PR NEWSWIRE, May 6, 2004 - SurfKitchen, the leading provider of access management technology for mobile data services, and
Celltick, the leading provider of mobile interactive broadcast solutions, today announced that they have signed a strategic partnership.
The agreement will see SurfKitchen's SurfKit Mobile data services platform extended to include Celltick's broadcast technology to update users' mobile phones in near real-time, while decreasing bandwidth requirements. Celltick's LiveScreen user experience increases consumption of mobile operators' services and can be used to introduce new applications via broadcast. Amongst other things, the technology allows subscribers to receive streaming news to handsets as and when it happens, as well as real time multiplayer games and mobile banking services. The companies will now coordinate their product offerings by integrating LiveScreen capabilities and a broadcast plug-in with SurfKit Mobile's client server technology.
Philip Letts, Chief Executive Officer of SurfKitchen, said: "Our software helps mobile operators increase the uptake of data services by revolutionising the mobile data user experience and that is complemented by Celltick's interactive broadcast solution for mobile handsets. We are confident that this added functionality will make the SurfKit Mobile platform even more appealing to mobile operators around the world."
Yossi Wellingstein, Chief Executive Officer of Celltick Technologies, said: "Celltick is committed to making the mobile data experience simple, rich and valuable for users, and our partnership with SurfKitchen will advance this effort. The exciting combination of Celltick and SurfKitchen provides a uniquely compelling and effective value proposition for the Value Added Services market."
About SurfKitchen
SurfKitchen is the leading provider of access management technology for mobile data services. Its software solution - SurfKit Mobile - enables mobile operators to rapidly create a more intuitive customised user interface that can be installed, managed and updated over the air. This makes it easier for mobile phone users to access and consume mobile data services and consequently helps operators significantly increase data service revenues. Since the launch of SurfKit Mobile in May 2003, the company's software platform now powers some of Europe's leading mobile operators including O2 UK, O2 Germany and SONOFON (Denmark). The Financial Times recently named SurfKitchen 'one of the companies to watch' in the wireless telecoms space. SurfKitchen was founded in 1999 and currently has offices in Europe and Asia. For further information visit: www.surfkitchen.com
About Celltick Technologies
Celltick is the world leader in interactive mobile broadcasting. The company developed the first and only platform that drives usage of mobile Value Added Service (VAS) on a mass scale. Millions of users are already connected to Celltick's systems worldwide with significant user base increasing operators' data ARPU. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in the UK with offices in China, India and Israel. For more information visit: www.celltick.com