TORONTO, April 9 /CNW/ - Jambo Mobile Solutions Inc., a fully integrated mobile services company and a member of the SilverBirch (TSX-V: SVB) group of companies, announced today that it has been selected by Virgin Mobile Canada and Virgin Festival to develop mobile capabilities for Virgin Festival.
Jambo will keep music lovers in the loop and send them show lineups, updates, and exclusive content right to their mobile phones. Jambo will also power a text to screen program so that festival-goers can get totally interactive and text messages to the main stage screens during the show.
"We are extremely excited to be selected as the exclusive mobile media partner for Virgin Festival. This is a great venue to showcase Jambo's cutting edge mobile technology and provide everyone at Virgin Festival with a rich interactive mobile experience" said Derek van der Plaat, CEO of Jambo Mobile.
"It's Virgin Festival's unmatched mix of music and experience that make it so unique, and Jambo Mobile was right on board to do something special," said Andrew Bridge, director of Virgin Festivals, Virgin Mobile Canada. "People can't get enough text, and so music fans at the festival can text to the main stage screens and give a shout out to their friends, talk about the bands, or try and pick someone up - we've seen it happen before..."
Virgin Festival, Canada's largest rock festival, is taking over Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary this summer.
About Jambo Mobile Solutions Inc.
Jambo Mobile Solutions (www.jambomobile.com) is a fully integrated mobile media company with capabilities in mobile messaging and mobile content delivery. Jambo provides cross-carrier connectivity to over 270 million cell phones in North America. Jambo is a subsidiary of the SilverBirch Inc., a publically traded digital media company based in Toronto. For more information visit www.silverbirchinc.com.
About the Virgin Festival
Virgin Festival Canada has established itself as one of the top rock festivals in North America. Since the first-ever Canadian Virgin Festival launched in Toronto in September 2006, around 100,000 music lovers have lived the Virgin Festival experience. This year Virgin Festival will rock three Canadian cities - Calgary (June 21 and 22), Vancouver (TBA) and Toronto (September 6 and 7). For more information on all three festivals visit www.virginfestival.ca
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy
or accuracy of the content of this news release.