FunMail, Inc. Changes Its Name to FunMobility, as Company Expands Its Portfolio of Mobile Entertainment Applications and Services2 June 2006
FunMail, Inc. a leading provider of premiumwireless entertainment solutions, today announced that it has changed itsname to FunMobility to better suit the company's product and serviceoffering. The change is effective immediately. "Our name was an artifact of our early days when we offered mobile animatedmessaging services," said Adam Lavine, FunMobility CEO. "While we continueto offer those services, our product portfolio has vastly expanded to manynew categories, including content, social networking and photo services.As we continue to embrace the technology advances in the mobile market,FunMobility better reflects our position as a leading provider of mobileentertainment and community-building solutions." According to Lavine, FunMobility is well established, having been involvedin wireless entertainment since the late 1990s. The company enjoys strongpartnerships with all major carriers throughout the US and in othercountries, as well as with major entertainment companies such asDreamworks, Nickelodeon, United Media, Major League Baseball, UniversalMusic, EMI, Warner Bros, MTV and many others. The company recently acquiredwireless developer Zapptrio, and is actively entertaining other M&Aopportunities. Said Lavine, "We feel our position is extremely positive. Our currentproducts have been providing strong revenue growth and market sharemomentum. The acquisition of Zapptrio will certainly help continue thattrend through the addition of more content, and also by enabling us toexpand our offerings to include location-based services. And our newmobile community platform, to be announced later this month, will presentour carrier partners with many new levels of content discovery and new dataARPU opportunities." About FunMobility FunMobility delivers a unique mobile entertainment experience by providingapplications and services that enable creativity, personalization, andcommunity-building. FunMobility's FLEX Mobile Application Platform iscomprised of interchangeable modules featuring content, applications, andservices supported by proprietary implementation technology. These modulescan be deployed as a complete solution, or as stand-alone components thatwork within a carrier's existing mobile services offering, providingcarriers with unparalleled flexibility, greater reliability, and fastertime-to-market. FunMobility provides carriers with some of the industriesmost popular and successful mobile applications, including WallpaperUniverse™, America's Best Mobile Pix™, Ringtones Universe™,TrueTones Universe™, Mobile Comics Network™, PersonalizedWallpaper™, MyScreenz™, MyTonz™ and FunMobility AnimatedGreetings™. FunMobility's mobile applications and services aredistributed through major carriers across the globe, including, VerizonWireless, Alltel, Sprint PCS, U.S. Cellular, Cingular Wireless, and manyothers. FunMobility has achieved an industry reputation for creativity,innovation and reliability, and is considered one of the industry's mostunique wireless entertainment companies. For more information, pleasevisit www.FunMobility.com. Media Contacts: Roher Public Relations818-887-8838Torin RoherEmail ContactGregory ArroyoEmail Contact FunMobility, Inc:Jim Campbell925.455.1200 ex. 49Email Contact SOURCE: FunMobility, Inc.
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