TELUS Mobility Launches New Java Games Powered by airG
Fun and Exciting Game Catalogue Coming To Wireless
VANCOUVER, B.C. - May 2004 - airG , the global leader in multiplayer mobile entertainment products announced today an agreement with TELUS Mobility to provide an assortment of compelling Java games.
"This agreement poses and excellent opportunity for airG and TELUS Mobility to leverage competitive positioning, market leadership and core skills in their respective markets to deliver a fully scaleable suite of downloadable J2ME games," says Frederick Ghahramani, Director. "airG 's scaleable, fully supported catalogue includes over five hundred mobile entertainment offerings. We are delighted to open up this exciting new market for TELUS Mobility by enabling them to acquire new customers and extend their service offering to existing subscribers."
Java refers to enhanced games that can be updated frequently, downloaded over the air and stored locally in the handset to use wherever, whenever. It brings true gaming look and feel to the mobile phone, with full colour, motion and rich story lines, and is the first true representation of early console style gaming on the mobile handset.
Ghahramani adds, "tempting applications that are easy to use and attractively priced create critical mass and new revenue opportunities for mobile operators."
With TELUS Mobility, customers can play more than 100 different games. They can play by themselves or compete with gamers across the country in the following categories: Trivia, Puzzle, Casino, Parlour , Action, Strategy, General, Adventure, Sports, Chat & Messaging.
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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