Verizon Wireless Launches AirDate and airG WAP Games
Global Wireless Community Has Fanatic and Devoted User Base
VANCOUVER, B.C. - May 2003 - airG , the fastest growing global player in mobile entertainment products announced today an agreement with Verizon Wireless to launch airG 's extensive catalogue of WAP games and entertainment applications, including the popular AirDate.
"This agreement poses and excellent opportunity for airG and Verizon Wireless to leverage competitive, market leadership and core skills in their respective markets to deliver a fully scaleable suite of WAP entertainment products to Verizon Wireless subscribers," says Frederick Ghahramani, Director. "airG 's scaleable, fully supported WAP games catalogue includes over twenty mobile entertainment solutions."
airG 's AirDate and WAP games are available through Verizon Wireless' popular Get It Now portal.
AirDate is a global wireless community with a fanatic and devoted user base across over 80 mobile networks.
"Driving over 10 million WAP hits a day with thousands of users at any one time - AirDate creates an instantly immersive and anonymous wireless community," adds Ghahramani. "Available now in WAP 2.0, AirDate takes full advantage of the multimedia nature of this wireless technology to bring the users a wholly new community never seen before in the wireless space. "
With 35 million subscribers Verizon Wireless is the largest mobile operator in the United States. Verizon Wireless' Get It Now service allows subscribers to download and use applications on their Get It Now enabled mobile phone. Popular services include ring tones, games and email.
About airG
airG powers mobile communities and wireless social networking. The company’s products and services have a proven track record of increasing customer affinity for leading mobile operators and media companies globally including Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Virgin Mobile, Orange and MTV Asia. airG ’s mobile community has more than seven million registered users worldwide and is available on more than 85 mobile operators. Based in Vancouver, Canada, the company also has offices in the UK and Australia. www.airg.com
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