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Amp'd Mobile and AirG to Launch the Amp'd Lounge Mobile Community.


VANCOUVER Vancouver, city, Canada
Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border.
, 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
 -- AirG, the global leader in powering mobile communities and wireless social networking See social networking site.

social networking - social network
, announced today it is working with Amp'd Mobile Amp'd Mobile was a mobile phone service launched in the United States in late 2005. The company was a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and operated on the Verizon Wireless CDMA EV-DO network. Its primary non-Venture Capital investors were MTV Networks and Universal Music Group. , the first fully integrated mobile entertainment company for youth and young adults, to launch of the Amp'd Lounge mobile community. With Amp'd Lounge, Amp'd Mobile members can join one of the leading mobile communities on mobile phones, where they can chat, flirt, date, and make new friends using key product features such as picture profiles, public and private messaging, powerful search tools plus fun promotions and contests.

"We are extremely pleased to be powering Amp'd Lounge, which has been optimized within 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  especially for Amp'd Mobile's 3G service, and enables instant communication between multiple mobile users simultaneously," said Frederick Frederick, city, United States
Frederick, city (1990 pop. 40,148), seat of Frederick co., NW Md.; settled 1745, inc. 1817. The processing center of a fertile farm and dairying area, it makes beer, household items, optical and glass products, leather goods,
 Ghahramani, director, AirG. "AirG's mobile community products have proven highly effective for acquiring new customers and generating recurring re·cur  
intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.

2. To return to one's attention or memory.

3. To return in thought or discourse.
 revenues, and we look forward to helping Amp'd Mobile grow its mobile entertainment service offering with Amp'd Lounge."

"Amp'd Mobile is committed to deploying cutting edge social and media experiences across all content categories," said Lindsay Knaub, executive producer, lifestyle content, Amp'd Mobile. "AirG is a proven leader in mobile communities and we look forward to deploying unique Amp'd branded social networking applications cross platform, while leveraging the unique capabilities of our broadband wireless See wireless broadband.   service."

Amp'd Mobile is the U.S.'s first fully integrated mobile entertainment company created specifically for broadband wireless and the youth/young adult market. Amp'd offers traditional wireless services such as voice and text along with a totally new proprietary user interface (UI), built on BREW(R) 3.1, for quick and easy access to a wealth of unique, edgy 3G content across music, games, sports, entertainment, news, lifestyles and much more.

Ghahramani added, "Amp'd Mobile's strong affinity with the youth market is a great fit with AirG's proven expertise in reaching this valuable demographic, as evidenced by our bringing together more than seven million registered users worldwide in our mobile social networking products."

Amp'd Lounge will be available to all Amp'd Mobile members with BREW(R) enabled handsets and can be accessed by going to www.ampd.com.

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.

About Amp'd Mobile

Amp'd Mobile is the first integrated mobile entertainment company for youth, young professionals and early adopters, and the only 3G carrier in the US specifically targeting youth and young professionals. By leveraging the power of broadband wireless (EVDO), Amp'd offers traditional services such as voice and text within a completely fresh user interface designed specifically for the "mobile graduate" and third-generation (3G) technology. With a myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity.

The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds.
 of customizable options to meet each person's individual needs, as well as strategic alliances with top entertainment properties MTVN and Universal Music Group, Amp'd brings a more relevant, personal experience to the wireless lifestyle with unique music, video, community, entertainment, sports and gaming offerings divided into various channels for quick and easy access. Offered nationwide, more information can be found at www.ampd.com.
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