Telenor Joins With Verizon Wireless to Offer Premium Text Messaging Services.ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Telenor Interactive (http://www.telenor-interactive.com), North America's leading mobile messaging service company, and 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. (http://www.verizonwireless.com), the nation's leading wireless provider with 40 million customers, today announced an agreement under which Telenor Interactive will continue to provide premium text message voting capabilities to Verizon Wireless. "Through Telenor's Media Platform, Verizon Wireless subscribers can interact with their favorite media outlets - participating via their mobile phones with popular TV shows and text voting on music selections, such as Detroit's hit music station 93.1 DRQ DRQ DMA Request DRQ Data Request DRQ Disengage Request DRQ Data-Ready Queue ," said Jim Straight, vice president of wireless Internet and multimedia services for Verizon Wireless. "Our customers can also sign up to receive breaking and political news text alerts from ABCNews.com and weekly soap gossip and news via text message from ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Daytime's Soap Confidential alert service." Verizon Wireless customers who use the premium text message service will be charged a premium fee per message above any standard TXT TXT Text TXT Text File (filename extension) TXT Textile TXT Teletext TXT Tecnologia per a Tothom TXT Textron Corporation (stock symbol) Messaging service charge, which is just $0.02 for each message received and $0.10 for each message sent. Customers can also select from bundled plans to send and receive standard TXT Messages of $2.99 per month for 100 messages, $4.99 per month for 250 messages and $9.99 per month for 1,000 messages. "Premium text message services are already a hit with television and radio audiences and are an effective way of generating additional revenue for carriers and media companies," says Steinar Svalesen, 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. of Telenor Interactive. "Our relationships with Verizon Wireless and our media partners will help to spur the adoption of all text messaging services across North America." Verizon Wireless products and services are available in more than 1,200 Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, at participating RadioShack and Circuit City locations and on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. About Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless is the nation's leading provider of wireless communications. The company has the largest nationwide wireless voice and data network and 40 million customers. Headquartered in Bedminster, NJ, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand ). Find more information on the Web at www.verizonwireless.com. To receive broadcast-quality video footage of Verizon Wireless operations, log onto www.thenewsmarket.com/verizonwireless. About Telenor Interactive USA Telenor Interactive, an interactive media company, develops and implements innovative mobile applications based on cross-carrier premium messaging capabilities. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Telenor Venture, the venture unit of Telenor ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and (www.telenorventure.com). Telenor ASA is an international telecommunications company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Telenor ASA (Nasdaq:TELN) has more than 20,000 employees with annual revenues over US $7.0 billion. Business areas include wireless, broadcast television and media, satellite, fixed line and cable. Telenor is positioned in mobile companies in 14 countries, is the world's largest supplier of satellite services, and one of the two leading TV distributors in the Nordic region. The group is present in more than 30 countries. For more information, please visit: www.telenor-interactive.com |
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