Acotel Group Partners with UrbanWorld Wireless to Offer the First Portal Targeting the Urban Youth Market with Ringtones, Wallpaper and Video Games.Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless 2004 Booth 4875-H, Hall 5 in the M-tertainment Pavilion BOSTON & LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004 ACOTEL GROUP, the leading global provider of mobile multimedia platforms, applications and services together with URBANWORLD WIRELESS, the leading wireless provider of urban entertainment news, lifestyle and mobile marketing solutions, announced the first wireless portal A Web site that supports a user with a smartphone or alphanumeric pager. It may offer a variety of features, including providing a springboard to other (WAP based) wireless sites, the ability to select content to be pushed to the user's device as well as providing a point of entry for for the urban wireless end-user. The new partnership is aimed at the continued expansion of wireless solutions, this time targeting the urban youth market. The service on the portal, (www.urbanworldwireless.com) will allow the end-user to browse, search, select and download content to their wireless device. Content available will include UrbanWorld Newz, polyphonic The ability to play back some number of musical notes simultaneously. For example, 16-voice polyphony means a total of 16 notes, or waveforms, can be played concurrently. ringtones, wallpaper and video games See video game console. . End-users will be able to access the service through a single, easy to use interface powered by Acotel. Down the road, planned enhancements include the ability to create and download multimedia messages (MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. ), video, instant messaging, voting and polling along with unique ringtones like true tones, animated face tones and 3D tones. Through the partnership, Acotel is providing the backend wireless integration, the wireless services portal, a selection of content and enabling the download and MMS/SMS push directly to the end user. This, combined with UrbanWorld Wireless' extensive end user community, is enabling Urban's subscribers in the US to access a unique community and catalogue of relevant content on their wireless device. "This is a monumental phase for wireless carriers and manufacturers," said Mike Johns, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , UrbanWorld Wireless. "We are pioneering a movement that corporate America is finally starting to embrace," Johns commented. "Acotel is the ideal partner for us and their wireless messaging expertise is allowing us to deliver a number of firsts in the urban world." Additionally, the service will provide original content ringtones created exclusively by recording artists. "Ringtones are more than a street-treat, today they are a must have amongst some of your corporate dudes and dudettes," says Jive Recording artist E-40. Kid Capri and Battlecat are among the first group of original ringtones that will be rolled out as "U-Dub Ringtones." Additional ringtones will be available in later dates from other selected artists. "Acotel's objective is to empower our partners to take their rightful place in the mobile value chain by quickly and easily implementing mobile multimedia services leveraging our technology, and mobile experience," said Nino Tarantino, general manager and COO, Acotel USA, Inc. "UrbanWorld Wireless has a unique market position and we are pleased to be working with them to deliver an even more robust, completely mobile offering to their end user community." The campaign for the new portal will be launched exclusively through Mixtape DJ's, which will includes shout outs on mixtapes directing listeners to the website for downloads. About UrbanWorld Wireless (UWW UWW University of Wisconsin, Whitewater UWW University Without Walls ) Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA., UrbanWorld Wireless is the first wireless company dedicated to providing urban entertainment news and lifestyle, serving the African-American/Urban Youth Market. Anchored on the web, UWW is at the forefront of integrating wireless technology and Hip Hop. More information is available on the web at http://www.urbanworldwireless.com/. About ACOTEL Acotel is a leading provider of multimedia platforms and applications to mobile network operators and media companies around the world. Through its customer base, Acotel services more than 35 million end users and enabled approximately 500 million paid text and multimedia messages in 2003. Founded in 1992, Acotel operates in 20 countries and is publicly traded on the Milan Stock Exchange Milan Stock Exchange The largest regional stock exchange in Italy, facilitating more than 90% of the country's trading volume. . Acotel customers include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Orange, Radio Hit Channel, Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. , Tiscali and Vodafone. Acotel USA is based in Boston with an office New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Visit www.acotel.com for more information. Visit Acotel at CTIA booth 4875-H, Hall 5 in the M-tertainment Pavilion |
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