Music Videos, News, Sports, and Weather in the Palm of Your Hand11 June 2006
MTS Mobility wireless customers can catch up on the latest sports highlights, music videos, news and weather on their wireless phone now with the new Video Download Service.
"Wireless phones today provide so much more than just phone calls," said Kelvin Shepherd, President Consumer Markets, MTS Allstream Inc. "Entertainment and information that used to require a newspaper or a high speed internet connection is just one button away. With the Video Download Service users can download and view a wide variety of great content right in the palm of their hand on the latest generation of wireless phones, available now from MTS Mobility."
MTS Allstream's Video Download Service is provided in partnership with QuickPlay Media, Canada's leading interactive mobile media company. QuickPlay distributes new content to users on a daily basis. The wealth and variety of video available to suit all ages, personalities and interests grows each day.
"Canadians are clearly enthusiastic about mobile video - in March of this year, Canadian video downloads reached a record high, with more than 5,136 hours of content moving straight to mobile devices," explains Raja Khanna, QuickPlay Media's chief creative officer and co-founder. "We started providing this service to Canadians in November 2004 and will be exceeding two million downloads by month's end. We are thrilled to bring this exciting service to MTS Mobility customers in Manitoba."
The Video Download Service will be available to MTS Mobility subscribers with video capable handsets which include: Motorola 815 and Motorola Razr V3. These phones, together with outstanding wireless plans, are available at MTS Connect Stores and MTS dealers across Manitoba. Access to the QuickPlay mobile video service is on a pay per download basis. For more information, visit mts.ca/videodownloads.
About MTS Allstream
MTS Allstream is one of Canada's leading national communication solutions providers, delivering innovative products and services through its Consumer Markets and Enterprise Solutions divisions. Our Consumer Markets division serves residential and business customers in Manitoba with a full suite of wireline voice, high-speed Internet and data, next generation wireless, directory, digital television, security and alarm monitoring services. Our Enterprise Solutions division provides national business customers with a world-class portfolio of IP-based connectivity, managed network services, and professional services. MTS Allstream's extensive national broadband fibre optic network spans more than 24,300 kilometres, and provides international connections through strategic partnerships and interconnection agreements with other international service providers. Our Common Shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange (trading symbol: MBT). For more information, please visit: www.mtsallstream.com.
About QuickPlay Media
Since 2004, QuickPlay Media has been a leader in compelling, interactive mobile video experiences. The company is dedicated to delivering superior user experiences that extend the brands of media and content providers to the exploding mobile content market. Its partnerships and technology platform enable the mobile media value chain by simplifying and making it cost effective to connect media and content providers, mobile service providers and consumers across a variety of digital media, networks and devices. QuickPlay Media was the first to launch Mobile Video Service to the Canadian market and currently provides service to leading carriers across Canada. For more information on QuickPlay Media, please visit: http://www.quickplaymedia.com
For further information: Media: Greg Burch, Public Affairs Coordinator, Consumer Markets, MTS Allstream Inc., (204) 941-7733, media.relation@mtsallstream.com; Investors: Brad Woods, Vice-President Investor Relations, MTS Allstream Inc., (204) 941-8283, investor.relations@mtsallstream.com; QuickPlay: Jennifer Stein, Temple Scott Associates for QuickPlay Media, (416) 360-6183 ext. 238, jstein@tsa.ca; Christina Biluk, QuickPlay Media, (416) 574-4201, christinab@quickplay.com
Source: newswire
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