous society of wireless communications. Subscribers
are continuing to increase, and it currently has more than 4,300,000
subscribers.
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