Alltel and AirG Launch Coolchat Mobile Community.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Social Networking See social networking site. social networking - social network Comes to Alltel Mobile Phones From Andrea in Arkansas to James in Jacksonville, Alltel customers can now chat with cool people from across the US and around the world on their mobile phone. Alltel, owner of America's largest wireless network with more than 10 million customers in 34 states, and AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities and wireless social networking, announced today the launch of Coolchat, a wireless social networking community now available on Alltel mobile phones. Coolchat lets Alltel customers chat, make new friends, and participate in fun promotions and contests using a combination of product features such as instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , photo profiles, powerful search tools, and public and private messaging lounges. "We are pleased to be working with Alltel to define a new way for Alltel customers to communicate with Coolchat, the coolest social network on mobile phones," commented Frederick Ghahramani, director, AirG. "Although being cool is not a prerequisite pre·req·ui·site adj. Required or necessary as a prior condition: Competence is prerequisite to promotion. n. to using Coolchat, we guarantee that those who do are among the most fascinating mobile customers in the U.S." Since 2001, AirG has supplied a series of community products to Alltel including games and messaging applications on the Alltel Axcess Wireless Web service. Coolchat will be available on a series of multimedia mobile handsets that support the wireless web and BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) An application development environment from Qualcomm for enhanced cellphone services (e-mail, games, etc.). BREW is directly supported in the CDMA chipsets from Qualcomm, and BREW-enabled applications work no matter , including the new Motorola RAZR V3c and Kyocera Slider The Kyocera SE44, referred to as the Kyocera Slider, is the first slider-style phone from Kyocera. Other technical data include:
AirG will provide its end-to-end mobile community solution for Coolchat across multiple wireless platforms, as well as all back-end billing integrations, reporting, 24x7x365 customer support and monitoring, turnkey promotions and contests, and a direct inter-connect with AirG's established community of over seven million users across 86 mobile operators and media companies globally. Coolchat is available to all Alltel mobile customers with wireless web or BREW enabled handsets, and can be accessed by going to the Axcess Web portal See portal. on their phones. 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, Virgin Mobile, Orange, and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . 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. |
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