m-Wise and Zero9 Form Business Alliance to Deliver End-to-End Mobile Content Solutions
January 15 2009 - 7:00AM
Marketwired
Mobile content technology vendor m-Wise (OTCBB: MWIS) and Zero9, a
major, Private Equity-backed mobile content and service provider,
announce an agreement.
Zero9 is a leading wireless media company that focuses on the
creation, management, promotion and distribution of interactive
contents and services for mobile phone users. The company evaluated
a number of mobile content technology vendors as potential partners
for content management and delivery solutions. The process resulted
in selecting m-Wise's content management and delivery platform as
the solution that will be proposed by Zero9 to its prospective
large account customers.
"We are excited to launch this business relationship with Zero9,
one of the largest wireless content companies worldwide," said Zach
Sivan, Chief Executive Officer of m-Wise. "We have been investing
significant efforts in developing and delivering best-of-breed
content management and delivery solutions and this relationship
with Zero9 is a great opportunity for us to expand the reach of
these solutions in a significantly larger scale."
"We have been following with m-Wise's remarkable progress for
quite some time now and we are impressed with the advanced level of
their technology and their extensive track record in the field of
mobile content management and delivery," said Elio Narciso,
managing director of Zero9 USA. "It will be a perfect fit for our
carrier-grade solutions. Combined with our ability to innovate in
mobile dating solutions and virtual communities, as well as
ringtones, videos, games, graphics, we will offer rich
functionality and high level of stability and scalability,
compatible with the high standards of our largest customers."
The mobile content market is one of the fastest growing markets
worldwide. According to research company Strategy Analytics, the
revenues from digital content and Infotainment are forecasted to
reach $64 billion by 2011.
About Zero9
Founded in 2001, Zero9 is a leading wireless media and
entertainment company with headquarters in Italy, and offices and
operations in Italy, South Africa, USA and Brazil. Zero9 creates,
manages, promotes and distributes interactive contents and services
for mobile telecoms users, and is a leader in B2C and B2B solutions
for wireless technology.
Zero9 is particularly active in the mobile community space, with
over 3 million users worldwide, having launched many brands
including BeeMood, ClubM8 and Club Kic�. With over 120
professionals around the world, Zero9 is majority owned by a
leading private equity fund, has been profitable since inception,
and has direct connections with over forty-five mobile telephone
operators worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.zero9group.com.
About m-Wise
Founded in 2000, m-Wise has rapidly established itself as a
leading international provider of enabling technologies for the
mobile communications, mobile advertising, mobile gaming, and
mobile entertainment industries. m-Wise is the developer of MOMA
platform, the de facto content management and service delivery
platform used on or through over 50 mobile networks throughout
Europe, North and Latin America, and Asia.
MOMA is an integrated "one stop shop" for mobile operators,
wireless ASPs, content providers, and media producers to always
deliver end-users with a state-of-the-art mobile experience. MOMA
makes it easy not only to manage and deliver content like
entertainment, music, games, and video without specific regard to
handset compatibility but also adds real-time end user capabilities
like voting, mobile marketing, advertising and access to live data.
Better yet, MOMA includes transactional billing, customer care, and
even marketing capabilities -- all built in.
For more information, please visit www.m-wise.com.
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For more information, please contact: m-Wise IR: Adi Armoza
Email: Email Contact Zero9 (Pleon): Marcello Laugelli General
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