Technology Breakthrough in Nextnation Launches its First Mobile Game Engine – Funlogix 1.0 in Malaysia

FunLogiX 1.0 is a 100% proprietary engine developed in-house and it is the first full service mobile game engine for mobile interactive game development, hosting and worldwide deployment. It was developed on top of Nextnation’s latest 3G enabled proprietary platform (MINDCEP™), connecting mobile users to mobile operators, developers and marketers.

Singapore (PRWEB) October 5, 2005

Ozura Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of Nextnation Communication Berhad (MY:Mesdaq:NEXTNAT), unveiled today the company's first ever mobile game engine – FunLogiX 1.0. The company also announced plans for release of a new series of mobile interactive games based on the new technology in October working together with major telecommunications operators.

“The launch of FunLogiX 1.0 today reflects a significant break through on the Company's R&D in mobile gaming fields,” said Cheong K.S, Chief Technology Officer of Ozura.

FunLogiX 1.0 is the first full service mobile game engine for mobile interactive game development, hosting and worldwide deployment. FunLogiX 1.0 is developed on top of Nextnation's latest 3G enabled proprietary platform (MINDCEP™), connecting mobile users to mobile operators, developers and marketers.

"We decided to develop FunLogiX solution as it is the leading developer environment for next-generation mobile games," said Cheong K.S. "The FunLogiX dramatically simplifies mobile interactive game development and allows developers to focus on creating great titles."

FunLogiX is 24/7 operated and hosts both test and commercial deployment servers for game developers. Now game developers can build, test and run their own mobile interactive games instantly, which is cross carrier, integrated billing and managed service.

Its standard features support user-management, games and device management, multilingual interactive game play, event management, communication, customer relations' management, administration, reporting and billing tools.

“We are very excited about our technology breakthrough and in going forward," added Cheong K.S. "We plan to offer FunLogiX to overseas markets, starting from our regional partners in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Europe in the coming months.”

Worldwide, an impressive 400 million game-enabled handsets are in distribution with Ozura as one of the top technology enablers in the industry, making it well positioned to capture the budding market. Other notable mobile game industry players worldwide include Glu, Jamdat, Gameloft, Sina, Sohu, Netease and Kongzhong in China.

Research firm Informa Telecoms & Media forecasts that the market for mobile content will be worth $42.8 billion (U.S.) by the year 2010, when mobile gaming is forecast to be worth $11.2 billion (U.S.), with an estimated 15 percent of handset users expected to download and play a game on their handset by 2010.

About Ozura Pte Ltd:

Ozura is a leading international developer and distributor for mobile games and game developer engines to carriers, aggregators, mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. The company creates games for mobile phones using Java, BREW or Symbian technology. The total number of mobile phones supporting this technology is expected to exceed one billion units in 2008. Ozura is a subsidiary of Nextnation Communication Berhad. Additional news and information about the company is available at http://www.ozura.com.

About Nextnation Communication Berhard:

Nextnation, a mobile application service provider, enables businesses and individuals to access, connect, and transact across today's complex global mobile networks. Its core product MINDCEP™ Platform is a mobile multimedia communication platform, facilitating and enabling mobile data transmission worldwide using WAP, MMS, SMS and Java technologies. MINDCEP™ is connected to some of the largest premium messaging networks in the world in order to offer a broad range of services from content distribution to mobile m-commerce and place the company at the forefront of this rapidly growing messaging market. Additional news and information about the company is available at http://www.nextnationnet.com.

This press release was issued by Ozura Pte Ltd on 5 October 2005. For further information, please refer to: http://www.ozura.com or http://www.nextnationnet.com.

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