Cingular Customers Are First to Experience Billboard Mobile
26 Septembre 2005 - 3:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Cingular Wireless, Billboard and MFORMA deliver original,
all-inclusive mobile music application SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26
/PRNewswire/ -- CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment - - Cingular
Wireless customers can now use their mobile phones to interact with
music in an entirely new way, thanks to the launch of Billboard
Mobile. Announced today by Cingular Wireless, Billboard and MFORMA,
Billboard Mobile is an all new, first-of-its-kind mobile music
application that gives Cingular customers access to music and
entertainment news, Billboard charts, local concert information, as
well as Billboard featured master tones, directly from their
wireless phone. Available exclusively to Cingular customers for the
next month, Billboard Mobile is tightly integrated with
Billboard.com -- one of the leading sources of music and
entertainment news. Starting with the popular Billboard charts,
which rank top music singles, albums and ringtones each week,
Cingular customers can read music news, view images, listen to
music samples, and check out listings of upcoming events including
concert dates. The all-inclusive Billboard Mobile service also
delivers integrated entertainment applications such as mini-games
and music trivia, all presented with an intuitive user interface
that is unique among mobile applications. Additionally, customers
can use Billboard Mobile to download featured ringtones. "We are
thrilled Cingular customers will be the first to preview and
interact with Billboard Mobile," said Jim Ryan, vice president of
consumer data services, Cingular Wireless. "Billboard is the
ultimate source for all things music and Billboard Mobile provides
an incredibly fun and useful way for our customers to truly
experience the world of music directly from their Cingular phone."
"Billboard Mobile has lots of value for users and really satisfies
their thirst for music and their desire to personalize their phones
in their own individual way," said Dan Kranzler, executive
chairman, MFORMA. "We looked at how mobile users consume music and
we developed Billboard Mobile to give users the greatest experience
possible in finding the music they want that matches their personal
tastes and interests. Because there are so many ways to search on
Billboard Mobile -- by artist, by genre or category -- users can
quickly and easily hone in on exactly what they want. Each song is
linked to a detail page including an audio preview and simple
purchase options." Billboard Mobile can easily be customized to fit
each user's specific interests. For example, users can opt to
receive an SMS each week with a listing of the top songs and links
to purchase the tones of their choice, or they can opt to receive
news when their favorite artist hits the wires. "Billboard Mobile
is the most dynamic mobile music application out there," said John
Kilcullen, Billboard president and publisher. "It totally takes
advantage of the mobile phone as a personal computing device and
combines it with sophisticated music discovery features,
up-to-the-minute pop culture music news and information, exclusive
features from Billboard.com, and more. Our collaboration with
MFORMA has yielded an incredibly rich fan-driven multimedia music
service that we are very proud to have our name on." Cingular
customers can subscribe to Billboard Mobile for $3.99 per month.
Polyphonic ringtones and master tones can be purchased for $1.99
and $2.99, respectively. SMS and data charges may apply and vary
according to user rate plans. About Cingular Wireless Cingular
Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in the United States,
serving more than 51.6 million customers. Cingular, a joint venture
between SBC Communications (NYSE:SBC) and BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), has
the largest digital voice and data network in the nation. Cingular
is the only U.S. wireless carrier to offer Rollover(SM), the
wireless plan that lets customers keep their unused monthly
minutes. Details of the company are available at
http://www.cingular.com/. About Billboard Now in its 111th year,
Billboard is the world's premier music publication and a diverse
digital, events and brand-licensing platform. Billboard publishes
the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the
latest music, video and digital entertainment issues and trends.
Billboard is the flagship property for the Billboard Information
Group, which also consists of Billboard.biz, Billboard.com,
Entertainment Law Weekly, Billboard Chart Alert, Billboard
Information Network (BIN), Billboard Directories, Billboard
Licensing & Events and Billboard Radio Monitor. Billboard is
headquartered in New York with bureaus in Boston, London, Los
Angeles, Miami, Nashville and Washington DC. The Group is a unit of
VNU Business Media, a worldwide media company that provides
specialized publications, electronically delivered data,
expositions and marketing services and is owned by VNU Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Netherlands-based VNU, an international
publishing and information company. About MFORMA Group, Inc. MFORMA
is a leading global publisher and distributor of mobile
entertainment. MFORMA provides wireless operators and their
customers with the world's best content and entertainment brands,
and provides developers and brand owners with the shortest route to
market. MFORMA's customers include more than 100 of the world's
leading wireless carriers. In addition to the industry's most
comprehensive catalog of BREW, Java, SMS, MMS, and WAP mobile
games, MFORMA also provides sports, lifestyle, and information
services subscription products. MFORMA's carrier-grade platform
manages the delivery of downloadable games and applications for
some of the world's largest carriers. MFORMA is a U.S. corporation
with offices in Bellevue, Washington, San Francisco, San Diego, and
Los Angeles, California, USA; London and Manchester, England;
Shanghai and Beijing, China; and Seoul, Korea. Please visit
http://www.mforma.com/. DATASOURCE: Cingular Wireless CONTACT: Lila
Gerson of The Rosen Group, +1-212-255-8455, , for Billboard; or
Kelleigh Scott of Cingular, +1-404-236-6321, ; or Candice Yusim
(mPRm), of MFORMA, +1-323-933-3399, Web site:
http://www.cingular.com/ http://www.mforma.com/
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