Motorola Selects Moviso to Deliver Mobile Content on HelloMoto.Com.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003 Moviso To Supply Content for Motorola's New Mobile Media Offering; Relationship Includes Product Innovation, Retail Merchandising and Content Bundling Programs Moviso LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the leading provider of mobile media products and services in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , today announced an agreement with Motorola wherein Moviso will provide a solution for Motorola's mobile media Web site. Customers can download mobile media, such as ringtones and graphics, now at www.hellomoto.com. The agreement aligns Motorola with the continent's number one mobile media provider in delivering ringtones, graphics and other possible content to Motorola's customers. Motorola selected Moviso to deliver its mobile content based on the company's content, services in mobile content management and distribution on top of a powerful telecom-grade technology platform. Moviso is supplying Motorola's Personal Communications Sector a complete ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. and graphics catalog, content bundling and retail programs. The agreement is the start of an expansive relationship to include marketing programs, prepaid mobile media content cards at retail and an extension of these programs into international markets in the coming months. HelloMoto complements Motorola's work with its operator customers that also have consumer-facing portals by providing another source for content of choice, mobile media and marketing programs. "We recognize Moviso as the right company to add value to our multimedia offerings for our customers," said Jim Eckels, director of strategy and business development in Motorola's Personal Communications Sector. "They have the technology, relationships with music publishers and labels, and a great suite of promotional opportunities that our customers will enjoy." "Our relationship with Motorola enhances their current mobile media site for their customers, and puts Moviso content and services in front of a tremendous new audience of wireless subscribers," said Shawn Conahan, Moviso President. "Motorola selected Moviso because of our integrated technology solution, broad content catalog and extensive entertainment industry relationships." In addition to powering the mobile media portal, Moviso will work with Motorola to develop integrated marketing campaigns and promotions. Through existing relationships with the entertainment industry, Moviso is able to offer first-look content and promotions available only to Motorola customers. Moviso's fully licensed content catalog, combined with their national prepaid content card program, opens up opportunities for new Motorola marketing campaigns and promotions. Moviso provides content and mobile industry promotions to such companies as Cingular Wireless, Bell Mobility and T-Mobile. About Moviso LLC Moviso LLC is the leading provider of mobile media products and services in North America. Moviso is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Vivendi Universal Net USA -- the U.S. arm of VUNet, Vivendi Universal's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : V) Paris-based Internet and technology unit. The company delivers complete mobile media solutions to wireless carriers, device manufacturers, retailers and entertainment companies worldwide, including American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, Inc. NYSE: AM is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic , AT&T Wireless, Bell Mobility, Cingular Wireless, Rogers/AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, owns and operates the second largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, based on total wireless customers. , Virgin Mobile USA Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) is a cellular telephone company that is a joint-venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel. Virgin Mobile USA uses Sprint's CDMA-based Personal Communications Service (PCS) network. , Kyocera, Yahoo! Music Yahoo! Music, provided by the Yahoo! network, is a provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming. , AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , PRIMEDIA, YM Magazine, Boost Mobile, Sony Ericsson, Nokia USA, Yamaha Corp., Match.com, WildSeed, and Vivendi Universal. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles. For more information on Moviso, visit http://www.moviso.com. The names of companies mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners and should be treated as such. Moviso is a trademark of Moviso LLC. |
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