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Agreement with Sun Micro
Agreement with Sun Micro.
About this update from Bango Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n Bango PLC\n26 September 2005\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n BANGO PLC\n \n Agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc.\n\nSet out below is the text of an announcement jointly issued today by Bango and\nSun Microsystems, Inc. in advance of CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2005,\nwhich is being held this week in San Francisco, California:\n\n Sun Microsystems and Bango Simplify Delivery of Java-based Games\n and other Mobile Content on Java.com\n\n Millions of Mobile Phone Users Worldwide Can Now Try, and Buy Java-based Games\n on Java.com\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & ENTERTAINMENT 2005 -- September 26, 2005 --\nSun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Bango (AIM: BGO), a leading mobile\ncontent enabler, today announced an agreement to deliver mobile Java(tm)\ntechnology-based games and applications to millions of mobile phone users on\nmore than 250 operator networks worldwide. The new service from java.com and\nBango provides a streamlined user experience and simplifies the payment process\nto make locating and downloading mobile Java technology-based content easier for\nusers and network providers.\n\nNow more than 14 million monthly java.com visitors easily can access exciting\nJava technology-based titles on any mobile network with easy billing powered by\nBango. Customers can either charge their mobile downloads to their phone bill,\nPayPal account or credit card. The Bango Service also enables content providers\nto market, sell, and deliver their Java-based mobile content to users all over\nthe world through Bango's 'browse and buy' capability.\n\n'We're delighted to be working with Sun to deliver mobile applications based on\nthe industry standard Java environment,' said Anil Malhotra, Bango vice\npresident of strategy alliance. 'Java powers over 700 million mobile devices and\nis a core technology for content providers who deploy applications to end users\nthrough Bango. This relationship will give many more Java developers a\ngo-to-market opportunity and mobile phone users a destination web portal for\nbrowsing and buying the best mobile Java content.'\n\n'Java.com has become the destination for Java-based games, applications and\nmusic for PCs and mobile devices,' said Mark Herring, director of Java Brand and\nCommunity Marketing, Sun Microsystems. 'By bringing Bango's browse and buy\ncapability to java.com ...