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Reliance Communications to Unveil New 3G Mobile Data Services Portal
on Motricity Platform
Reliance Communications, Serving 120 Million Subscribers to Transform
Market with New Mobile Data Services Platform and 3G Rollout
Mumbai, India and Bellevue, WA – December 3, 2010 – Reliance Communications, India’s
leading telecommunications service provider, is launching a new mobile data portal, R World,
powered by Motricity (NASDAQ: MOTR). This portal developed for the upcoming 3G services
will deliver complete, end-to-end mobile Internet and data services to 120 million Reliance
mobile subscribers at the click of a button. The ubiquitous Mobile Data Services Portal has
been developed on Motricity’s mCore platform which powers 3G Mobile Portals of many
leading global 3G service providers.
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“Reliance is aggressively rolling out 3G services in India and we believe our
partnership with Motricity will allow us to deliver a richer, more personalized, mobile
Internet experience to our customers. Such innovations will be the cornerstone of
Reliance 3G offerings going forward,” said Syed Safawi, CEO – Wireless Business,
Reliance Communications. “The majority of our customers rely on their mobile devices
to access the Internet. We are pleased to partner with Motricity to make our vision of a
Wirefree India a reality for our customers.”
Motricity is a leading mobile data services and solutions provider serving some of the world’s
largest mobile operators including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Celcom and XL Axiata.
“Motricity’s partnership with Reliance to transform mobile data services across the
region showcases the strength of Motricity’s comprehensive, end-to-end Mobile as
a Service offering, and our company’s ability to quickly deploy a comprehensive
platform. From the time we signed the agreement to the time of Reliance’s launch of
R World was a mere 55 days. We look forward to continuing our work with such an
innovative company, as they lead the region in rolling out 3G and mobile data services,
in one of the fastest-growing, and largest mobile markets in the world,” said Ryan
Wuerch, founder and chief executive officer of Motricity.
Motricity’s mCore Platform and Mobile as a Service (MaaS) delivery platform will enable
Reliance Mobile Customers to access highly personalized mobile data experiences
throughout the country. From R World, Reliance Mobile subscribers will have access to the
high speed mobile Internet with download speeds up to 21 Mbps, high-definition Mobile TV
and a host of advanced features, across a wide range of mobile devices, enabling mobile
content discovery, mobile commerce, mobile social networking and mobile marketing
campaigns and programs.
Powered by Motricity, Reliance’s new R World platform will include the following features:
* Content Aggregation: Subscribers now have access to all of the most popular
content, email and social networking sites direct from their mobile device through a
centralized easy-to-access destination.
* Single Sign-On: Once users personalize their view of R World, they can access all of
their content, email (Gmail, Windows Live, Ovi Mail) and social networks (Facebook,
Twitter) with one login, eliminating the need to re-enter different passwords and user
IDs.
* News Feeds: RSS functionality allows subscribers to browse through feeds and
add them to their home page, ensuring they get the most relevant news, sports and
content. R World offers four categories of RSS feeds; news, sports, infotainment and
finance.
* Social Networking Capabilities: Through R World, subscribers can publish status
updates across multiple networks check on the status of their network friends, read
and comment on posts, through a single, user-friendly interface.
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