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LiveWire Mobile Launches U.S. Cellular’s First Ringback Tone Service
Industry First “Tone Room Deluxe” Bundle Packages Ringback Tones and Ringtones for a $5 Monthly Fee
Business Wire
LiveWire Mobile, Inc. (Pinksheets: LVWR), a leading provider of mobile
managed personalization services, today announced the launch of a new
managed ringback tone service for U.S. Cellular using LiveWire Mobile’s
Infuse Personalization Platform. The service is offered through U.S.
Cellular’s “Tone Room Deluxe” storefront, where subscribers can take
advantage of a money-saving bundle that packages the monthly ringback
tone service fee together with ringback tone and ringtone content.
“The launch of U.S. Cellular’s service is a testament to the momentum of
LiveWire’s platform in the Ringback space as well as the ringback tone’s
increasing penetration rates in the U.S. market, in addition to our
worldwide markets,” said Matthew Stecker, chief executive officer of
LiveWire Mobile. “We believe that ringback tones with our enhanced
personalization features will make a great addition to U.S. Cellular’s
mobile personalization offerings.”
“We know our customers like to personalize their phones,” said Alan
Ferber, vice president of sales operations and chief marketing officer,
U.S. Cellular. “Ringback tones make staying connected to family and
friends fun.”
The service is powered by LiveWire Mobile's Infuse Personalization
Platform, a complete end-to-end multi-content service delivery platform
offering robust, centralized content management and reporting tools and
a web service that opens the door to third-party applications. With
Infuse, mobile network operators can market personalized content to
their subscribers yielding a seamless and intuitive mobile experience.
About LiveWire Mobile
LiveWire Mobile, Inc. is a leading provider of managed personalization
services. LiveWire Mobile's integrated suite of music and video services
includes ringback tones, ringtones and full track downloads, as well as
dedicated content and service marketing. LiveWire Mobile makes mobile
personalization services easier to use and helps drive service usage and
adoption. For more information, please visit
www.livewiremobile.com.
LiveWire Mobile is a trademark of LiveWire Mobile, Inc. Other trademarks
are properties of their respective owners.
About U.S. Cellular
The 9,000 associates of U.S. Cellular believe a wireless phone enhances
people’s lives and a wireless company should be in the business of
bringing people together. U.S. Cellular has a wide range of monthly
plans, including those with unlimited nationwide calling, unlimited free
incoming calls and options to prepay. The company has a growing catalog
of phones like the BlackBerry® Tour and Pearl Flip, and the touch-screen
LG Tritan, which offer e-mail and Web access. Based in Chicago, U.S.
Cellular is the nation’s fifth-largest full-service wireless carrier,
serving 6.2 million customers across the country. To learn more about
the company visit one of its retail stores or uscellular.com.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements other than historical facts included or referred to in this
Press Release are forward-looking statements, including statements about
the Company's customer relationships, products and services, ringback
tone’s increasing penetration rates in the U.S. market, and the
Company’s belief that ringback tones’ predictable revenue stream and its
enhanced personalization features will make it a great addition to U.S.
Cellular’s mobile personalization offerings. These statements are based
on management's expectations as of the date of this document and are
subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results
may differ materially from these expectations due to risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, uncertainties with respect
to our ability to expand and maintain our relationships with existing
customers and attract new customers, uncertainties regarding the
performance of our products and services including, without limitation,
the Infuse Personalization Platform, market acceptance of our products
and services, the ringback tone market and other risks. We encourage you
to read our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2008 and other
public disclosures for certain additional risk factors. In addition,
while management may elect to update forward-looking statements at some
point in the future, management specifically disclaims any obligation to
do so, even if its estimates or beliefs change. Any reference to our
website in this press release is not intended to incorporate the
contents thereof into this press release or any other public
announcement.
Copyright Business Wire 2010
2010-02-09 10:51:00
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