Nokia Partners in France with Streamezzo to Develop the Ultimate Rich Media Mobile Platform

Tue Jul 10 04:00:00 2007

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Streamezzo, the leading provider of rich media solutions and platforms for mobile communications, today announced a partnership with Nokia under which Streamezzo has developed MyNseries – a comprehensive platform that delivers the ultimate rich multimedia experience to users of Nokia’s N-series family of mobile devices. Under the terms of the partnership, Streamezzo was responsible for leading the design, development, delivery management, hosting, and deployment of the MyNseries application.

MyNseries, launched on June 12, 2007 by Nokia France, is a S60 application for the Symbian mobile operating system. The application was specifically designed for the Nokia N-series family of mobile devices using Streamezzo’s Rich Media software suite. The Nokia N-Series phones include a broad array of models in use by millions of users worldwide. MyNseries empowers those users with a host of leading-edge multimedia services and Web 2.0 capabilities, including:

• The latest news from Nokia
• Community and user-generated content including photos and videos
• A broad selection of music services
• Search and various navigational applications
• Entertainment and gaming applications from leading publishers
• Internet browsing and other useful applications
• Access to MyNseries TV and Vpod TV services for thematic channel viewing
• An embedded podcast reader
• Access to customizable RSS feeds

Additionally, Streamezzo’s end-to-end technology platform enables simple, one-click synchronization, allowing users to stay up-to-date with the latest software versions and the very latest content and multimedia services.

"We are excited to be a part of this major enhancement to the Mobile Internet. With MyNseries, our mobile multimedia devices become the perfect Mobile 2.0 platform for user communities, user-generated content and other rich multimedia experiences,” said Laurent David, director of multimedia for Nokia France.

“Given the challenge of designing and developing a complete technology platform for Nokia’s incredibly diverse global user base, we entered into this relationship with several key strategic goals,” said Alain Blancquart, CEO for Streamezzo. “Our engineers were chartered with creating the industry’s most compelling and instinctive end-user experience, offering access to the broadest possible array of applications. And we knew we must design for a global and highly flexible technology environment, with ubiquitous and seamless access to the latest in Internet technologies. We look forward to an aggressive evolution of this platform and continued collaboration with Nokia on a global scale.”

About Nokia:

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.

About Streamezzo:

Streamezzo – a leading provider of embedded rich media solutions – designs, develops and markets tools that make mobile phone content more appealing and more interactive. In addition to its TV-on-mobile solutions, Streamezzo also provides music applications, portals and user interfaces for enhanced browsing ergonomics. Streamezzo’s solutions have already convinced major mobile operators, broadcasters and contents providers to launch innovative services on 2.5 and 3G networks as well as trials for DVB-H and S-DMB networks. Alain Blancquart is the CEO of Streamezzo, whose headquarters are located in Paris. Please visit www.streamezzo.com.

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