Ericsson France and WStadium have signed
partnership agreement to develop the first multiplayer sport games based on GPRS
network technology.
This partnership gathers Ericsson competencies
in networks and GPRS handsets as well as its knowledge in mobile applications,
and WStadium know-how regarding interactive games on mobiles.
The games jointly designed and developed by
the two companies will be tested on Ericsson France testing platform (GATE) that
has been operating in Châtenay-Malabry for six months. At first, games download
will be possible from PC emulators until GPRS handsets launching. In a few weeks,
the GATE platform should allow also to test the games on UMTS networks and
devices.
« The
interactive games market is, for Ericsson, one of the Mobile internet
fastest-growing segment. We make available to partners such as WStadium the
means to create and develop successful applications, explained Franck Bouétard,
Director of Marketing and product support at Ericsson France, our
final objective is to propose the widest range of services and turn-key
applications to operators ».
« WStadium
participation in GATE testing program enables us to imagine and prepare the
coming networked games. With this partnership, WStadium positions itself as a
leading mobile entertainment applications provider and gets closer to its aim:
to give users the opportunity to play from their mobile phones. We have early
wished to work closely with Ericsson, as shows our early membership of the
Mobile Application Alliance initiated by Ericsson», added Cyril Marchal,
CEO de WStadium.
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